Historically, the adult industry created these labels to categorize performers for a cisgender male audience [1, 4]. "Verified" status in this context refers to industry platforms' attempts to authenticate performer identities—often to prevent piracy or fraud—while simultaneously commodifying trans bodies through a lens of "otherness" [3, 4]. For many trans individuals, these terms represent a history of and dehumanization, where their identity is reduced to a commercial category [4, 6]. The Digital "Tube" Infrastructure