Porn Peeps Who Give Back
I love porn.
Obviously. I mean, have you “met” me?
I especially love sex-positive porn. Ethical porn. Queer porn. Feminist porn. I love what it stands for, I love the open mindedness. I love how they push boundaries, break boundaries, explode boundaries. I love the realness. The amusingness. The politicalness. And oh yes…the hot sex is pretty fucking fabulous too.
But one thing I love the most is that many people in porn are giving back. And to thank them for giving back, I’m going to pay it forward with a little link love.
Tony and Peggy Comstock of Comstock Films had a day where all monies made on sales of their amazing films went to the No on Prop 8 campaign.
Pink and White Productions, and their brilliant director/producer/visionary Shine Louise Houston did a similar fundraiser for No on Prop 8. Moreover, Shine put forth a video beseeching people to vote no, and adding a personal connect.
Madison Young uses some of the money she makes doing a variety of hot porn (queer, kink, and even some mainstream) to run a queer/feminst Artist Collective/Galley thing. Femina Potens to be exact. What a creative way to give back.
I remember the first time I saw Belladonna outside of fucking on screen – she was doing a video blog talking about the importance of EVERYONE getting tested for STIs. One of the biggest names in porn, taking the time to speak about something so important.
Shawn (aka Syd Blakovich) is working on designing programs teaching young women (including those in disempowered communities) martial arts. While this is not giving back specifically to the sexuality community, it is giving women a voice, a passion, an art, and empowerment. I think that’s amazing.
On my tour of Kink.com‘s Armory, I was told that they are working on creating a community center. I don’t know much more about this, but it is a great way to use some of that extra space they have to give back.
Tristan Taormino is a porn person who does so much. Not only has she also done fundraising for various causes, but she is also a voice for so many sexuality communities. Her sexuality educator (speaking, workshops, writing, etc) is an amazing way of giving back to the community.
HotMoviesForHer.com will always have a warm and fuzzy place in my heart…but they have one in the community’s heart as well. From using there large viewership to blog about important issues in the community to helping sponsor the NYC Sex Blogger’s calendar, they are all over giving back. Special shoutouts to J.D. Bauchery and the Porn Librarian.
I’m sure there are more, many many many more. So please, comment. Share. Tell us all how people in porn are giving back…in a variety of ways. I’d love to hear it.
And to all y’all people in porn who ARE giving back, who ARE supporting causes and communities, thank you. I cannot say it enough. Thank you.
-Essin’ Em
