Courtney Trouble

Courtney Trouble
Born 1982/1983 (age 32–34)[1]
Tacoma, Washington, United States[2]
Website www.courtneytrouble.com
No. of adult films
  • 22 as performer
  • 37 as director
  • (per IAFD as of March 2015)[3]

Courtney Trouble (born 1982) is an American adult film performer and producer. They identify as genderqueer,[4] and are considered an icon[5] in the genre, and movement, of queer porn.

Childhood/Early Life

Trouble grew up in Tacoma, Washington and was raised by their father.[2] They attended Tacoma Community College and The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.[6][7]

Career

Trouble began working as a phone sex operator at the age of 18, studied photography, and worked at On Our Backs under Diana Cage. At 19, Trouble launched the longest-running queer porn website, indiepornrevolution.com.[8][9] As of 2013, Trouble had performed in over 50 hardcore sex scenes and directed 20 adult films.[10]

In 2011, Trouble founded TROUBLEfilms to promote and distribute sex positive "professional-amateur" queer porn with diverse casts. Trouble's films often feature performers Jiz Lee, Wolf Hudson, Dylan Ryan, Lorelei Lee, April Flores, and Madison Young. Of Trouble's films, eleven have been given the Feminist Porn Award and 9 have been AVN nominated.[11]

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Work Result
2009 FPA Most Deliciously Diverse Cast[12] Roulette Won
2011 Most Tantalizing Trans Film[13] Billy Castro Does The Mission Won
Honored Website[13] QueerPorn.tv (shared with Tina Horn) Won
2013 Hottest Dyke Film[14] Lesbian Curves Won
2014[15] AVN BBW Performer of the Year N/A Nominated
2015[16] N/A Nominated

Journal articles

References

  1. ↑ "about me - Courtney Trouble". CourtneyTrouble.com. WordPress.com. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "RECESSION SEX WORKERS #7: How To Be A Girl: Courtney Trouble’s Subversive Smut". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "courtney trouble - porn star and director - dvd and videos and more - filmography - iafd.com - internet adult film database". Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Trouble, Courtney (21 Mar 2014). "Finding gender through porn performance". Porn Studies 1 (1-2): 197–200. doi:10.1080/23268743.2014.888254. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Discussion with Courtney Trouble, Feminist Porn Star & Queer Porn Icon". University of Arizona. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  6. ↑ "Hump Day Hero: Courtney Trouble - The Center for Sexual Pleasure & Health". The Center for Sexual Pleasure & Health. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Velvetpark's Official Top 25 Significant Queer Women of 2010". velvetparkmedia.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "20 Questions With Courtney Trouble". HotMoviesForHer. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Meet Courtney Trouble, the Queen of". SF Weekly. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Alt Pornographer Courtney Trouble Launches TROUBLEfilms". avn.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  12. ↑ The Feminist Porn Awards Recap, Part. 1! hotmoviesforher.com
  13. 1 2 Tom Hymes: 2011 6th Annual Feminist Porn Awards Winners Announced on AVN.com
  14. ↑ Porn Awards, Feminist. "LESBIAN CURVES 2: HARD FEMME". Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "AVN - 2014 AVN Awards Show – History". AVN. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  16. ↑ "AVN - 2015 AVN Awards Show". AVN. AVN Media Network. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

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