Ts Madison

Ts Madison
Ts Madision at RuPaul's Dragcon 2017
Born (1977-10-22) October 22, 1977
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Residence Conyers, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation
  • Entertainer
  • LGBT Activist
  • Business Owner
Years active 2004–present
Website www.therealtsmadison.com

Madison Hinton (born October 22, 1977), known professionally as Ts Madison or Maddie, is an American entertainer, entrepreneur and LGBT activist. She is openly transgender, and has appeared in a variety of amateur erotic videos before forming Raw Dawgg Entertainment which produces and distributes adult transgender materials. She has become an internet personality and has spoken out on human rights relating to the LGBT community. She has also recorded an EP and has written an autobiography.

Biography

Hinton was born in Miami, Florida. In 2004, Hinton launched Bigdickbitch.com, an adult pay website. She began starring in and independently producing and distributing videos and pictures online. She formed Raw Dawgg Entertainment/RDE Multimedia Group in 2009. She also is the cohost of the Queens Court show.

Madison rose to fame in 2013 after going viral following the release of a Vine clip called "New Weave 22 Inches". The video features Madison exposing her nude body, a body which subsequently disrupts traditional understandings of gender and gender identity.[1]

Once cited by the Huffington Post as a "trans viral" sensation,[2] Hinton created a YouTube channel and began conducting self-interviews talking about issues in the transsexual adult services industry. In 2011, she made a guest appearance on the season finale of Kandi Koated Nights. In December 2013, she was interviewed by the internet magazine Examiner.com.

After working on a Vine video to promote activist and songwriter Mary Lambert’s single "Secrets", she hosted the Gay Pride events in Springfield, Missouri and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3] Ts Madison signed a recording and media contract with Pink Money Records in 2014 and released her first single "Feeling My Fish" shortly after. On January 19, Madison's debut album The New Supreme was released.[4]

French cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles interviewed Hinton about lifestyles and issues affecting the transgender community. In July she made a guest appearance on RuPaul’s What’s The Tee. Hinton, along with RuPaul and his cohost Michelle Visage, discussed pop culture, fashion and beauty advice. She was also interviewed by Gay Life Television. In October, stand-up comedian and musician Jonny McGovern interviewed her for the season finale of his web show Hey Qween.[5] In October 2014, Madison's debut album The New Surpreme was released. She began taping the second season of her web series "Wait a Minute" through World of Wonder Productions. In late November, the Huffington Post did an in-depth feature story on Hinton. She discussed faith, religion and accomplishments with the New York City based news magazine.[6] Urban celebrity news magazine Rolling Out interviewed Hinton about her career and issues affecting the LGBT community .[7][8][9][10]

Ambiente magazine says that she talks "about self-empowerment and strength in her community rather to coddle and promote self-pity [sic] to those affected by the word 'Tranny' in one of her most controversial videos this past year while addressing ex Rupaul's [sic] Drag Race contestant Carmen Carrera over her backlash towards RuPaul and the censorship of the term 'She-Male' used during seasons of drag race."[11] She talked about how her transition emulated her mother's image. Shift (MSNBC) TV Host Janet Mock was one of the inspirations behind Madison's 2015 memoir A Light Through The Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen..[12]

TS Madison was presented in person, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Transgender Erotica Awards hosted by Grooby receiving a standing ovation.[13][14]

In 2017, she began cohosting The Queen’s Court a weekly gossip show opposite friend and rapper Khia. TS Madison does the intro to Khia's song (written by Khia) Next Caller which also serves as the show’s theme song. Recently Madison and Khia have parted way and Khia is currently no longer a co-host of the show. Instead, Madison now hosts Queens Supreme Court (renamed from Queens Court in 2018) with reality tv star and pop culture icon Tiffany Pollard.[15] The show garners over 300,000 views per video and has received media attention.

Works

Movie

  • Trans-Me (2017) Written by B.Octavious Sims and Produced by[SimGriggs Productions] Directed by Sims & Gregory Griggs

Discography

  • The New Supreme (2014), released on Pink Money Records

Web series

Book

  • A Light Through The Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen (2015), published by CreateSpace[17]

Podcasts

  • Queens Supreme Court (2018) previously Queens Court

References

  1. ↑ Trans Viral Star Ts Madison Opens Up About Fame, Visibility And More | HuffPost
  2. ↑ "This Trans Viral Sensation Getting Her Own Web Series May Be Best Thing To Happen All Week". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. ↑ "Baltimore Pride Block Party Headliner: Ts Madison". baltimoregaylife.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  4. ↑ http://www.tsmadison.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-1028-Press-Release-American-Commission-TS-Madison-Release-Date.pdf
  5. ↑ McGovern, Jonny. "Jonny McGovern's Hey Qween! with TS Madison". TheStream.TV. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Hammer, Brad. "15 Questions: Ts Madison". Huffintonpost.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Talks Life Before Porn Fame". Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Rises From Prostitution To Porn Mogul, part 2". Rollingout.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Calls Out Entertainers Who Profit From Gay Culture, part 3". RollingOut.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Barnes, Mo. "TS Madison Gives Advice On Oral Sex And The Porn Business, part 4". RollingOut.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Regz, George. "It's not what you are called, it's what you answer to!". Ambiente Magazine. Ambiente Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "TS Madison on her brand new memoir". MSNBC.com. MSNBC.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "AVN - TEA Show Celebrates 2016 Winners".
  14. ↑ "Winners Are Announced for 2016 Transgender Erotica Awards".
  15. ↑ T.S. Madison’s Latest ‘The Queens Supreme Court’ Guest Host Has Twitter Saying ‘Khia Who?’ | T.S. Madison | Celebrities | BET
  16. ↑ Asea, Adam. "Ts Madison in Wait A Minute – Holiday Special". The Wow Report. World Of Wonder Productions. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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