Madison Young

Beyond her performances, Madison Young is a published writer, sexual educator, and director. She founded Femina Potens Art Gallery, a nonprofit art gallery and performance space serving the LGBTQ and Kink communities. Her work in feminist pornography and as a queer activist has been featured in magazines like Bitch Magazine and Curve Magazine, and she has appeared on the cover of the sex worker activist magazine Spread. She has been seen on television programs on the Independent Film Channel, the History Channel, and MTV's Logo, as well as in documentary feature films. MSNBC journalist Brian Alexander devoted a chapter of his 2008 book America Unzipped to her work, and French film director Virginie Despentes features Young in her documentary Mutantes. Young has received awards for her bondage and suspension work and has been called "an auteur to be reckoned with" by AVN.

She lives in San Francisco with her domestic partner James Mogul, an adult film director, BDSM educator, and photographer. In January 2009, she walked the red carpet at the AVN Awards with comedienne Margaret Cho. In late 2009, she was profiled in the HBO series Real Sex, in an episode that followed her daily life as an adult model and art gallery director. In 2011, she was one of the protagonists of Too Much Pussy!, a docudrama directed by Emilie Jouvet. That same year, she gave birth to her first child. Young uses the term "queer" for her sexual orientation. Her Instagram follower count is 12k.