Ushering In an Era of Trans Trailblazing
SensualScapeJune 26, 2024
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“Porn Done Differently”. This is not just Adult Time’s slogan – it’s our motto, our mantra, and our rallying cry. Sometimes doing porn differently means taking a popular trope and putting our own unusual spin on it, or it might mean developing platform features and innovations that are unique within the adult market. It might mean championing for better standards, mutual respect, and professional conduct within our production operations. Or it might mean disrupting the status quo of how most porn sites have run things since time immemorial, challenging conventional notions of release schedules, sexual preference partitions, and industry partnerships that are taken as a given or treated as “untouchable”.
- (Humbly, I like to think that we manage to do ALL of these and do them rather well!)
- This all tends to come at a cost you have to be prepared to pay – doing things differently inherently means making people uncomfortable, quite literally “taking ourselves out of our comfort zone”. You have to be prepared for the potential for pushback from customers, industry peers, and even your own employees and colleagues who might be change-averse or don’t quite understand or agree with what you’re trying to accomplish. Furthermore, your ideas might not always succeed – that is the hazard of trying something unprecedented, after all – and you have to be ready to dust yourself off and get back up again, to not let your determination waver or you might lose that confidence to keep taking bold swings. When you try something risky, and it flops then the self-doubt (not to mention all those OTHER doubters!) can sting all the more because you took a leap that nobody but yourself urged you to.
- But – – the times when it does pay off… hoo boy, does it pay off big! I have perhaps no fonder example of this in practice than within the origins of our 2018 imprint, Transfixed. It exemplifies everything that I believe in about the positive power of advocacy and using our industry influence to change hearts and minds. It represents a breakthrough we wanted to shepherd in so badly and for so long, but never in a million years could have done on our own. It was only made possible thanks to the courage, open-mindedness, and willingness to ruffle feathers that many trailblazers and allies demonstrated in our journey to pioneer our trans flagship studio.
- Transfix, Transform, Transcend: “Transfixed” Season 1 and its eventual transformation into an ongoing series in 2021 became a vessel for artistic expression and personal empowerment. Recontextualizing iconic portrayals of femininity across history and pop culture through a lens of transness, we aimed to bring representation, validity, and gender euphoria to both trans women and those who desire them. Eventually, “Transfixed” became just the tip of the iceberg, as Adult Time ascended and transcended past the boundaries of a single series to expand into new projects and productions that would go on to define our catalog.
- Transgressive Films: An emotionally charged, dramatic exploration of trans topics and struggles set in a grounded and too-often-flawed real world context. Transphobia, misgendering, tokenism, fetishizing, and confusion towards one’s arousal by trans bodies are subjects explored with sensitivity, nuance, and authenticity fueled by co-authorship and input by trans staff and stars. This series refuses to shy away from or sugarcoat the hardships of trans identity and sexuality, in an effort to raise awareness and empathy in audiences.
- Being Trans 24/7: A docu-series seeking to explore the varied and deeply personal experiences of what it means to be trans in today’s society. A portrait of trans individuals from all walks of life, the project aims to cultivate understanding towards those things that might not even cross the minds of most cisgender people but might be everyday sources of frustration, fear, comfort, or hope for all those who can’t just “turn off” their transness when life’s not easy.
- MUSES: A star showcase, talent-of-the-month campaign, and collab all rolled into one, MUSES is a luxury series co-authored and co-produced by the cream of the crop of our roster of trans actresses. Valuing creativity, inclusiveness, sex positivity and jaw-dropping quality, MUSES stands out as unlike anything you’ve ever seen before in trans porn, a visual indulgence and sensual glimpse into the mind, heart, and soul of each of our trans goddesses.
- Feature Films: Casey: A True Story (2021), Office Ms. Conduct (2022) and D.O.L.L.S. (2024) mark a turning point in our evolution of trans content, each bringing unprecedented production values and project prestige to the trans market. With star-studded casts, premium budgets, ambitious runtimes and heaping helpings of originality, these represent our dream evolution of where trans content could evolve in years to come.
- Oopsie!: Vibrant, playful, and sometimes completely bonkers, this colorful and comedic addition to our trans line-up doesn’t take anything seriously – except for its sex appeal. Stacked with big names and even bigger breasts & bulges, Oopsie! (ironically) doesn’t apologize for its tongue-in-cheek irreverence… or its tongues-in-cheeks action either for that matter!
- Pilots & Originals: Introducing trans pairings into our existing series and content explorations has given us the opportunity to put our money where our mouth is when it comes to inclusivity and trans trailblazing. From longtime flagship brands like Girlsway and Pure Taboo, to newer launches like Modern-Day Sins and Accidental Gangbang, all the way to unique prototypes like Free-Use Industries and Extreme Pick-Ups, we want trans lovers to feel just as involved in and hyped about our most reputed product lines as everyone else.
- All Aboard the Trans Train: At this point, we are way past those days where we might be met with dismissive laughs or incredulous side-eyes for holding a casting call for cis co-stars to star in trans projects. That train has long left the station! The number of A-list talent who have since filmed their first scenes paired with a trans performer has skyrocketed in recent years and continues growing by the minute. Over time we have developed an amazing “little black book” of collaborators, cis and trans alike, who we know we can call on to enthusiastically and passionately represent the pinnacle of trans sex on our screens. We’re constantly working towards new ideas for our original releases, our platform navigation, and our content recommendations to elevate the customer experience with our trans fans deeply in mind. When it comes to ushering in an era of trans representation and inclusion in mainstream, studio-quality porn, I’m so thankful to be able to say that it’s no longer a question of “how??”… but now a question of “how much!!”
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se_scape-guestAugust 10, 2024
Wow! Interesting