Ts Madison

Ts Madison
TSMadisonHinton
TS Madison
Born (1977-10-22) October 22, 1977
Miami, Florida, United States
Occupation Entertainer, Author, Songwriter
Years active 2004–present
Website www.tsmadison.com

Ts Madison, sometimes presented as TS Madison, and also known as Madison Hinton[1] (born October 22, 1977) is an American entertainer, entrepreneur, and LGBT activist.

She is openly transgender, and has appeared in a variety of amateur erotic videos before forming Raw Dawgg Entertainment which produces and distributes adult transsexual materials. She has become an internet personality and has spoken out on human rights relating to the LGBT community. She has also recorded an EP and written an autobiography.

Biography

Madison was born in Miami, Florida. She is a 1996 graduate of Southridge Senior High School. In 2004, Madison launched Bigdickbitch.com, an adult pay website. She began starring in and independently producing and distributing videos and pictures online. She formed Raw Dawgg Entertainment/RDE Multimedia Group in 2009.

Once cited by the Huffington Post as a "trans viral" sensation,[2] Madison created a YouTube channel and began conducting self-interviews talking about issues in the transsexual adult services industry. In 2011, she made a guest appearance on the season finale of Kandi Koated Nights. In December 2013, she was interviewed by the internet magazine Examiner.com. She also launched a collection of T-shirts and other merchandise customized with some of her catchphrases.[3]

After working on a Vine video to promote activist and songwriter Mary Lambert’s single "Secrets", she hosted the Gay Pride events in Springfield, Missouri and Toronto, Canada.[4]

French cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles interviewed Madison about lifestyles and issues affecting the transgender community. In July she made a guest appearance on RuPaul’s What’s The Tee. Madison, along with RuPaul and his cohost Michelle Visage, discussed pop culture, fashion and beauty advice. Madison was interviewed by Gay Life Television. In October, stand-up comedian and musician Jonny McGovern interviewed her for the season finale of his web show Hey Qween.[5] In October 2014, Madison's debut album The New Surpreme was released. She y began taping the second season of her web series "Wait A Minute" through World of Wonder Productions. In late November, the Huffington Post did an in-depth feature story on Madison. She discussed faith, religion and accomplishments with the New York City based news magazine.[6] Urban celebrity news magazine Rolling Out interviewed Madison about her career and issues affecting the LGBT community .[7][8][9][10]

Ambiente magazine says that she talks "about self-empowerment and strength in her community rather to coddle and promote self-pitty [sic] to those affected by the word 'Tranny' in one of her most controversial videos this past year while addressing ex Rupaul's [sic] Drag Race contestant Carmen Carrera over her backlash towards RuPaul and the censorship of the term 'She-Male' used during seasons of drag race."[11] She talked about how her transition emulated her mother's image. Shift (MSNBC) TV Host Janet Mock was one of the inspirations behind Madison's 2015 memoir A Light Through The Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen..[12]

Works

Discography

Web series

Book

Notes

  1. ↑ "This Trans Viral Sensation Getting Her Own Web Series May Be Best Thing To Happen All Week". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  2. ↑ madison, ts. "Ts Madison t shirts.". tsmadison.spreadshirt.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. ↑ "Baltimore Pride Block Party Headliner: Ts Madison". baltimoregaylife.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  4. ↑ McGovern, Jonny. "Jonny McGovern’s Hey Qween! with TS Madison". TheStream.TV. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Hammer, Brad. "15 Questions: Ts Madison". Huffintonpost.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Talks Life Before Porn Fame". http://rollingout.com/entertainment/ms-madison-talks-life-porn-fame-pt-1/. External link in |website= (help);
  7. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Rises From Prostitution To Porn Mogul, part 2". Rollingout.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Calls Out Entertainers Who Profit From Gay Culture, part 3". RollingOut.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Gives Advice On Oral Sex And The Porn Business, part 4". RollingOut.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Regz, George. "It's not what you are called, it's what you answer to!". Ambiente Magazine. Ambiente Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "TS Madison on her brand new memoir". MSNBC.com. MSNBC.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Asea, Adam. "Ts Madison in Wait A Minute – Holiday Special". The Wow Report. World Of Wonder Productions. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

References

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