performance art work has been showcased internationally by institutions including the Museum of Sex, Highways Performance Space, Grace Exhibition Space in New York, and Max Black in Sydney, Australia. Directing and producing Young founded Empress in Lavender Media, a production company working to bring queer, transgender, and sex worker stories to mainstream media through filmmakers within those communities. Their first series, Submission Possible, explores "the queer sexual underground worlds of kink, fetish, and BDSM” across the nation. The first season of Submission Possible was released from 2020 through mid-2022, after delays in production due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and features New Orleans, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland. Submission Possible was screened at the 2022 CineKink Film Festival and has been selected for screening at the 2022 San Francisco PornFilmFestival. Other media ventures Writing Young’s memoir, Daddy, was published in 2014. Young followed their memoir with The Ultimate Guide to Sex Through Pregnancy and Motherhood and The DIY Porn Handbook: Documenting Our Own Sexual Revolution, both published in 2016. Young’s writing has also been published in anthologies including Rad Families: A Celebration, Subversive Motherhood, The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge, Ropes, Bondage, and Power: Power Exchange Books' Resource Series, and the Routledge Porn Studies Journal. Speaking and guest appearances Young is a noted expert on sex, BDSM, and feminist pornography. Young has taught workshops, given lectures, and acted as a panelist at institutions such as Yale University, University of Toronto, UC Berkeley, and Emerson College. They have been featured on HBO, the History Channel, MTV's Logo, and on Fusion TV with Alicia Menendez. During their appearance on Viceland's Slutever, Young spoke on the topic of ecosexuality, a sexual identity and movement. Additionally, they discussed gender neutral views on parenting and body positivity on Bravo's Extreme Guide to Parenting. Young has been interviewed for HuffPost, xoJane, The Rumpus, Salon, and Curve, and has been written about in The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure and Pornography Feminism: As Powerful as She Wants to Be. They have also appeared on Amanda Palmer’s podcast, The Art of Asking Everything. Awards Personal life Young is married to James Mogul, a former adult filmmaker, BDSM educator, and photographer. They have two children together. Young uses the term "queer" for their sexual orientation, identifies as a nonbinary femme, and uses they and she pronouns. References External