(Hollywood, CA) On Monday, April 21st, smoking hot, glamorous, versatile, and multi-award-winning trans performer Ariel Demure was invited by Professor Constance Penley as a guest for her media studies class on pornography at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ariel Demure was the guest of honor at UC Santa Barbara on Monday. She was on stage with five graduate students and an audience of over 50 undergraduates who attended the beautiful Pollock Theater. The beginning of Ariel’s award-winning film, “Gorgons & Goddesses,” was shown. A montage of photos of Ariel was on the screen behind her as she fielded questions from the graduate students and the audience about the film, her time in the industry, being a trans performer, and much more.
“It was such an honor to be on stage at a prestigious university talking about my career, film, and the state of trans women in the country right now. Professor Penley and her students were very welcoming and had some really thoughtful questions for me,” says Ariel Demure.
Past guests have included Axel Bruan, Steve Hirsch, Angela White, Mick Blue, Bree Mills, Casey Calvert, and many other adult luminaries.

Penley is the past chair of UCSB’s film and media studies department, founding director of the Carsey-Wolf Center for media research, and an acclaimed scholar who has been a pioneer in researching and teaching in the cultural studies field of porn studies.
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ABOUT ARIEL DEMURE
Ariel Demure is a chameleon who could be dark-haired, a redhead, or blonde on any given day. Her smoking hot looks harken back to the glamourous Vivid and Digital Playground contract stars who heated up the screen. And although she’s glamorous, she’s also down to earth and has a sparking personality and wit. Award-winning, sought-after directors like Ricky Greenwood and Jim Powers sing her praises for being the total package of beauty, professionalism, acting, and on-screen performances. At a young age, it was evident that she was destined for greatness when she snagged the crown for prom queen in high school. Ariel got her start in the industry in strip clubs, was a makeup artist who did drag performances under the name Liv Demure for five years at local show bars in Fort Lauderdale and worked retail before making the leap into adulthood.
With just a few years in the industry, Ariel is in demand and has worked for all the top studios and has appeared in over 80 scenes for Adult Time’s Oopsie! and Transfixed, Grooby, Evil Angel, TransAngels, Gender X Films, Devil’s Film, and Transsensual, and has scored tons of DVD covers. Ariel recently started directing for Adult Time. She’s among the few stars to have a perfect 5-star rating from fans on Adult Empire. And like Tera Patrick, she was featured in two of the biggest adult publications in the same month, AVN and XBIZ World magazines, in August of 2024.
Ariel has also received countless trophies for her work, including winning Trans Performer of the Year and her scene work from the XMAs, Best Trans Acting Performance (twice) and her scenes from the AVN Awards, Trans Premium Social Media Star of the Year from the XBIZ Creator Awards, Best Hardcore Performer, Transfixed Best Acting Award, GenderX Model of the Year, Fan’s Choice Award, and Best Boy/Girl Scene from the TEAs, Fandom Video Winner from the Bazowie! Awards, and Best Top, Best Three-Way Scene, and Movie of the Year from the Fleshbot Awards. Additionally, she has received numerous nominations from the AVN, TEAs NightMoves, AltStar, Fannys, Bazowie!, Pornhub, Fleshbot, Urban X, and XRCO Awards. Ariel’s been profiled by AVN Magazine, who hailed her as one of the top newcomers when she scored four AVN Awards nominations in 2022, more than any newcomer in history.
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