Jiz Lee

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A photo of American queer porn star Jiz Lee at the 2013 CineKink Awards
Jiz Lee at the 2013 CineKink Awards

Jiz Lee (born October 30, 1980 in Hawaii ) is an American national and an actor with a focus on the porn film industry . Since coming out in 2010, Jiz Lee has publicly seen himself as a genderqueer . Lee also combines both thematic areas in a queer political sense in journalism and in numerous public lectures.

Life

Nothing is known about Jiz Lee's birth name. As Lee pointed out in a lecture at the 5th Annual Five College Queer Gender & Sexuality Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst in 2014, Jiz Lee is a pseudonym. The first name Jiz refers to female ejaculation with recourse to the American slang expression jizz (eng. = Ejaculate). Other pseudonyms Lee used in films are Beau Flex, Jiz and Vasa.

Lee graduated from Mills College in Oakland, California and has a dance education. According to Lee, a cornerstone for her later career in the porn film industry was the collaboration with the Dandelion Dancetheater, founded in San Francisco in 1996, to whose ensemble Lee belonged before starting her film career. In a report in Hyphen magazine, Lee talks about dancing naked in front of an audience in performances with the dance theater group and feeling very comfortable with it.

Lee says of himself that as a child and adolescent he “always was a tomboy” and that today he sees himself as neither male nor female, but rather as non-binary . Lee claims to be designated in a gender-neutral way with the singular pronoun they . This is untranslatable in English, but the composite pronoun is sier like replacing binary name she or he proposed as an alternative. In his spare time, Lee trains to take part in triathlons such as the Ironman Hawaii . The reason for engaging in the sport was the death of a close friend, Lee said in an Arte interview.

Lee also had private relationships with film colleagues Syd Blakovich and Dallas. There was also a four-year collaboration with Blakovich on the performance project Twincest from 2004–2009.

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Steve Javors of AVN Magazine recognized Jiz Lee as "one of the big stars on the queer porn movie set".

Lee's pornographic screen debut took place in 2005, with Shine Louise Houston's The Crash Pad for her Pink & White Productions production company. Lee originally only shot with people with whom he also had a private sexual relationship, in this case as a co-star of his partner at the time, Syd Blakovich. To date, Lee has filmed numerous scenes with playmates that Lee says they have a "crush" on, which is what makes these scenes special, especially when compared to mainstream porn. Further work with the production company Pink & White Productions and directed by Shine Louise Houston followed, including Superfreak , Snapshot and other parts of the Crash Pad series.

Due to the longstanding relationship with the production company, which is headed by director Shine Louise Houston, Jiz Lee took over the management of online marketing at Pink & White Productions in 2013.

Lee has made it a rule for porn films to only work with directors with whom they got to know personally before shooting and to only play in productions in which the performers act independently and on an equal footing, in the sense of the sociological term " Agency ".

In addition to porn films, Lee has also appeared in other renowned feature film and series projects that deal with issues from the queer spectrum, including Mommy is Coming by American director Cheryl Dunye , with a recurring role as Domina Pony in the series Transparent and in Sense8 , the Science fiction series by producers Lana and Lilly Wachowski . Some also directed.

Lee also processes his experiences in the porn industry in academic articles on the range of topics feminism and pornography as well as in the book project Coming Out Like a Porn Star , which was published in 2015. It gathers contributions from protagonists of the porn industry, inspired by Lee's fears and blockades about confessing to work in the adult industry towards one's own family. The critic Rich Moreland described the book as "a lesson in dealing with social behavior and prejudice". For Lynn Comella, the book is "evidence of the power of storytelling and the importance it has when sex workers tell their stories in their own words."

Political activism

Lee describes himself as a "pleasure activist". This includes the fundraising project Karma Pervs , which collects donations for the interests of sex workers by auctioning off artistic and erotic works. Jiz Lee is considered to be a pioneer for the visual and content-related development of the queer pornography genre, and also plays an important role in the visibility of genderqueer people in porn films. In addition, Lee has also contributed to the further development of feminist pornography and the representation of female pornography in film. However, Lee defends himself against the label Feminist Pornography on the grounds that the terminology gives the impression that pornography cannot be feminist in and of itself.

In addition, Lee advocates fair production conditions in the porn film industry as well as ethical principles on the part of consumers, with a special focus on labor protection rights and the sexual self-determination of porn actresses.

In numerous interviews and articles, Lee commented on feminist, queer and transt issues, especially of course in relation to the porn industry. Lee has also been invited to talks and lectures on queer sexuality and experiences in the porn industry by academic institutions such as Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley .

Filmography (selection)

Feature films

  • 2006 The Crash Pad
  • 2007 super freak
  • 2007 Search of the Wild Kingdom
  • 2007 CrashPad Series Volume 1
  • 2008 Lesbian Life Real Sex San Francisco
  • 2008 CrashPad Series Volume 2
  • 2008 CrashPad Series Volume 4
  • 2009 Champion: Love Hurts
  • 2009 Strapped Dykes
  • 2009 CrashPad Series Volume 6
  • 2010 Adult Entertainment Expo '10
  • 2010 The Expert Guide to Female Orgasms
  • 2010 Rough Sex # 2
  • 2010 Taxi 1
  • 2010 doppelganger
  • 2011 Cherry 2
  • 2011 Lesbian Sex 2
  • 2011 Rough Sex 3: Adrianna's Dangerous Mind
  • 2011 Sinderella & Me
  • 2011 Women Seeking Women 75
  • 2011 Roulette Toronto
  • 2011 Vicarious: So Close You Can Taste It
  • 2011 Taxi 2
  • 2012 Cherry - Wanna Play?
  • 2012 Mommy Is Coming
  • 2012 biodildo
  • 2012 Expert Guide to Pegging
  • 2012 Fuckstyles of the Queer and Famous
  • 2013 La Bamba 2: Hell Is a Drag
  • 2013 girl / boy
  • 2013 Tombois 2
  • 2013 Strapped Dykes 2nd
  • 2013 One Night Stand
  • 2014 The Image Revolution
  • 2014 Fucking Mystic
  • 2014 Black Is Blue
  • 2014 Domestic Disco
  • 2015 All of Her
  • 2015 Graphic Depictions
  • 2015 float
  • 2015 If Not Now (I)
  • 2015 Closer (II)
  • 2015 Gender Flux
  • 2016 Snapshot (I)
  • 2016 Girl / Boy 2
  • 2017 Adam & Eve's Short Stories
  • 2018 Gamer Girls

Series

  • 2009–2012 Public Disgrace. Episodes: Dia Zerva live at the Armory! and All Girl Public Disgrace with Penthouse Pet
  • 2011 Rated A for Adult (documentary series)
  • 2015–2016 transparent as dominatrix pony.
  • 2015 Kink University. Episode: Initiation to BDSM: Consent, Negotiation & Aftercare

Documentaries

  • 2011 Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, directed by Patrick Meaney
  • 2011 What Makes Us Queer
  • 2015 Identity: In & Beyond The Binary, directed by Dave Naz
  • 2016 Porn on the Prairie
  • 2019 Morgana

Publications

  • They came to see the [queer] porn star talk . In: Porn Studies . Vol. 2, Vol. 2-3, Taylor & Francis, London 2015, ISSN 2326-8743, pp. 272-274.
  • Jiz Lee and Rebecca Sullivan: Porn and labor: the labor of porn studies . In: Jiz Lee and Rebecca Sullivan (Eds.): Porn Studies , Vol. 3, Issue 2, Taylor & Francis, London July 27, 2016, ISSN 2326-8743, pp. 104-106. Online edition
  • Uncategorized: Genderqueer Identity and Performance in Independent and Mainstream Porn . In: Tristan Taormino (Ed.): The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure . The Feminist Press at CUNY, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1558618183 , pp. 273-278.
  • as Ed .: Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy . ThreeL Media, Los Angeles 2015, ISBN 978-0990557166 .
  • as a photo model: Dave Naz: Genderqueer: And Other Gender Identities . Rare Bird Books, Los Angeles 2014, ISBN 978-1940207261 .

Awards and nominations

  • 2010 nominated for the AVN Award in the Best New Web Starlet category
  • 2012 nominated for the AVN Award in the category Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene for Taxi 2
  • 2012 nominated for the AVN Award in the category Best Girl / Girl Sex Scene for Cherry 2
  • 2012 nominated for the Feminist Porn Award
  • 2014 nominated for the AVN Award in the category Best Safe Sex Scene for Girl / Boy
  • 2015 PorYes Award for Champion
  • 2015 Feminist Porn Award in the Sexiest Star Feature category for JL + DD: Jiz Lee and Danni Daniels

Web links

Commons : Jiz Lee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jiz Lee: Activist and Porn Star - Arte TRACKS. In: youtube.de. November 26, 2016, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Jiz Lee: What is Genderqueer? In: JizLee.com. December 15, 2010, accessed on January 25, 2020 (English, own blog).
  3. ^ The Five College Queer Gender & Sexuality Conference Presents: Jiz Lee and Tristan Taormino. In: Youtube.com. March 11, 2014, accessed January 24, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Patricia Justine Tumang: Changing the Color of Porn. In: hyphenmagazine.com. January 1, 2008, accessed January 24, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Jiz Lee: About Jiz Lee. In: jizlee.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Syd Blakovich: Syd's Shout Out: Queer Performing Arts & Histories of queerness. In: CrashPad Blog. May 13, 2011, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Jiz Lee: Twincest's Death. In: jizlee.com. January 25, 2009, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Sarah Schaschek: Mission Possible - Sex major . In: L-Mag . No. 1 . Special Media SDL, Berlin 2012, p. 92-93 .
  9. ^ Peep Show - Interview with Jiz Lee, Part Two . Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  10. ^ Peter Warren: Pink & White Productions Taps Jiz Lee as Marketing Director. In: avn.com. October 9, 2013, accessed January 23, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Rosalie Scolari: Genderqueer feminist porn star: Jiz Lee. In: thescavenger.net. August 14, 2010, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Jennifer DeClue: Let's Play: Exploring Cinematic Black Lesbian Fantasy, Pleasure, and Pain . In: Patrick E. Johnson (Ed.): No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies . Duke University Press, Durham 2016, ISBN 978-0-8223-6222-7 (English).
  13. ^ Jude Dry: How Silas Howard Became the Best Trans Director Working Today. In: indiewire.com. June 30, 2017, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Marianna Manson: Tackling stigma with gender queer pornstar Jiz Lee Coming Out Like A Pornstar. In: huckmag.com. October 6, 2016, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Rich Moreland: Whatever Name I Choose: A Review of “Coming Out Like a Porn Star”. In: 3hattergrindhouse.com. November 14, 2015, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Lynn Comella: Coming out like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy . In: Porn Studies . tape 3 , no. 2 . Taylor & Francis, London April 2016, pp. 195-197 .
  17. ↑ a b Allison Moon: Girl Sex 101 . Lunatic Ink, 2018, ISBN 978-0-9838309-0-0 , pp. 146 .
  18. ↑ Violet Blue: Jiz Lee's Karma Pervs raises money with hot porn: this month, SFSI. In: tinynibbles.com. June 2, 2010, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Cheria Seise: Fucking Utopia: Queer Porn and Queer Liberation . In: The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy (Eds.): Sprinkle: A Journal of Sexual Diversity Studies . tape 3 . Montreal and Quebec April 1, 2010, p. 19-29 . Download as pdf
  20. ^ Courtney Trouble: Finding Gender through Porn Performance . In: Porn Studies . tape 1 , no. 1-2 . Taylor & Francis, London 2014, pp. 197-200 .
  21. ↑ Zethu Matebeni: Queer (ing) porn - A conversation. Zethu Matebeni talks to Jabu C Pereira and Ignacio Rivera . In: Lou Haysom (ed.): Agenda . tape 26 , 3 Women's sexuality and pornography. Taylor & Francis, London 2012, pp. 61-69 .
  22. ↑ Sofia Luu: Feminist Porn Awards Asks the Existential Question: Is There Feminist Porn? In: vice.com. April 27, 2015, accessed January 29, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Sam Wall: An Interview With Jiz Lee. In: scarleteen.com. November 30, 2017, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Claire Lampen: Queer star Jiz Lee is breaking every porn stereotype to make the industry better. In: dailydot.com. February 3, 2018, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Dar Dowling: Shine Louise Houston & Jiz Lee: Crowdfunding Queer Porn Their Way .... In: huffpost.com. June 18, 2015, accessed January 29, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Mark Kernes: AVN Interviews Jiz Lee About Recent College Appearance. In: avn.com. May 3, 2012, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  27. ↑ PorYes. Awarded. In: poryes.de. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
  28. ^ Feminist Porn Award. Alphabetical Listings by Title. In: feministpornawards.com. Accessed January 30, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Jiz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beau Flex, Jiz, Vasa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American porn actress, actress and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Hawaii