LOS ANGELES — Carnal Media has launched FTMPlus, a new network of sites dedicated to trans male content.

Two of the sites — JockPussy and FTMMen — were created by content producer Jason Sparks. The third, Transcest, was recently created by Carnal honcho Legrand Wolf. The three will now be available together on the FTMPlus platform.

“We want to continue to serve the fans of FTM men and boys by bringing their appeal to a wider audience,” said Sparks. “Online searches for FTM porn are rapidly growing, so the market is there waiting for a premium network like FTMPlus.”

Wolf shared his excitement about the new platform.

“I’m thrilled to be a part of this project and proud of the team that has come together to make FTMPlus a reality,” he said. “We’re excited and proud to showcase the beauty and sexuality of FTM men, and we’re honored to provide a platform where they can express themselves and their desires.”

Wolf also touted Carnal’s commitment to inclusiveness.

“We’ve worked hard to create a safe and supportive space for our performers and our viewers, and we’re excited to see the positive impact FTMPlus will have on the adult industry,” he said.

For more information, visit FTMPlus.

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The morning after the 2023 XBIZ Awards, Dillon Diaz awoke to an unusual text. It was from Michael Boston, the 2022 XBIZ Gay Performer of the Year, and it read simply, “Congratulations, babe!”

Diaz had been unable to attend the ceremony due to a work commitment, so he didn’t immediately make a connection, and Boston didn’t reply to a follow-up text. But as Diaz headed to the gym with his fiance, fellow performer Jake Waters, more congratulatory text messages began pouring in.

Finally, in between reps, Diaz was astonished to learn that he had won his first XBIZ Awards: “Best Gay Sex Scene” for a notably sweaty seven-man orgy alongside Brandon Anderson, Killian Knox, Blain O’Connor, Dakota Payne, Roman Todd and Andrew Miller in Disruptive Films’ “Briar Basin Ranch” — and the coveted title of Gay Performer of the Year.

“I just kept looking at my phone in disbelief,” Diaz recalls. “I have to tell you, I sort of hid behind the weight bench and cried a little bit. Jake saw my face and came over to ask what was wrong and all I could do was just hand him my phone with the screenshot showing my name as the winner. I could not believe it. I am so bummed I couldn’t be there. It really means a lot. I usually make a point of going to all the awards shows, but I was just so exhausted. It had been a really rough week.”

Diaz’s emotional response was due, in part, to its timing.

On paper, he was at the top of his game. He had starred in a number of high-profile titles, from a headlining role in “Briar Basin Ranch” to a splashy supporting turn in “Ride or Die,” which claimed Gay Feature of the Year honors for Raging Stallion Studios. He was also at the vanguard of a steadily growing group of male performers who regularly cross genres from gay to bi to trans and even straight features. In fact, Diaz earned two additional 2023 XBIZ Awards nominations for his work opposite Kyle Connors in “The House Sitter” for Disruptive Films/Taboo Men, and as part of a rain-soaked orgy in “Scorpio Season” for Lust Cinema opposite Dante Colle, Cody Steele, Karla Lane, Freya Parker, Alexis Tae, Vanessa Vega and Maya Woulfe.

“I really love working for Lust Cinema. They’re story-driven and cinematic. They put everything into what they do,” he says. “They take care of everyone. Shooting for them has been transformative. I’ve never had that kind of experience before.”

The “Scorpio Season” shoot exemplified the kind of adult industry experience that Diaz craves. “We were in a parking lot in downtown Los Angeles with a rain machine pouring down on us. It was cold! But we had a great time. We just got into it. I remember how we realized it was something different and unique and special, and that we were going to look back at this moment in our lives and think, ‘Wow, I really did that.’ That was one of the highlights of my career so far.”

Yet despite riding the crest of a wave of acclaimed titles, work had nevertheless slowed down to the point that Diaz was questioning whether his time in adult had come to its natural end.

“Winning renewed my strength when I needed it the most,” he reveals. “I thought, ‘Okay, people have noticed you, they appreciate what you’re doing. You can’t stop now.’ It changed my perspective. And now 2023 has been really amazing so far.”

In addition to fielding new offers from a range of studios, Diaz has been invited to attend an array of events as a featured speaker, including the International Mr. Leather convention in May and a holistic wellness retreat for men in October, organized by Himeros.tv.

Diaz is savoring the opportunities to branch out, afforded by his XBIZ win. “The chance to instruct, or share, is really interesting and exciting,” he says. “I’m really enjoying that.”

XBIZ first profiled Diaz in 2021, three years into his career, when he was named Man of the Month by Noir Male, an imprint of Mile High Media, and had made his directorial debut for the label.

“I decided if I wanted to see people like me writing and directing, I couldn’t wait for someone else to do it,” he told XBIZ at the time. “I had to do it myself.”

Two years on, Diaz admits, the fire had dimmed a bit.

“Towards the end of last year I was feeling very angry and bitter. I wasn’t sure how I was going to move forward because it was getting to the point where I just felt like I was being choked. My creativity was being chilled and I couldn’t figure out how to break through,” he says. “I was like, ‘I think I’m gonna have to move on to something else because I don’t want to live this way.’”

Diaz cites a robust support system that carried him through his low points, among them director-performer Micah Martinez and 2020 XBIZ Gay Performer of the Year Pierce Paris, who urged his Twitter fans and industry colleagues to cast their votes for Diaz.

“Pierce was one of the first people I ever worked with in this industry. I remember when they told me I would be working with him, I freaked out because he was someone I knew about before I got into porn,” Diaz marvels. “He’s a big deal, but he was so kind and encouraging and really helped me get through our scene. We’ll go out to dinner now and we text back and forth. He’s a busy guy, but he’ll make time for me. So it was a huge gesture for him to say, ‘I already won this award, vote for him instead.’ I was floored. After that, I already felt like a winner.”

Diaz also praised the prolific Martinez for his advocacy.

“Micah has booked me for a bunch of jobs. I’ve seen him work behind the camera and I’m so impressed with him,” said Diaz. “One of the things he’s been doing is making sure he’s booking more models of color. His team of people is diverse. There’s got to be more people like Micah stepping into positions where they can make these kinds of decisions. It’s going to take time and persistence, but that is what is going to make a real difference.”

Diaz is frank about the platform the XBIZ win affords him as a performer of color.

“Racism has followed me; I never had to go looking for it,” he said. “Even all the way back when I was working as a go-go boy, the white dancers got a lot more attention and more tips. Usually, on a movie set, I am the only person of color in the whole building. And it’s fine, I’m comfortable with everyone there and people have generally been really nice to me, but you can’t help but notice things like that. I want to change that. There needs to be more diversity, and not just with Black people but Latin and Asian people, too.”

He singles out trans performer Natassia Dreams for exhorting the industry to hire more cinematographers and makeup artists of color, and happily described a recent shoot with Forplay Films that featured an entirely Asian crew, an energizing new experience even for Diaz, who seeks out a diverse range of opportunities whenever possible. “I just kept looking around at them and smiling,” he enthuses. “It was amazing.”

“I’m just going to keep putting out the best performances that I can, and try to make a good impression wherever I go, learn as much as I can and see what I can do to make change,” he said. “I feel like you can’t really expect people to do things for you in life; you have to do it for yourself. And now with this recognition, I’m at a point in my career where I can have an impact, like bringing more people of color in front of the camera and behind it.”

For several days following his XBIZ wins, Diaz was tagged in social media posts complaining that a cross-genre performer had won top honors in a gay category. However, that kind of backlash has steadily declined, he observes, citing performers like Paris and Dante Colle as role models.

“Dante won Performer of the Year and Pierce won Gay Performer a couple of years before that. I saw them crossing genres beyond just gay or bi to trans and straight shoots, and they were having a great time. I would see them and think, ‘I can do that, too.’”

As Diaz rides the tailwinds kicked up by his newly elevated status, fiance Jake Waters has been a steadying influence.

“He’s amazing. He’s always so positive and uplifting,” says Diaz. “Whenever I’m down, he knows how to listen and how to lift me back up. Whenever I need a kick in the pants, he knows just how much force to use. We’ll sit and talk about things with each other and when we’re done venting, we build each other up to go back out there and keep on doing what we’re doing.”

With fresh opportunities at his feet, the newly crowned Gay Performer of the Year stressed that he takes absolutely nothing for granted.

“I keep learning new things about myself,” Diaz notes. “That’s what gets me excited when I wake up in the morning. I was in my 30s when I learned how much I enjoy sex with women, and I learned that I love acting and the opportunity to play a character. If you give me a script and get me into wardrobe, I’ll come through for you. I love it all.”

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Mar 13, 2023 2:52 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES — Leana Lovings has won BaDoink’s Oxxxars Award for Best Newcomer in Virtual Reality.

“It was really nice of BaDoinkVR to share some of the love with this wonderful gift of naming me their Best Newcomer,” Lovings said. “I’m so abundantly glad my fans are there to support it too.”

Click here to learn more about this year’s OXXXcars Awards.

Lovings’ BaDoinkVR fantasy can be viewed here.

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BOSTON — Frank Lawrence, the creator of Vibrating Tarot, will serve as the special guest moderator of tomorrow’s edition of the Twitter-based chat show #SexTalkTuesday, where he will discuss erotic art, pleasure products and esotericism.

Frank Lawrence, a rep noted, is “a multidisciplinary artist and typographer who gardens poisonous plants, collects old typewriters, and plays the saw. In addition to specializing in the design and production of books and decks of cards, he currently reads tarot and ESP cards for clients and offers a class on sigil design.”

Lawrence’s Vibrating Tarot, the rep continued, is “a forthcoming deck featuring iconic, body-safe, globally renowned award-winning adult pleasure products, showcased upon Pamela Colman Smith’s original tarot backgrounds, illustrated over 100 years ago.

Angie Rowntree, founder of Sssh.com and producer of #SexTalkTuesday stated, “Over the years, many of our followers have expressed interest in metaphysical ideas and practices as they relate to sexuality. Frank’s tarot project combines the symbolism of erotic pleasure with the esoteric — so we’re very excited to have him join us, and we can’t wait to hear everyone’s thoughts.”

According to Lawrence, “Vibrating Tarot clears away stigma with its initial humor but should also be looked at in a serious way as a legitimate tool of divination to engage with, solo or with friends and trusted partners, in search of knowledge found at the intersection between sexuality and spirituality.”

For more information on the deck and the project, visit the Vibrating Tarot KickStarter page.

To participate in Sex Talk Tuesday, use the #SexTalkTuesday hashtag on Twitter during the hour-long show starting at 5 p.m. (PDT).

Follow Sssh.com on Twitter and XBIZ.tv and direct inquiries to Rowntree at editor@sssh.com.

Mar 13, 2023 2:30 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS — Severe Sex Films has released a new compilation, “Perversion and Punishment 20,” on VOD.

This title includes previously released scenes featuring Aiden Starr, Davin Strong, Cybill Troy, Kiki D’Aire, Jessica Ryan, Bella Bathory, Jimmy Broadway, Sarah DiAvola and Mistress Tangent.

For a trailer for “Perversion and Punishment 20,” click here.

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SANTA BARBARA — Industry photographer and filmmaker Jay Allen passed away in Santa Barbara according to industry friends. He was 53 and was hospitalized with cancer.

Allan was known for timeless glamour photography and videography. His craft and professionalism ensured a busy schedule shooting projects for companies and performers, especially in the solo and girl-girl niches.

His last notable project was 2021’s “Solo Sirens,” a characteristically lush title for Adam & Eve, the studio for which he worked the most since 2013.

Allan’s classic pinup style made him a reliable contributor to Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler over the years. He started at the studio of J. Stephen Hicks, where he built DigitalDesire.com, before striking on his own at Danni.com. Allan was one of the leading lensmen to effect the transition between magazines and online content, being a notable contributor to Babes.com, Twistys, HollyRandall.com and many other sites.

In 2020, Allan launched the AgentErotica.com site with Elevated X, offering thousands of never-before-seen images from his archives and a selection of videos featuring some of his signature model collaborators such as Charlotte Stokely, Bailey Rayne, Lacy Lennon, Skin Diamond, Casey Calvert, Joanna Ange and Jenny Blighe.

Allan intended the site to be the archive for over 300,000 slides here from his decades shooting for “men’s magazines” like Club, High Society, Gallery and Finally Legal.

Industry Remembrances

“I’m deeply going to miss Jay being a part of this industry,” Lacy Lennon told XBIZ. “Natural talent is hard to come by in this industry. Being humble is hard to come by in this industry. This one hits deep as his work meant something in this community. Jay was good to his girls, good to his crews and brought quality to porn. His vision for lesbian films and photography portfolios constantly inspires me.”

Lennon said she was “grateful for him seeing something in me very early on. Without that type of support and encouragement I know I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Casey Calvert told XBIZ she “worked quite a bit with Jay early in my career and I always loved shooting with him — he really knew how to make a girl feel beautiful and special in front of his camera.”

“Jay was always kind and knowledgeable,” his colleague Holly Randall told XBIZ. “He was an extremely accomplished technical photographer and a perfectionist. He really knew the art of cinematography and he executed everything that he did with unrivaled attention to detail and love of his craft.”

Charlotte Stokely said through a statement that she has known Allen for 18 years and he “was consistently an amazing and ethical human being. We cultivated a closer and dear friendship in the last five years. He taught me how to work camera settings and taught me about lighting. He loved to freely share his knowledge. We’d talk on the phone for long lengths of time about ‘Star Trek’ or the current new show he was watching , vintage cars, and his favorite places to watch the sunset or some cool new photography gadget he’d acquired. That man never missed a sunset. He would send me pictures saying “where I am now” showing me how beautiful it was.”

Stokely also shared that she “liked to visit him in Santa Barbara and we’d head to the beach where he’d smoke one of his favorite cigars, Partagas, and sip a scotch. In my career we worked together a few or more times mostly for Adam & Eve features, him as the director and myself as a performer. He always had great catering.

“We started to work for Playboy as a team, he was directing and I was executive producer,” Stokely reminisced. “He was so excited for our first Playboy shoot together because we filmed at a location Star Trek had filmed. The last photo he sent me was of a sunset and the last text I sent to him said ‘I’m going to break you out of that hospital and we’ll escape to the rooftop. I’ll bring you a cigar and scotch and we’ll watch the sunset.’  That was three weeks ago. I never did make it to see him after that last text because of my ankle injury.  I felt this urgent desire to text or call him the day he passed. For whatever reason I didn’t , thinking ‘I’ll do it tomorrow.’ He died later that evening. There was just something special about him as a human and my heart is so sad he’s gone. His legacy will live on.”

Bailey Rayne said through a statement earlier today that she chooses to remember Allan “laughing, smiling, surrounded by the people who loved him so much, and standing at a grill full of meat,” as she saw him in August, when he threw “a huge ‘I beat cancer’ party and was surrounded by friends and family from all over the country. That was our Jay. There may have been whiskey and cigars involved, too.”

“That was the last time I could see him because his cancer came back shortly after,” she added.

Bailey also called Allan “a brilliant photographer, who would do anything to get the perfect shot, and someone truly genuine in a superficial world, something I thought was nearly impossible to find, especially in L.A.”

Later she told XBIZ that Allan “was a fighter — he beat cancer once and put that brave face back on when it came back. He stayed positive and optimistic throughout both diagnoses, but he fought like hell until the end.”

Mar 13, 2023 2:01 PM PDT

NEW YORK — Mistress Marley has been awarded a $10,000 grant for her lingerie business, Pynk Matrixx.

The grant came from the Fearless Fund Black Women Entrepreneurs Grant Program. 

“We are all fortunate that organizations such as Fearless Fund exist, and I am pleased and honored to have received this grant,” Marley said. “I’m excited to announce that I will be teaming up with Amazon to bring my Pynk Matrixx items to that platform.”

For more about Pynk Matrixx, visit here.

Marley also released two new clips, “Blindfold Beta Dildo Gag” and “Big Cock Gag.”
 
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Wicked Pictures has released the seventh episode of Seth Gable’s “Privilege,” co-starring Vanna Bardot and Damon Dice.

“Privilege” is an eight-scene series featuring an ensemble cast led by industry veteran Evan Stone.

New scene “So… It Was You?” marks Bardot’s first feature appearance for Wicked since winning 2023 Female Performer of the Year, and the award for Best Sex Scene — All-Sex for her work in Gamble’s “Money.” 

Set in the Machiavellian world of the megarich, “Privilege” is the story of towering family patriarch Alexander Nash (Stone), who rules his family with an iron fist and a soft spot for his youngest daughter (April Olsen). He’s in the middle of a huge deal that he can’t let anyone sabotage, from his duplicitous ex-wife (Luna) to his gold-digging new bride (Julia Ann), who has her eye on his money and his beloved son Liam (Nathan Bronson). Meanwhile, Nash’s other son Lucas (Lucky Fate), a compulsive gambler, puts the entire family empire in jeopardy through sheer ineptitude. As Nash’s personal saga unfolds, the torrid sex lives of his family come to light in a chain of events that will expose more dirty laundry than anyone has bargained for.

“So… It Was You?” Gamble explained, “reveals that the search to expose who was behind an office break-in is reaching a fever pitch. Guilty parties appear to be exonerated while others normally beyond reproach look less than innocent. The hunt for the perpetrator becomes so all-consuming that for some of our characters the line between truth and lies — the real and the fictional — is starting to get blurred. Throughout the ‘Privilege’ series, we’ve seen that in the Nash dynasty, a willingness to sacrifice friends, family, and ethics in the pursuit of self-interest is just the cost of doing business. So this punitive zeal makes an ironic contrast to the emotional pitch of Vanna and Damon’s scene together, where verbal jousting leads to incredibly intense sex that is very passionate and very raw, with high energy throughout.”

Elaborating on Bardot and Dice’s contributions to “Privilege,” the filmmaker continued, “Both Vanna and Damon won XBIZ awards for scenes this year, and it is easy to see why. They are solid professionals when they come to set. They both know that after memorizing your lines and following the director’s guidance, your best asset on set is understanding that you’re one part of a larger team. From the production assistant to the cameraman, knowing the responsibilities of each crew member, and treating them like peers, is key to a successful performing career.”

“I’m very much looking forward to watching this next installment of Privilege,” enthused Bardot. “My scene with Damon Dice is a little bit darker, but extremely sexual, which is my favorite kind of scene to perform in. I think viewers will definitely enjoy watching it as much as I did filming it!”

“So…It Was You?” the seventh episode of “Privilege,” featuring Vanna Bardot and Damon Dice, is available today exclusively on Wicked.com.

WASHINGTON — A top executive for NCOSE, the religiously inspired anti-porn lobby formerly known as Morality in Media, admitted this week that members of the organization have “met regularly” with Meta executives responsible for Instagram moderation.

In an fund-raising article published on Monday on the NCOSE website, VP Haley McNamara boasted of a decade’s worth of alleged successes by the organization’s annual “Dirty Dozen” campaign, shaming corporations for supposed failures to abide by the group’s censorship aims.

Under the alleged success targeting Instagram, McNamara revealed that “while Instagram still has more work to do, they have met regularly with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to hear and address our concerns.”

McNamara only mentioned in vague terms that the group’s regular meetings with Instagram staff had resulted “in increasing some protections for children by improving systems to identify grooming behavior patterns, and no longer allowing adult strangers to send unsolicited direct messages for minors. Each policy improvement helps prevent abuse for its 1 billion monthly users.”

XBIZ contacted Meta for comment on McNamara’s claim about regular meetings affecting policy but received no answer.

NCOSE’s Extreme Anti-Porn Beliefs

One of the stated goals of NCOSE is to eradicate pornography and all forms of sex work by “striking deep at the roots of the systems which support and sustain sexual abuse and exploitation.”

NCOSE believes that “pornography is a deeply damaging social influence that corrodes relationships, erodes the sensibilities and sexual freedom of consumers, and dehumanizes those used to make it.” By pornography, the group — formed by clergymen in the early 1960s — has meant over the years anything from 18th century novels that mention sex work, Sports Illustrated and Cosmopolitan magazines, or mainstream movies and TV shows depicting human sexualities.

McNamara’s article also celebrated supposed NCOSE wins forcing Carl’s Jr. to “stop producing hyper-sexualized, misogynistic ads for their fast food products;” CVS to “remove the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from their checkout areas and promotional displays;” the Army and Air Force stores to stop selling “pornographic magazines” (according to the group’s definition); Hilton Hotels Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotel Group to stop showing in-room adult content; Snapchat to deplatform all sex workers; and Walmart to “remove Cosmopolitan magazine from checkout lines at all of its stores across the country.”

“Cosmopolitan, like Playboy, places women’s value primarily on their ability to sexually satisfy a man and therefore feeds a culture that premises male sexual entitlement,” McNamara affirmed. “NCOSE is grateful for Walmart’s leadership to reduce the amount of unsolicited sexually objectifying material that bombards youth and adults alike.”

As XBIZ reported, McNamara, in her capacity as head of the NCOSE-controlled International Centre on Sexual Exploitation, was a crucial contributor to the recent anti-porn document by the U.K.’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation (APPG-CSE), which repeated anti-porn myths and recommended a state crackdown on sexual expression online.