Girl on Girl: Queer Sex in Adult Film

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We've been seeing each other for a while now, so I think its time we talked about sex.  Lesbian sex specifically and why its soooo hard to find.  After years of independent research *clears throat* and after countless conversations with my friends, I have categorized "Girl on Girl" into three categories: Hot, Really? and NEXT!. 

Too often one encounters the same stale images that pass for lesbian porn.  

Two women with long flowing hair, both heavily endowed, but thin, gaze at each other in a non-descriptive room.  

They kiss, timid at first but then more aggressively.  Girl 1 mounts Girl 2 and slides her long red fingernails (Really?) down the tout frame of Girl 2, who giggles. 

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Anyone who truly "works" with their hands knows to watch the length and texture of their fingernails.  Remember women are like fine luxury cars...... DON'T scratch the interior.  Thank you.

Back to bad porn:

If the actresses are bold, they may engage in a little thunder down under (Hot), but most of the time the fingers do the talking and then, still too damn much, the shocked but forgiving boyfriend interrupts the ladies.  And now we prepare for the "real" deal (NEXT!).  

"Girl on Girl" means just that, two girls engaging in intimate acts designed, in my opinion, for the male heterosexual gaze.  Often these actresses are novices with female parts-- even their own, only brushing the surface of female eroticism, and pausing at awkward moments looking for cues from male directors. But have no fear queerlings, there are some queer adult film companies made for us by us, and they know what you want.  

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Pink and White Productions , the works of Courtney Trouble , the performers of Crash Pad, and the amateur films on Queer Porn TV are all excellent places to start the journey to ...... self realization.  But if you are like me, you might be wondering what makes Queer porn different from the run of the mill stuff your brother watches?  Autostraddle.com has a great piece on Feminist and Queer adult entertainment that explores the emphasis on ethics and gender non-conformity that separates these productions from mainstream "Girl on Girl".  

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Queer porn entrepreneur  Jiz Lee, tells Autostraddle.com, 

"There's a danger when porn is limiting in gender and sexual acts -- in an absence of other forms of explicit sex as education, a limited view starts to paint a portrait of what sex looks like, what people who have sex look like, etc... and a constrained example of sex negates MANY alternate and completely valid experiences of what sex is."

J-Bird of Crash Pad Series 

"The experiences I have had given me a new perspective on how ethical porn can be. It requires communication, consent, and respect. I love working with production companies where the performer has a lot of freedom to create their own scene, come as they are (ie: body hair, clothing (or not)) and there is a supporting environment around. That feels ethical and feminist to me." 

If you are looking for genuine queer images in adult entertainment, my greatest advice is to just explore.  Free your mind.  And try to let go of the traditional gender/sexual role play that you were taught even before you knew what sex was.  And above all Respect and enjoy. 

- Happy hunting.