Top Seller Since The 1990s
Offering transgender porn is not exactly bad for business. Lest one begin to envision porn execs arm in arm, singing "We Shall Overcome," it helps to remember what drives the porn industry: Money and consumer demand. And the demand for transgender porn has steadily increased since the 1990s.
When asked if transgender porn was his most popular genre, porn studio Evil Angel VP Adam Grayson answered: "In terms of revenue per scene or movie? Hands down, without a question. Nothing even touches it. And it's been that way for decades, since the early days of it. And we sell it at a price premium. Let's say an Evil Angel wholesale DVD is in the $15 range. A trans release, same packaging is $19. Why? Because we can get it."
Grayson said that the popularity of trans porn is talked about all the time among industry insiders, and all agree that among their numerous titles and satellite websites, trans porn tends to be the most popular.
"It's [trans porn] always been on the fringe, but a wink-wink, nod-nod -- everyone knew it was a money-maker," Grayson said. But the underground treatment of trans porn might end soon.
Transgender porn is also among porn production company Devil's Films number one genres, always in the top three of their new releases, Steve Volponi, VP of sales and production for Devil's Films, told IBTimes. Although the Internet has just made it easier for straight men -- its primary audience -- to buy transgender porn, they've been buying trans porn since it became available.
"When I started in retail in 1991, these guys would slip into the [trans] section, grab one and sandwich a transsexual movie into the straight ones, and then they'd say, 'It's a joke, I'm going to give it to my friend,' " said Volponi. "Let's just say I met a lot of people with friends they were playing jokes on."
