Pornographers were — and are — sexual radicals on the front lines of liberation. The sex industry is a much a bigger part of our history and our political power is generally recognized. We should be proud to be part of it.

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Not to mention the legal battles that were fought by pornographers that helped clear the way for gay media, nor the way LGBTQ+ media was (and is) labeled porn, nor the mainstream LGBTQ media was supported by porn (and sex club!) ads, nor the the funding donated to the movement.

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They also quite literally helped build and fund the “gay rights” movement. Years ago I spoke with Steven Toushin of Bijou Video, who told me how early gay rights activists came to him for his mailing lists. How Steve Endean, one of the founders of the Human Rights Campaign Fund.

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To those in the closet, they were the original “It gets better” videos. For many, it was the only avenue they had for sexual expression. Porn told an alternate narrative. And because they were commercially viable in a way other material wasn’t, they were critical in reaching community.

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Because porn is a critical part of queer history. It was some of the only queer-owned media and a radical and positive documentation of sexuality at a time when it was being violently suppressed elsewhere.

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