Bren Ryder

Here is another interview with one of the guys who’s done some scenes on GoodDykePorn.com. They have requested that I keep their identity private but he’s on the website so when you’re browsing all the scenes you can probably guess or go ahead and pick out whomever you’d like it to be.

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1. What made you want to do porn for Good Dyke Porn™?

There were many motives behind my decision to be involved with the project.
I think my main drive behind it was wanting trans bodies, and variations on the queer body to be visible. Even if it was a limited visibility, it created exposure and demystified different bodies. I hoped in a selfish way that it would make people more at ease with getting down with trans people. At this point the only exposure to queer porn I had, was The Crash Pad and Superfreak, produced in San Francisco. I wanted to increase the scope, for myself and others.
I was also exploring my exhibitionist side. So the thought of being filmed while getting it on, was exciting to me. Then by extension having sex kind of instantly shown on the internet was even more exciting, and knowing that it would educate and get people off. Well its a win win situation.

2. Knowing that GDP is inclusive of a variety of queer representations of gender and sexuality, as an ftm guy how do you feel about being a part of “dyke porn”?

Being under the moniker good dyke porn could be seen as problematic and empowering.
I guess in my mind it wraps itself up in identity politics. Because I identify with being part of a queer community, I think all things a little strange or subversive fall under that identifying word (queer).
Although i don’t really fall under the label of dyke, I defiantly see myself as more of a dyke then a heterosexual white male, or even anywhere in the gender binary.
I think it amazing that GDP is inclusive of all queer bodies, you have a diverse and dynamic cast that is represented on the site that I feel begins to represent a part of the queer community.

3. What is your vision of the future of dyke/trans/queer porn?

I see a lot of great things happening with queer porn right now. There are a lot of great sites out there that are so diverse and inclusive, its really exciting. A lot of queer porn being produced is super DIY and independent. Being produced by people like Bren who just want to see some hot porn with real people, who we (queer folks) find attractive. I see sites now like NoFauxxx and an amazing new publication called Original Plumbing. I also came across Morty Diamond’s work. He does these amazing tranny fag films.
It seems like these queer sites are a place where you can see the diversity of the queer scene in one place. I hope to see that transferred into our real lives and into our communities. I would like to begin to see more and more diversity, and more visibility for different faces, and bodies.

4. How do you think trans bodies should be portrayed in pornographic media?

I think that the portrayal of trans bodies in pornographic media can be a bit problematic, especially in mainstream media. The only representation that you see are these sensationalized bodies. Like Buck Angel, who i feel is a representation of a small population of the world. He is a muscley white male. Perpetuating a main stream stereotype of what a male should be. The same can be said about the representation of trans women in porn. It seems to me that trans people have been marginalized and pin holed through the exposure the public has. Like the only mainstream representation there is for trans bodies are in these very sexualized scopes, so they are only seen as sexual objects and not human beings. It’s a dangerous line between fetishism and sexiness.
I think the same could be said about the representation of queer and gay people in mainstream pornography. I think we need to be careful about how we sexualize the queer body/community and work on different ways of relating to each other.

5. Looking back on scenes you’ve done in the past, how do you feel about having your past physical body captured on film?

It’s exciting for me to have my past body captured. I think it important for me to recognize that that body existed for me, and I lived it in for so long. It’s also interesting to relate so much more to the body I am in now, and see how much I’ve changed. Like my intense amount of body hair, muscles and my lovely scars from top surgery. Its interesting to think that people look at me now and would never imagine that I had breasts and would be called a dyke.

6. What else would you like to say about trans porn representation in general?

I think that trans porn is branching off, and that’s an exciting and scary thought.
Like I said before I think it’s important for trans bodies to have visibility but also, I think it’s important to see them beyond a sexual and fetishized object and recognize that they are something beyond the body.
But I look at work like Original Plumbing and Morty Diamond‘s stuff, and I feel empowered and excited that there is this work being done. It’s important stuff, because it helps people think twice when they look at someone and assume their identity. Yes it’s using a sexualized scope, but it still creates visibility. Like through my exposure to the queer femme community I think twice when I look at a femme person. I’m not going to automatically assume that that person is straight identified. The same can be said about making assumptions about a “straight couple”,  later you may be on a queer porn site, and see that same couple getting down.

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This summer, Shanna Katz – aka Essin Em – sent me another film to include on Good Dyke Porn.com. This time she was behind the  camera shooting a hot butch/femme couple in Arizona. I love my job. People from the other side of the continent decide they want their sex to be shown on Good Dyke Porn™ and voila, here it is. They set up the scene in the same way I like to, by putting together a fun context and then getting right to the sex. Similar to “Pizza Delight”, where the butch shows up at the door delivering pizza wearing just a harness on top, Dani is dressed in a french maid outfit that appears rubbery in texture and not really covering much up. The maid was naughty and she must be punished with spanks and… oh, orgasms, of course. And just to really teach her a lesson, Dylan bends over and gets rightly fucked herself.

Shanna did a great job of capturing close ups of the slippery, sexy goodness and facial expression you only see between two people in love and she even helped solve a problem that needed some talking out: “You don’t have to be sexual superheroes. Just have the sex you like to have.” That’s pretty much exactly the same direction I give when shooting a scene.

After spending a week doing some minor editing, I completely fell in love with these two. I could watch them have sex all day long. And, I know I’m a pornographer and watching people have sex is what I do, but I was struck by how comfortable I felt seeing them naked and sexually vulnerable. It’s exactly as I imagined porn should be. No shame. No ick factor. Just beautiful beautiful sex.

To me, their naked bodies are just another part of who they are – which is, of course, literally true. I don’t even know what they’re like when they’re not having sex, but when I watch the way they respectfully handle each other’s bodies and communicate about what’s working and what’s not and smile and giggle and gush at the pleasure they’re giving their partner, I can’t help but love them.

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Last night was the premiere screening of “Horsey”, a collaboration between Amber Dawn, myself (as Horsey) and Juli (another talented filmmaker friend who worked both cameras seamlessly). The screening was a part of The Coast is Queer at Vancouver Queer Film Festival. It’s a night of local short films and is always really well attended and loved by those who attend. The night was a great success. There were lots of amazing films and plenty of fantastic supporters.

So, one of my biggest challenges with running my business, Good Dyke Porn™ is that I tend have trouble promoting it. Especially, approaching people to hand out flyers or talk about the site. But, given that this film was originally created for GoodDykePorn.com then it presented a perfect opportunity to let people know about the site. I got some promo cards from HotMoviesForHer and put together a little flyer specifically outlining how to see more of “Horsey” and the current deals we’ve got running. I got permission to hand them out to people at the screening and it was suggested by my business coach and friends to say a few words about the site and the deals when it was my turn to talk before the screening began. This was definitely travelling outside of my comfort zone, but this site is currently my whole frickin’ life and I felt prepared to do what I could to appropriately promote my work.

The flyers were well received. They got 30 free minutes at HotMoviesForHer.com and some people were coming back for more when they missed getting one on their first pass. I didn’t mind standing there handing out the flyers because I got to say “free dyke porn?” as I handed them out and most people were happy to take one. I accidentally gave one to a non-festival goer and she looked a little confused at first but then came back and told me she realized what it was and really appreciated that I gave it to her.

Then comes the moment of truth: getting up in front of the full theatre and talking, first about the short film itself and then about Good Dyke Porn. When it was my turn I got cheers from the audience, which made me feel very supported, especially since I wasn’t actually there “with” anybody. I briefly described the film I was representing and attempted to promote but was playfully and politely shutdown before I got anywhere. I understand why that happened. Promoting a “business” can be tricky at these sorts of events and I wasn’t an official sponsor or anything. But, like most times, I thought later what I should have said in that moment. I would have liked to’ve said a brief thanks to the members and customers of Good Dyke Porn because without their support the film never would have been made.

Prior to the screening we listened to a speech about the devastating state of arts funding in British Columbia and some good news about the success the film festival has received from personal donations. The message was clear: In these hard times, give your support with money whenever you can. In the moment, when I was facing the crowd, I didn’t think to tie this into my work. But, now, I would like to give my thanks.

Thank you to everyone who has ever bought a membership online or a DVD in a store or purchased clips or watched Video-on-Demand or even clicked on an affiliate link to another site. Because of you, I rented a couple of cameras, bought a suit and some supplies, paid my co-star, gave the camera operator a bit of cash, took us all out for dinner and, with the help of Amber Dawn, eventually turned the footage into a beautiful festival short film. Everything I create is 100% funded by you, the customer. I give my time and effort and I look forward to my own financial rewards somewhere down the line, but until then I am delighted to donate my time to continue to be creative with sexually explicit material. And hopefully, I can continue to show these films at festivals around the world.

I would also like to thank Out on Screen, the brilliant hard-working team behind Vancouver Queer Film Festival for supporting my work for the past three years. I look forward to many more creations and screenings in the future.

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• Contact me with viable trades, alternate forms of payment (besides the dominant payment option of credit cards), or just to give me words of encouragement: at bren@gooddykeporn.com

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At Good Dyke Porn we continually strive to provide authentic queer content that’s inclusive to everyone who considers themselves to be queer. Obviously, there’s a focus on the female as indicated by the phrase “dyke porn”, but how do male-identified queers like female-to-male transgender or transsexual guys fit into this dyke porn paradigm?

Beautifully, as it turns out. The few scenes that we’ve been able to feature are incredibly sexy and hugely desired by our viewers, including myself.

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Now on HotMoviesForHer.com, see the full movie that James Darling and Deluxx Dash submitted to GoodDykePorn.com:

I asked a few of the guys their personal perspective on being in porn, their thoughts on queer porn and Good Dyke Porn™ specifically. Following is the gorgeous James Darling and his answers:

1. What made you want to do porn? And what made you want to submit to Good Dyke Porn™?

2. Knowing that GDP is inclusive of a variety of queer representations of gender and sexuality, as an FtM guy how do you feel about being a part of “dyke porn”?

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So, today I film another scene with myself as the co-star. As far as porn scenes go this one shouldn’t be too difficult.

My mission: To make out with a hot woman. No sex, just hot and heavy kissing.

I have chosen to accept my mission, but I have to admit, I’m nervous. I always get nervous before a shoot, even if I’m behind the camera. I want it to go well. I want it to look hot. I want people to like it. As the one behind the camera, I worry about doing a good job, but as the “performer”, I’m extra worried. Although, when I’m preparing myself to have sex on camera I get terrified. Today, I’m nervous.

My co-star and I don’t really know each other very well. She’s new to the whole porn thing and we’ve never kissed each other before. I was going to have a make out rehearsal just to make sure we kissed well together. But, scheduling is always a challenge so I just figured, “let’s capture our first kiss on camera”. So, that’s what we’re going to do.

We’re going to take it slow, chat a bit, have a glass of wine and let the sexual tension build a bit while we move towards the inevitable. Personally, I’m naturally shy and have a tendency to blush, so I’ll try to embrace that side of myself and let it feed into the energy. For this scene I’m really hoping to capture the energy. There won’t be any fleshy close-ups (except of our faces, I suppose) so the visuals will be more subtle. This is where the energy is meant to come in.

I’ll be working with a new camera operator, who I have full confidence in. My co-star is smokin’ hot and I love to kiss. Sounds like a great way to spend the evening. Soft-core queer porn, here we come.

This is what I struggle with. Okay, maybe struggle isn’t exactly the right word. Here’s the thing. I make porno movies, as you know. And I make them available for download to anyone in the world. And, as the culture is right now, these videos are then available for people to “share” online – illegally, of course. I don’t stress over that reality. There’s not much anyone can do about it and I really want more and more people to see what Good Dyke Porn™ looks like. So, from that perspective, it’s great. Plus, I subscribe to the notion that what you resist, persists. I just wanna get paid, is all.

So, I figure if people are going to be sharing the videos then I want to put a watermark of “GoodDykePorn.com” throughout the film so that when they do see it, and love it they will know where to find more and then hopefully choose to make a purchase. But, now I’m having second thoughts about that. I was watching some videos recently and the watermark is quite annoying. For the people who do purchase the clips or buy a membership they shouldn’t have to be distracted by the watermark.

Now I’m thinking I could put the logo at the beginning and the end of the clips so that the films are clearly identified as Good Dyke Porn™, but free from distracting watermarks throughout the rest of the video. Of course, someone could cut off the front and end slugs (that’s film lingo), but why would they? It they want to share then they just share. I don’t see much “stealing” of the ownership of images. And, that would be pretty easy to catch. But, I suppose it is possible. That’s not my main concern though.

After going back and forth over this, the thing that finally tipped me over the edge was the perspective that I don’t need to physically brand every single image that passes through Good Dyke Porn’s database. The sex that I capture on film isn’t “mine” per se. Except the scenes that I’m in. I’ve purchased the rights to the images so that I can run a business that shares these beautiful images with the world.

I want people to know where these films come from and I want this business to be able to continue to produce such beautiful films. And, perhaps that beauty can be completely unobstructed for your continual enjoyment. What do you think?

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Wednesday night was the Naked Truth Adult Entertainment Award Show. It was the first of its kind in Canada and included a really interesting and diverse group of people from various areas of the adult industry.

I think it was a really great start to an event that will hopefully continue on for years to come. The Naked Truth website is an online social community for all types of adult entertainers, business owners and support workers. The categories and award winners were quite varied: from Favourite Pussy Squirter to Favourite Sex Worker Advocate, from Trojan Condoms and Dita Von Teese to Tamara O’Doherty (Favourite Academic Advocate) and Good Dyke Porn (my earnest, yet minuscule porn company). The unlimited scope of nominees, and the under-advertised voting system could have been the reason we managed to be voted Favourite Adult Website (in the whole wide world!). (That, and we’re The Best, of course.) But, I think that is what made this awards show so interesting and fun. It brought people together who wouldn’t normally be included in the same program. And, like Mz. Scream, the winner of Favourite Pussy Squirter, said, “It’s nice to be recognized, to have this pat on the back for those of us who work so hard and put ourselves out there for the enjoyment of others.” We all had our own way of contributing to the pleasure industry. I was delighted to meet them and I’m happy they know me now, too.

Of course, like any great sexy event, the queers where out in full force.
Here is a sample of the out and memorable award winners and performers in attendance:

• Esther Shannon – Favourite Feminist Advocate
• Zoe from Zoho Salon – Favourite Hair Stylist
• Jenny Magenta – working the red carpet, interviewing, and being glamourous as usual (go to Jenny Magenta Town!)
• Aedan Saint – Spoken word Artist and Mr. Gay Vancouver XXX who performed the closing number. (more about Aeden)
• From the Good Dyke Porn™ camp we had myself, Bren Ryder, Honey B, and the hot couple from ‘Pizza Delight’ scene, Big Booty B and Papa Big Cock.
  *We picked up two awards: Favourite Adult Film Company – Performers Choice and Favourite Adult Website (as mentioned above).

I’m sure there were more but I don’t know enough about them to know their queer status.

For a complete list of the winners go to NakedTruth.ca!

All in all it was a fabulous evening. Samantha Mack was a hilarious host and kept the audience laughing and engaged for the whole 4 hours. There were definitely some flaws, but it was the first one so I’m sure it will only get better and better every year. If I was choosing the course of direction for future shows I would take advantage of the Canadian or Vancouver aspect and narrow down the nominees to relatively local stars. Honouring Dita Von Teese, Belladonna, Jenna Jameson and AVN is cool, but they’re not likely able to attend. As the show gains attention and sponsorship, then, eventually bring in the expensive stars from around the world as guests.
*Just my two cents.*

It was a complete honour to be included in this celebration of sex and the work we do to bring it to the people.

Susan Davis – Favourite Sex Worker Advocate – summed up the importance of the night beautifully in this video by The Georgia Straight.

This is an imported note on Facebook from my blog, BrenRyder.com. Or, if you are one of the handful of readers of the blog, then you’re seeing this first hand.

Facebook is great for promoting blogs and websites and events and all that good stuff, but I definitely don’t use it to its full potential. Relatively speaking, I don’t have a lot of “friends” on my profile and it’s an interesting mix of people: close friends, ex-girlfriends, acquaintances, family, porn people, long lost friends, fans, randoms, and Internet connections.

The profile page has become more of a personal page rather than a business page so I decided to make a separate Bren Ryder fan page – except they don’t call it fan pages anymore. Now, you don’t need to be a fan to “like” me. I’d like to use the Page of Bren Ryder for blog updates and GoodDykePorn updates and news. Although, I’ll continue to add the usual links and info to my profile because I want to share my life with my friends. And fans are still welcome to friend me but for more up-to-date show-biz info then Like-ing the Page is a better option.

Currently, my blog has a low readership. Why? Because I hardly ever write for it. You can’t read what’s not there. That’s going to change as I get into the habit of writing about this experience of being an independent dyke pornographer who practices various experiments in productivity, ponders butch visibility, spiritual journeys and the evolution of queer porn.

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I’m still here. Still making porn for dykes and the likes of you. Still perpetually experimenting with ways to be more productive and streamlining my business so that it’s delivering what I intend and satisfying my need for simplicity and, you know, enjoying life, being happy.

I have mixed feelings about my business right now. I doesn’t make me much money – just enough to top up my personal accounts when I’m a little low. It involves about a million details and keeps my Todo list perpetually stacked. Which, is fairly normal for a lot of people, but I fancy myself a simple butch and sometimes I wonder if it’s worth the hassle. The good news is that I don’t lose money in the deal. And, of course, I do get to film people having sex.

Sometimes I feel like shutting it down completely and just sticking to a regular job – go to work, come home, relax, and not have to get on the computer for the whole night. Running a business by yourself is like being in school, it’s all homework and I always feel like should be working on something. Except I don’t have any enforceable deadlines and little accountability – well, except to my millions of adoring fans.

I go back and forth between thinking about shutting it down completely and, the other extreme, expanding it and seeing if I can actually make some money out of it. It is porn after all, there must be money to be made.

I love filming, and I love editing and I’ve basically turned my favourite thing into a job, but I suck at accounting, marketing, promotion, and, um…business. So this is the point where I get to reach out to my community and get help from those who are good at those things and want to do their part to bring good dyke porn to the world. Except I suck at doing that too.

I’m not ready to give up on this thing yet. I’m working on some ideas that will allow for better access to individual scenes and various options for memberships and prices. My main priority is customer satisfaction. Shooting new sex scenes in a small community isn’t always possible on a consistent basis. And, frankly, I don’t want to stress over it. I’m looking for that sweet spot: the place where I don’t stress too badly, still get to create the work, and consistently fulfill the customers expectations of what I’ve promised to deliver.

Traditionally, November has been one of my worst months out of the year. Bad things happen, mood is low, and it feels like a very long month. December I like. It’s a time to kick back, party with friends and family, look back over the year and make plans for the new one.

This November I’m going to take on a few projects that I’m hoping will make November a better month.

November is novel writing month (NaNoWriMo) so I’m taking this opportunity to try my hand at writing again. I wrote for the Three-Day Novel writing contest which was super fun. My goal early this year was to write my Porn Manifesto. So, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.
Along side with writing this manifesto, I’m going to document – journal style – all the things I do this month related to creating porn and running my website, GoodDykePorn.com. So, whether this month turns out great or not I’m hoping that writing about it will make it interesting, anyway.

Earlier this year I made a list of 101 Things To Do. And there is still plenty on that list that I still need to do.
I have a huge TO DO list and I’m going to tackle as much as I can in November. That way, I have something to write about, a limited time frame to push myself and hopefully an alignment between my vision (manifesto) and my actions (journal).

Here is where we’re starting:
This past week has been November-esque in the sense that I have lost (more like misplaced) a lot of media that I need for the website. Specifically the footage that I intended to post on the site this past weekend. I’m hoping that by the end of this week I’ll have it all worked out and be done with “unfortunate luck” for a little while.
[To see the live performance version of the upcoming scene - go to the Updates Page on GoodDykePorn.com.]

Also, we’re essentially starting from nowhere. I haven’t been writing on this blog for a while and the website has only just begun the new updates. So, writing the Manifesto is going to be about the vision of Good Dyke Porn™ and the documentation of Bren Ryder working GoodDykePorn.com is going to show my attempt to put that vision into action.

I’ll keep you updated on my writing progress and work activities for the month of November. To get the latest updates and excerpts from the upcoming Manifesto, subscribe to this blog or follow me on Twitter.

Wish me luck!