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Shine Louise Houston’s newest porn adventure

Between the adult industry and the queer community, Shine Louise Houston is household name. She has been creating erotic queer cinema for almost a decade with Pink & White Productions, and is known as the mastermind behind The Crash Pad, a long running porn series about a secretive San Francisco apartment where queer folks go to have spectacular sex. Her other films, including SNAPSHOT, have all won numerous accolades, as well as a quite a bit of attention. Along the way, Houston has always kept focus on what matters to her: representing queer communities and queer communities of color.

Houston’s latest project, Chemistry Eases the Pain, is a “not-so-typical queer love story” currently seeking crowdfunding. The film will be an erotic dark comedy with a woman of color as its main character – Frankie, a young, staunchly lesbian college student thinks she’s “going straight”… Which will she choose: Love or her pride? Houston’s reputation for thoughtful storytelling and moody cinematography will surely play a major role, all with mega hot sex woven into the story line.

Independently producing the film will allow for more creative control, more time to edit, and more profit. This is the second time Houston has taken to crowdfunding a project, her project SNAPSHOT being the first and very successful at that. The campaign for Chemistry Eases the Pain has a goal of $23,000, which will cover the cost of paying cast and crew. Some perks for donating include: DVDs, postcards, luxurious glass dildos, getting your name in the closing credits of the film, She Bop gift cards, and even a cameo in the film!

The campaign ends on February 28th. If you can’t donate, consider sharing the campaign on social media, just tag @ShineLouise and @PinkWhite! Supporting queer media, people of color, and independent queer porn is so important – with only a couple days left of the campaign, spread the word far and wide!