A Look Back at 2017 in Porn & Sex
2017: another amazing year for porn and sex! Check out how it unfolded, all through the lens of the Adult Empire Blog.
January
- 1/5: Remy LaCroix officially retires from porn after a memorable five-year career.
- 1/12: The Preacher’s Daughter wins Feature Movie of the Year at XBIZ.
- 1/13: Brett Rossi makes her stand-up comedy debut.
- 1/17: Suicide Squad XXX wins nine statuettes at the 2017 AVN Awards, and Adult Empire captures its 11th win as Best Retail Site.
- 1/18: Jesse Jane announces her retirement at AVN.
February
- 2/5: Team BJ returns with a new Super Bowl pledge.
- 2/14: Playboy decides to bring back nude pictorials in its magazine.
- 2/16: Los Angeles is declared the nation’s kinkiest city.
- 2/17: Lifetime debuts a biopic based on the life of Belle Knox.
March
April
- 4/5: Dillion Harper claims her third straight Final Femme title.
- 4/6: Adult Empire’s marketing director is accepted into the Remote Year program.
May
- 5/3: Anikka Albrite offers to give TV host and scientist Bill Nye a free Fleshlight.
June
- 6/21: Tori Black announces her return.
July
- 7/14: Cherie DeVille signs a one-year girl/girl contract with Mile High.
August
- 8/2: Katrina Jade signs with Evil Angel.
- 8/2: TLA relaunches its websites in collaboration with Adult Empire.
September
- 9/13: Politician Ted Cruz creates a furor when he “accidentally” likes a porn tweet.
- 9/18: The Submission of Emma Marx: Evolved debuts as the fourth in the popular BDSM series.
- 9/22: Villain from AE Films debuts.
- 9/27: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at 91.
October
- 10/3: Axel Braun’s much-anticipated Justice League spoof debuts on DVD.
- 10/5: Misconduct allegations break against film exec Harvey Weinstein, reshaping the national discussion on sexual harassment and inspiring the #MeToo campaign.
November
- 11/9: Retired star Shyla Stylez dies at 35.
- 11/28: Manuel Ferrara rebuts the French president’s criticism of porn.
December
- 12/11: Blacked creator Greg Lansky introduces his latest label, Blacked Raw.
- 12/11: The FCC votes to end net neutrality.
- 12/19: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are at the top of Vivid’s annual sex tape wish list.
- 12/22: Adult Empire Unlimited surpasses 250,000 total scenes.
