Apollo Moon – Trans Masc Star

Sad news was received earlier this month that trans masc performer, Apollo Moon had passed away. Although the cause of his death has not been published, he died in the hospital and his sister posted that Apollo had ‘secumbed to his injuries and passed away’.

A popular figure in the trans community he was an advocate and a big supporter for trans rights. As a performer he done multuple scenes for studios, as well as many shared content with other performers.

Cher Mii wrote: “Sitting here listening to all the silly audio messages we used to leave each other, still in disbelief.

“I love this man dearly. There is so much I could say, but words would do little justice in properly conveying the depth of this loss. Your memory is a blessing.”

Rose Montoya tweeted, “Absolutely devastated to hear of your passing. I love you. RIP,” alongside a photoshoot they did in March.”

A longtime fan added: “Rest in peace, Apollo Moon, watching you grow and spread positivity was always the highlight of my day 🙁 Fly high.”

Apollo was 26 when he died.

Ecstatic / Ernie – Man of Many Talents

Ernie otherwise known as Ecstatic had been on the skirts of the industry for a couple of years, as an original member of Hungangels.com, and early social media before he turned his hand to producing content for models, for their own sites. He had a brief spell producing for Grooby, but he’ll be mainly remembered and loved for his own site, PILadyboy.com which specialised in Filipino trans girls, giving them a platform and a voice – as well as his partnerships with many girls including Krissy4U, Wendy Summers and his good friend Tempest (TS-Rockdolls.com) among others. With a technical background, he was well placed to help girls get their sites launched and host them at a fraction of what other companies would have offered – and he brought his friendship and love of all things trans, as a free bonus! As well as hosting, he was involved in the webmastering of the site, marketing and all the small things that come from digital media sales.

Ernie, along with Tempest were regular sponsors and guests at the TEA Awards where they had many friends, or became friends with everyone they met. Ernie was genuinely, and I don’t believe I could find anyone who would disagree, one of the nicest people you could meet, with a kind word for everyone. Ernie wasn’t in the industry so much as to make money for himself, but to help many models get their sites off the ground and running, when they otherwise wouldn’t have been able. He seemed to enjoy being part of the process. I know that there are many who are grateful to him for his suppport and friendship over the years.

I’d been aware Ernie had been ill for some time, and Tempest informed me in early November 2023 that he’d passed.

I hope that Ernie’s life outside of the character we met and loved, was as happy and as joyous as he seemed. He was a unique individual, who was at the earliest onset of the internet and subsequently the birth of digital trans porn, and we don’t see people like him any longer in this industry. I’ll cherish his memory of meeting the man, and knowing how many people he touched, over 25 years – and send my love and respects to those who knew him more than I, and have lost a friend.

RIP Ernie/Ecstatic.

I just got the news
I am saddened to hear of your journey’s end
In this world
I have thought of you often
As I always will
In this world
But I know that there are golden shores
Far beyond where we have walked
In this world
And some day I will see your smiling face
Your radiant joyous stride as you greet me
Far far beyond,
This world
RIP Ernie

Love always – Tempest

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2011

http://www.transgenderdor.org/

Once a year The Transgdender Day of Remembrance memorializes those transgenders who have been murdered.

The statistics speak for themselves, that there is a disproportionate amount of transgenders killed.

I urge all members of this site to take a look at http://www.transgenderdor.org/ and to see if there are any events in your city. More importantly, if you can educate and normalize transgenderism it may go someway to stop some of these murders happening.

Cane, male performer/assistant on Black-Tgirls and Yum, died 18 Feb 2011

We received word on Feb 18th that Cane Carrington had taken his own life, from both his friend and colleague, Remy and a number of models who were also very close to him.

Cane started as a camera assistant/general assistant with Remy on shoots that were mainly done for Black-Tgirls. His personality and humour put the models at ease and helped the shoots go smoothly. Many of the models became friends with him at this time. When Remy started shooting hardcore scenes for the website, he was looking for a male performer and it seemed a natural choice, for Cane to take. Good looking, in great shape, into the girls and easy to work with he excelled in a number of shoots (many which still have yet to be seen) including ones with Sasha, Unique, Luxury and Sheeba Starr. His scene with Brittany St.Jordan for Shemale Yum, in Dec ’10 was very well received and “smoking hot” as one member described it.

It came as a great shock to his friends when they heard the news and although many knew that he had troubles, none suspected it was as serious as he took them. Some of his friends left YouTube tributes to him:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmFwl-Rzaf0

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Fe35fLqTw

“A few months later it was decided that I would be doing my first hardcore scene and that Cane would be the male talent working with me. The entire production was amazing and working with Cane their was a certain on-set chemistry that made the final product one of the most amazing scenes I could have ever hoped to a part of. I count myself as extremely fortunate to have had to opportunity to not only work with Cane but to have known him as the kindhearted easy going gentleman that made being on set a positive experience for everyone.

Every death is a tragedy but when it is someone as an all around great person such as Cane the loss is amplified with all of the hope and promise we saw in him. There is no way to express the amount of emptiness that will be left without Cane no longer in this world but instead of focusing on the sadness I would rather focus on remembering Cane being the happy smiling guy on set making everyone laugh and enjoy being around him. “ … Brittany St.Jordan 21.02.11

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5kep5qEjd4

Our condolences go out to his friends and family.

Cane Carrington was 31 when he took his own life.

Fabio Scorpion – Male performer in many Joey Silvera movies died 26 Nov 2004

First posted in AVN.com

Fabio Scorpion, a Brazil-based bisexual adult performer who appeared in Evil Angel and other productions shot there, suffered a fatal heart attack during calf implant surgery, Evil Angel reported Wednesday.

Scorpion was 31, said Evil Angel’s Jeff Marton.

“There’s no damn justice in the world when a guy that is this beloved goes like this,” Marton said. “It’s just so sudden. It just tells me there’s no God.”

Marton said he learned of Scorpion’s death in a Rio plastic surgery clinic on Tuesday from Brazilian-based Evil Angel director Stanlay Miranda, who frequently used Scorpion in his productions.

According to Marton, Scorpion went to the clinic late last week for calf implants, but had a bad reaction to the anesthesia and hit his head during a fall, prompting him to be hospitalized. Scorpion spent several days in the hospital, then checked himself out Sunday night. On Tuesday, he went back to the clinic to try the calf implant procedure again, and during the attempted surgery, he suffered a fatal heart attack.

“I can’t believe he went back again,” Marton said, “and I can’t believe the clinic let him. They never did complete the procedure.”

Scorpion also appeared in titles directed by Evil Angel head John Stagliano and Evil Angel director Joey Silvera.

Scorpion’s credits include Miranda’s Rio Carnival Orgy 2 and 3 and Best Ass in The World; Silvera’s Rogue Adventures 5, 9, 20 and 21; and Stagliano’s Buttman’s Anal Divas and Buttman’s Bend Over Brazilian Babes 3. Scorpion also appeared in titles from other companies, including Elegant Angel’s Transposed 4, 5 and 7.