“ Indeed, as with many debates over the humanity of trans people, genitals have become a battleground. In some (often toxic) online forums, many users believe that no matter how much testosterone a performer takes, no matter how hairy his chest nor how prominent his beard, he shouldn’t be in gay porn if he has a vagina.

“There is desperate need for cis gay men to hold on to the dignity that they have fought so hard for,” says Shaan Lashun, a trans man and co-founder of The Molly House Project. “And if you dare put a vagina somewhere that they have worked so hard to put all [their] penises, they see it as an attack, and like you're invalidating their rights.””