Part 1 – Meet Electra Rayne, the “famously bisexual” creator of QueerCrush.com, a sapphic focused website for authentic porn made for the queer & femme eye instead of your average heteronormative & male-view skewed porn. In part one of this 2-part episode, we talk about managing the never-ending to do list, and Electra applying for her first credit card & Kink.com on her 18th birthday because she knew she wanted to be in the adult industry from an early age.
We discover I masturbated to her porn before I realized it was her, reminisce about our lovely queer meeting at AVN, and we delight over how supportive our wives and family are regarding our careers in the sex work field. Electra and I discuss how normal and common being queer/bisexual/heteroflexible or homoflexible actually is, and the value of labels, and the definitions and concepts around labels.
We talk about her original home of Chicago and her new home of Las Vegas with her numerous pets, and her cross-country adventure to get the menagerie out to Nevada. Together we dive into her experiences working at Sheri’s Brothel as a “legal courtesan,” how they can’t actually operate brothels in Las Vegas legally and how important decriminalization is, as well as Electra’s move from performer to working more behind-the-scenes on the big picture, and becoming a business owner.
Electra discusses missing stripping in some ways, and talks about the differences and pros and cons between scripted scenes and authentic porn; we agree that in porn you tend to usually “give it an extra 20%” with acting. We chat about the strangeness of parasocial relationships with fans and on that note, we talk about managing boundaries in general. Discover the origin story of QueerCrush.com, hear about high-tech strap ons, and listen to two people who love to create porn talk about their passion for the craft; in part 1 we touch on Electra building her “lesbian empire,” with just over 70 videos out to date on the website in under a year of launching the site. We discuss Sliquid lubes being a staple in our houses and a partner of Queer Crush, as well as Electra’s business partner and videographer/photographer, Dahlia Von Knight, and leaving in the authentic parts of the scenes for QC… More to come in part 2 of Electra Rayne’s episode of Sex Industry Talks!
Interview by Nel Parker, He/They – President of Adult All Access & Magazine Editor
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