Interview: 2015 Transsexual Performer of the Year Venus Lux

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