This Sunday is the 2011 Tranny Awards, so I hope you’re either on the way to the celebration or planning on attending. It looks as if the list of attendees from those in the industry is huge, and chances are, you’re going to be rubbing shoulders with some of the best and brightest Shemale Pornstars on the planet!
And, don’t forget that the part continues with The Tranny Awards Celebration Party, sponsored by Eros.com on Monday night! You’re in for a wild ride on those two nights so please, rest up and we’ll see you there to party the night away!
2011 Tranny Awards Event
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Joseph’s Cafe
1774 N. Ivar
Hollywood, CA
Tranny Awards Celebration Party
Monday, February 20, 2012
Voyeur Nightclub
7969 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood, CA
Without getting into the politics of it all, we’d like to offer our congratulations to Brittany St. Jordan and all the rest of those in and out of the industry who voiced their concerns regarding the treatment of girls at the AVN Awards. While it may be a small victory, it is a victory nonetheless. From the pages of AVN:
CHATSWORTH, Calif.—Last Thursday representatives from the transsexual performer community met with AVN to air their grievances that emanated from the AVN Awards show last month.
A small but vocal number of performers in the transsexual genre had voiced displeasure over their experiences at the AVN Awards and the preceding red carpet—as well as, in the big picture, how they were dissatisfied with the recognition given to the transsexual genre as a whole.
Performer and long-time TS rights activist Brittany St. Jordan had authored a handful of message board threads airing her complaints. St. Jordan, along with Amy Daly in person, and Wendy Williams by phone—all three were nominees for Transsexual Performer of the Year—met with AVN.
Since there were a number of factually incorrect statements in St. Jordan’s posts, but also because there were legitimate complaints, AVN sought to set the record straight, to listen, and to proactively address any issues going forward.
AVN has long recognized the transsexual niche as an important and lucrative market segment and if there was more to be done to support the community, we wanted to hear directly from the performers how we could recognize their efforts on a bigger stage.
To that end, AVN agreed to present Transsexual Performer of the Year on stage at future awards shows. St. Jordan, Daly and Williams were correct to point out that this award is the most prestigious given by AVN to transsexual performers, and it wasn’t receiving the same visibility as its male and female equivalents.
As for the awards nominations and voting, AVN also agreed to cast its net wider and seek out prominent reviewers and observers of transsexual fare to participate in the process for a more comprehensive review of its performers and movies.
Also, AVN will take steps to make sure that transsexual performers are included as presenters in future awards shows, and that more attention is paid to red carpet interviews with TS performers.
As for the red carpet process, which was called into question, AVN sought to clear up some confusion. Priority access goes to presenters, nominees whose awards will be presented on stage, mainstream celebrities and some other very well-known adult stars, with the rest of the adult community following after that.
Unfortunately, with hundreds of people waiting in line to walk the carpet, inevitably there will be a considerable waiting time for most. This year, the wait was longer than anticipated, and AVN apologizes to all who waited and thanks them for their participation and patience. AVN is looking into streamlining the process for next year to cut down on the wait time. We know it’s aggravating to stand in line for so long—we hear you!—and we’re going to make it more reasonable.
The meeting lasted nearly 90 minutes; many issues were aired and discussed, and St. Jordan, Daly and Williams left the meeting apparently hopeful that transsexual performers will be given higher visibility in both AVN magazine and at the AEE and AVN Awards.
Kelly Shore, now known as Kelly Pierce, recently made her return to the pages of Shemale Pornstar with a lovely, hardcore scene featuring herself and (I think) her significant other, Mason. I think it is fairly rare to have couples do porn together, but when it does happen, I think it really adds a special aspect to the scene that you just don’t get from people just meeting to make a scene and a buck.
This newest scene by Kelly Pierce is certainly one way to make a return to Shemale porn. Kelly has pretty much always been up for anything when it comes to her porn scenes, but that is quite the sizable dildo for that tight little ass of hers. I think Mason’s cock though, is a perfect fit for her and you’re going to love watching him fuck Kelly at Shemale Pornstar.
COME WATCH KELLY PIERCE’S RETURN TO PORN AT SHEMALE PORNSTAR!
I think I must be feeling the Winter doldrums because I spent way too much time last night having way too much fun on Grooby3D, playing around with some of my very own creations. I just love Shemale on Shemale action, but as you can see, for this scene, I threw in one extra Shemale just because I could…
That is the great thing about being able to create and direct your own scene. The combinations are endless and you can do exactly what you want to do… see what you want to see… fuck what you want to fuck… OK, we’re still a while away from that last one, but Grooby3D is definitely as close as you’re going to get when it comes to fantasy fucking! Feeling bored…? Come check out Grooby3D and create your own hot Shemale scene to share… it’s fun and free!
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Back in December 2011, Natassia Dreams made a quiet return back to the world of Shemale porn. I wasn’t quite sure if this was just going to be a temporary return or if she was planning on something a little more long term, but two months have passed, and it seems that Natassia may be here to stay for a while…
I’m sure that I’m not alone in being overjoyed that Natassia Dreams seems ready to take up her title of ‘Shemale Pornstar’ once again. I’ve long thought that Natassia Dreams was one of the sexiest girls alive, and as you can see, she’s been taking very, very good care of that beautiful body of hers while on her hiatus! All you Natassia Dreams Fans out there… looks like her Official Site is back in business so head on over and check it out!
COME CHECK OUT MORE OF SHEMALE PORNSTAR NATASSIA DREAMS HERE!
STOP PRESS: Change of venue for Tranny Awards.
Joseph’s Cafe
1775 N. Ivar
(cross street Yucca)
Hollywood, CA 90028
We’ve been forced to do a last minute change of venue for the Tranny Awards. I hope this is not inconvenient for you but I would like to explain why we’ve had to change it for the second time. After a few months of searching for venues, we narrowed it down to 4 choices in early November and set to work on those venues. We found that the venues either put too many time constraints in hosting us or wanted exorbitant bar guarantees, which were unjustified for a Sunday evening event, in February. It was plain to see that these venues weren’t too interested in accommodating our show which was surprising as they usually catered to a gay crowd.
In December we arranged a contract with El Cid, a renowned Hollywood venue and started our plans for the event. Five weeks before the event, we contacted the owners to ask some questions and were told that they’d sold the venue and it was currently under renovation but that they had a larger and more upscale venue, in which they would honor the contract, Los Globos. As the show numbers had grown, this seemed to work. The warning signs were that it took multiple phone calls and three visits to get into the venue although when we did, it seemed ideal for our purposes.
Last week, we were informed that we’d have to finish the event by eleven (despite our original contract for El Cid going much later) as they have an after hours event going on which they were unwilling to change. Although they would allow us to stay at the club, my concerns were mainly based on the safety of our guests as well as putting on an exclusive event and with less than 3 weeks to the event date we had the task of choosing a new venue.
The venue we have chosen is Joseph’s Cafe on N. Ivar in Hollywood. This was the only place we could find that was centrally based, could accommodate the guests, where we would have the place exclusively, could get a red carpet entrance and who have worked with us all week to ensure that this event would go off well. I didn’t even realize until this morning that a Tgirl event has been held there before – The Tranny Awards is not associated with that party night.
Despite the last minute changes, I think the final venue will work our better than the previous ones. We have a great MC and the DJ, Chelsea Malone is coming in from New York. We have a red carpet to be hosted by Domino Presley and we’re hoping also to live stream from the red carpet from another interviewer also (watch this space). We have a photo-booth coming in, so you can have your fun photos taken and networked out right away, VIP areas for sponsors and nominees, two bars with plenty of bartenders on, Pornstar Tweet will be tweeting the night and even some half-time entertainment. I have all the winners names and it’s going to nail biting until the end.
My apologies for the last minute changes and the seemingly lack of professionalism but even above creating a great event, the safety and respect of our guest is paramount.
Just a quick note in case you haven’t noticed… I didn’t until I was checking the Tranny Awards site out to make some hotel reservations! If you are planning on attending the 2011 Tranny Awards, please note that there has been a change of venue! Turns out that so many people are RSVP’ing that the old place just wasn’t going to be big enough to hold everyone… especially with all the gorgeous Shemale Pornstars and Transsexual Models attending!
So, here is the new location, and of course, you can get full details on attending the 2011 Tranny Awards on February 19, 2012 at the site. See you there!
Los Globos Nightclub
3040 West Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Sunshyne Monroe has been hitting the Shemale porn scene pretty hard recently, and now we know the reason why! TS Sunshyne has just launched her brand, new Official Site on the SMC Solo Site Network joining all the other Shemale Pornstars there with her vivacious personality!
On her Official Site, Sunshyne Monroe will be posting pictures and videos of steamy solo scenes and exclusive hardcore scenes for Members to enjoy, and I for one, will be definitely checking them out. I’ve been waiting to see Sunshyne Monroe get that lovely ass of hers fucked for a while now so now that her site is open, you can count me in as one of the people waiting to watch her in action!
COME VISIT SHEMALE PORNSTAR SUNSHYNE MONROE AT SUNSHYNELAND TODAY!
You know, I think most guys can really appreciate a girl with some brains as well as beauty. Brittany St. Jordan recently posted a pretty opinionated view of this year’s AVN Awards from firsthand experience and I thought it was worth sharing here. Let me say that I both agree and disagree with some of her points but the fact that she’s willing to ‘go to bat’ for the Transsexual porn community is, in and of itself, admirable in my opinion. The following is a verbatim post by Brittany St. Jordan taken from HungDevils Forum. At the bottom of this post, I’ll post a link to the thread on the forum so you can visit it and read through the numerous comments that followed…
AVN Rapes Transsexuals of Dignity and Appreciation
Brittany St. Jordan
In regards to: The demeaning attitude and lack of concern for the transsexual genre of the adult industry from AVN
The opinions and ideas expressed hereafter are those of transsexual adult performer Brittany St Jordan and do not necessarily reflect those of any business entity which she may or may not be associated with.
This message has nothing to do with me winning or losing at AVN this year. Yes, it was great being nominated for Transsexual (TS) Performer of the Year but I knew there were other girls more deserving of the award. For this reason I was not expecting to walk away with an award this year. The driving force behind the writing, sending, and posting of this message is a compilation of various occurrences over the 2012 AVN award season. I personally try to refrain from interjecting myself into the post-award discussions of what was right and/or wrong with the current year’s outcomes. However, since I was a nominee this year I had a much more vested interest in the AVN awards for the TS categories and feel that a few things need to be said.
From the moment the nominations for the TS categories came out there was a large portion of people wondering how Madison Montag was nominated. She is known in the TS world as being difficult to work with, unappealing and not well received by fans. For these very reasons she has had very little work this past year and was rumored that she announced she was retiring from adult entertainment after only being around for a little over a year. What about Sarina Valentina, Foxxy, Liberty Harkness, or any other girl who is actually embraced and recognized as top talent in the TS genre? Why were these girls overlooked by AVN for someone that is an outcast from the industry which she publicly and vehemently put down on a regular basis in an attempt to improve her own non-existent public image? ( Madison Montag on Sister Dick Radio)
The 2012 TS Performer of the Year was once again Baily Jay, who was the winner of the 2011 AVN as well. What bothers me about this decision is the fact that since winning last year all Baily has done is gone silent online with almost no promotion or public interaction and only posts POV scenes of her and her boyfriend performing together. Fans on TS forums and various web sites who used to love Baily have been quite vocal this year about how bad her content is and that she is no longer the star she once was. There were plenty of girls on the list of nominees who had produced enough quality work this year that Baily should not have even been nominated again. A sympathy nomination for simply being a previous winner does little to add credit to the work other TS girls have done that clearly outshine Baily Jay and her POV only site.
Throughout the AVN Expo Miss Montag was often seen with people said to be associated with AEBN, who also happened to be one of the largest marketing contributors to the AVN events this year. So it is no surprise that when you visit the AEBN Shemale VOD site there is a banner and background with Madison, who I remind you is despised by almost everyone in the TS genre, boldly displayed for all to see. There is also another TS performer sharing the the banner and background space there with Madison. That would coincidentally be your 2012 AVN TS Performer of the Year Baily Jay. Am I inferring that both Madison Montag’s nomination and Baily’s win were somehow influenced by the marketing power AEBN? Yes, I most certainly am. I do not have concrete proof like emails or text messages but when you see the theses two TS girls, who’s legitimacy in the awards is beyond questionable, proudly displayed on a major monetary contributor’s web site it does raise a lot of suspicion. Was it swaying the judges, tampering with votes or just outright wholesale purchase for both girls in order to increase traffic and revenue to AEBN? We most likely won’t ever know.
With decisions like this being made it is really disheartening for the TS girls who work hard and put out quality content for various companies year after year to even feel that they have a fair chance of being selected as the top performer of the TS genre. Where is the incentive to be the best when the final decision is either based on business politics or poor ethics that do nothing to further the TS genre but only increase the flow of money to certain people who are more than likely absolutely clueless when it comes to anything dealing with the TS side of adult entertainment? Hopefully in future years there will be more oversight and quality control over the TS categories and not simply used as a bartering system for monetary gain. Maybe the system needs an audit of it’s current ethics and practices so that these types of poor decisions won’t be made again.
On to the next bullet point, TS performers being treated like second-class citizens in the world of adult entertainment. I often heard stories from people about how the adult world looks down on TS girls but I have met so many great people on all sides of the industry and didn’t ever see it happen. That is until I was on the red carpet for this year’s AVN award ceremony. Upon arriving there was a line of people waiting for their turn on the red carpet. It was a mix of fans and industry people from all sides. Then some of the bigger studios started showing up and were being taken right to the front of the line. This, in itself did not bother me. When someone behind me questioned the AVN employee ushering them in as to why they were going before everyone the response was “Nominees and presenters are getting to go to the front.” Upon hearing his answer I politely notified him that myself and Jesse, who was with me, were both nominees for TS Performer of the Year. His response was, “Just wait your turn and you will get in there.” So, both of us “nominees” waited with everyone else for three hours instead of getting the same courtesies extended to nominees who weren’t TS performers.
Let me provide a brief history of AVN and their treatment of TS performers. For many years AVN did not even have a TS section of categories to vote on. That was until Joanna Jet got fed up with being ignored by an industry she was proudly a part of and felt that she, and the TS genre as a whole, deserved recognition from the top company presenting awards to adult performers for their accomplishments. Joanna’s willingness to not take no for an answer led to AVN to finally including the TS genre amongst its awards and the main reason they are there today. This was a major step forward for the TS genre as a whole and major personal victory for Joanna, who is still known as one of the best and most influential TS stars in the adult industry.
This triumph has dwindled in current times however. Yes, there are TS categories to be voted on but there is one major flaw in the way the awards are presented. Any of the winners of any TS category are not given their awards at the actual AVN ceremony. Instead, what happens, is at the end of evening the names are listed on a screen for people to view as they are leaving and the award is then shipped to the winner. Yes, that is correct, AVN considers TS performers, producers, and distributors to be fetish related and therefore not included in the actual ceremony with the rest of their counterparts amongst the adult industry. So according to this line of thought, anyone regarded as TS related in the adult industry are not considered to be on par with everyone else. As long as this is the policy no TS performer or producer will ever be given given the same recognition as everyone else for doing the same, and sometimes more, work than their counterparts in the other genres of adult entertainment.
When it comes to working, TS talent have to perform on the same levels as the guys and girls who are in other areas of adult entertainment and sometimes are required to play both roles at the same time. Meaning that they have to be the pretty girl but also retain an erection and produce a popshot. Producers of TS content also put in the same level of professionalism into shooting, editing and distributing the content as they do straight and gay releases. So if the TS talent and producers are working just as hard on their content as everyone else what will it take for them to get the same level of recognition?
This is 2012 not 1985 and TS adult entertainment should no longer be the taboo bottom of the bucket industry sideshow that AVN makes them out to be. Any TS performer should feel that they have a shot at being recognized for their efforts just as any other talent at the AVN ceremony. Producers of TS entertainment and non-TS talent should not feel like they will be looked down on for working outside the box and creating great pieces of work with talented individuals. AVN really needs to reevaluate the way they view and present TS performers and producers to the word at large and be true industry professionals in regards to the way the TS categories are treated from here on out. If the people who are picking nominees and judging the TS categories are clueless about TS entertainment they should be replaced by people who can give a better informed decision based upon first-hand knowledge and not press releases or paychecks.
If you feel that TS performers and producers of TS content deserve the same level of respect as everyone else at the AVN awards then please contact Mr Mark Kearns (mark.kearns@avn.com) at AVN and let him know your thoughts and feelings. Please forward, repost, tweet and any other method of communication you can think of to spread this message so that we can spread the word about the AVN and their lack of respect for the TS genre of the adult industry.
AVN Media Network, Inc.
9400 Penfield Avenue
Chatsworth, California 91311 USA
818.718.5788 tel 818.718.5799 fax
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If the 2011 Tranny Awards Show just isn’t enough partying for you, don’t worry… the partying continues on Monday night with the Tranny Awards Celebration Party which is sponsored in part by Eros.com, who will be on hand to give out free stuff and discounts to the excellent escort site, Eros.com!
The Tranny Awards Celebration Party is going to be rockin’ all night long, and I hope those of you want to see even more of the gorgeous girls from the Tranny Awards will come and dance the night away! Here are the deets…
Events Producer John Ed, Grooby Productions, Tranny Strip, and Eros.com presents:
“4th Annual Tranny Awards Celebration Party”
DATE: Monday, February 20th 9pm – 2am
LOCATION: Voyeur (Old Peanuts 7969) 7969 Santa ****** Blvd. West Hollywood, CA
* Meet and Greet Winner, Presenters and Nominees from Tranny Awards
* TS Porn Star Appearances
* Eros.com giveaways and discounts to join Eros.com
* Meet your local West Coast Eros Advertisers and Models
* Meet the Director and Staff from Eros.com
* Gorgeous Upscale VIP Venue – Voyeur
* 20+ TS Dancers
* Private Lap Dance’s / Champagne Room
* All of New York City’s “Tranny Strip” Staff
* Giveaways from DEX New York Make-Up
* Surprise Celebrity Guest Appearances
* The actaul “Tranny Awards” is Sunday, Feb 19th at El Cid!! “Celebration Party” is Monday, Feb 20th (Presidents Day..NO Work) at Voyeur
* More details about actual Tranny Awards
* More details about Celebration Party and Producers of Event www.TrannyStrip.com
Admission:
$15 for Ladies before Midnight
$20 for Ladies after Midnight
$25 for Men
* VIP / Comp List for people involved with actual Tranny Awards on Sunday handled by Grooby Productions / Tranny Strip
