This article originally ran in the March 2015 issue of AVN. To see the issue, which features coverage of AVN's January shows, click here.
Venus Lux picked up some trophy-case hardware at the AVN Awards: Best Transsexual Sex Scene for her scene with Dana Vespoli in TS, I Love You (DV/Evil Angel) and Transsexual Performer of the Year.
“My first AVN win—actually my first two AVN wins. The week was so intense, doing the trade show. For four days straight, I was wearing heels and having to stay at the booth for eight hours a day,” Lux told AVN. “It definitely made my week,” she added with a laugh.
“I was so nervous [when they opened the envelope],” Lux said, recalling the Awards ceremony. “How wrenching it would be if I didn’t get it—and what if I did? Is my makeup okay? Am I dressed properly? When they called my name, I was on Cloud Nine. It was the best highlight of my whole entire career.”
Lux attributes the win to her crossover appeal: “I cross over to straight porn a lot because I have sex with girls a lot. Most other [TS] performers stay within the industry: TS-and-TS’s, TS solos, TS-and-guys. I pretty much have sex with everyone: females, males, transsexuals. Also, I’m a top. I’m a dominant person in most of my films. I’m rarely the submissive one. I think that makes me unique. Most of the girls in the industry are submissive.
“I’m very known to, basically, fuck everything that moves. I’m known for that. I have no prejudice. I think sex is sex, and I’m the one who reaches out to both genders. This gives me a variety of ways to express my persona. We are beautiful women. We have tits, we have long hair, but we have something extra. We don’t have a vagina—but we do have a hole,” she added with a laugh. “We’re also relatable. We have a penis, so we know how it works. And we could have lived an older life as a male. We understand certain things: You want to glance at that girl? That’s okay. Just don’t fuck her when we’re together.”
Lux also talked about having a booth at AEE, noting that most guys who stopped by would “look at the DVD cover and then say, ‘Whoa. You have a cock,’” she said with a laugh. “They think, ‘Oh, she’s hot.’ It’s nice to kind of convert people to broader thinking. It’s good to have a presence here. We're just as equal."
How did Lux celebrate after the show? “Falling asleep. I went out for a celebratory drink, had some food, then I went to bed. I had a long week.” And she was shooting for Kink.com the next Monday.
Above, photo by Chris King
