PorYes

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PorYes is an initiative of sex-positive feminists that advocates for feminist criteria in pornography and honors outstanding depictions of sexuality. Since 2009, the PorYes Award has been held every two years as a feminist European porn film prize in Berlin. The PorYes awards were created as a feminist counter-action to the Venus Awards, a Berlin-based mainstream porn festival.

The PorYes movement developed criteria based on principles from women's movements: sex-positive representations of lust of all genders, women are desired at all levels of the production process, consensus of all those involved in production (working conditions, safer sex, fair pay) and diversity in the representations: both the performers and the demonstration of diverse sexual expressions. Instead of calling for censorship of sexist mainstream pornography, PorYes encourages the production of feminist porn.

The name PorYes alludes to the PorNO campaign, which called for a ban on pornography. The film award ceremony is supported by media outlets including taz, Missy Magazine, Filmlöwin and AvivA. The partner projects include Pro Familia and the Berlin Porn Film Festival. Aktion Mensch and Urania as well as the HAU theater also support the project.