Adrian Cortez (July 19, 1978 – December 6, 2016), better known by the stage name Brittany CoxXx, was an American performer in gay and transsexual pornography. CoxXx had a successful career in gay pornography under the name Stonie before transitioning from male to female in late 2005. Before transition, she performed in more than 60 productions, appeared on nearly 50 box covers, and was nominated for the 2001 GayVN Award in the "Best Newcomer" category. She made a cameo appearance in the 2006 movie Borat.
Early life
Cortez was born on July 19, 1978, to Perry Cortez Sr. and Deborah (née Waguespack) in New Orleans, Louisiana and had three brothers. Under the stage name Stonie, Cortez began working in both gay and transsexual pornography in 1999.
Gay porn career
After several performances with Gary McKay's L.A. Heat productions, Cortez (under the name Stonie) signed an exclusive contract with GayVN Hall of Fame director Paul Barresi. The contract was unusual because it included benefits rarely provided in the adult industry. By 2006, her career had included more than 60 productions and involved every major gay porn studio. Accolades included being described as the Kate Moss of gay porn and "the boy with the hottest ass" – in fact, Mickey Skee described the star as having "one of the hottest asses in the business since Joey Stefano's" and Jason Sechrest described the star as an "insatiable super bottom with an unparalleled sex drive".
Cortez's work often included "dictatorial daddies" and authoritarian, discipline, or military themes. In playing roles subservient to "dictatorial daddies", Cortez was well-matched with Barresi, as Adult Video News has said Barresi's directorial efforts made her "undisputedly the king of military-themed videos." Many of the authoritarian videos were made with Barresi and his Regiment Productions studio (such as Brig Brats, Carnal Cadets, and Wild Blue), though a spanking fetish video was filmed with Control-T Studios and a bondage video Roped Trick with Tom "Ropes" McGurk.
Cortez appeared in a scene with J.T. Sloan, the 1995 GayVN Gay Performer of the Year, in the 2000 Pacific Sun Entertainment production Daddy Please! Working with All Worlds Video, she made White Lies, Father Figure, appearing with GayVN Award and two-time Grabby Award-winner Sam Crockett. Cortez was featured in the film's sequel Father Figure 2. For Catalina Video, she appeared in a threeway with Jason Sizemore. The two also appeared together in the Studio 2000 production Straight Up. Cortez's career included appearances on nearly 50 box covers.
She received a nomination in the Best Newcomer category in the 2001 GayVN Awards,. She appeared in the Men of Odyssey production Caesar's Hardhat Gang Bang, which won the 2001 GayVN Award for Best Ethnic-Themed Video.
Borat cameo
Borat is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film that was a critical and commercial success, but which was also highly controversial. In what was described as one of the best sight gags in the film, the central character Borat Sagdiyev shows photographs of himself with his allegedly 13-year-old son Hooeylewis, portrayed by Cortez, to an etiquette coach. In one such photo, Hooeylewis naked and "cradling his Dad in his arms" while in another "Borat [is] squatting down giving the thumbs-up sign to a close-up of shot of his son's large endowment".
RadarOnline republished the Radar magazine report on the porn star appearing as Borat's son:
Commenting on the appearance, Queerty noted that, despite Borat exploiting "his son's genitals", Sacha Baron Cohen did not invite Cortez to the premiere of Borat. Forest did comment that the star "earned far more for [the Borat] photo session than [she] would've if it had been for an adult company. We got paid a good sum of money."
Transition
Cortez's last gay porn appearances were filmed in 2005, though these works continued to be released until 2006. Her transition began in late 2005 and lasted approximately one year, after which she took the stage name Brittany CoxXx. At the start of 2008, agent David Forest confirmed her return to adult film productions, her first performance being in Brittany's Transformation in collaboration with Barresi, who she trusted and respected after their earlier work together. CoxXx declared that she was "really looking forward to working again with Pleasure Productions and Paul Barresi," adding that it's "funny how things happen in life. Everything seems to come full circle."