The GayVN Awards are film awards presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornographic industry. The awards were sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998. The awards went on a hiatus after the 2011 ceremony and returned in 2018.
The award recipients are listed below by the year of the award ceremony. In 1998, the first year of the awards, awards were given for that current year's work. Starting with the awards show held in 2000, the awards were given for the previous year's work. For example, the 8th GAYVN Awards were held on March 9, 2006; awards were given for the movies that were released in 2005. The awards have been held annually since 2000. The current record-holder for the most wins in one year is Lucas Entertainment's Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita (2006), which won 14 awards in 2007. The previous record-holder with 11 award wins in 2005 was Buckshot Productions' BuckleRoos.
1998 Winners from the 1998 GayVN Awards held December 4, 1998, at the Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles, California, as published in Choices: The 1999 AVN Awards Show official program: Best Actor—Gay Video Vince Rockland, Three Brothers, New Age Pictures Best All-Sex Gay Video Link 2 Link, All Worlds Video Best Art Direction—Gay Video Thunder Balls, Fox Studios Best Bisexual Video Curious?, Vivid Raw Best Box Cover Concept—Gay Video Time Cops, Centaur Films Best Director—Bisexual Video Anthony Rose, Curious?, Vivid Raw Best Director—Gay Video (tie) Kristen Bjorn, Man Watcher, Kristen Bjorn Sam Slam & Gino Colbert, Three Brothers, New Age Pictures Best Editing—Gay Video Fallen Angel 2, Tab Lloyd, Titan Media Best Ethnic-Themed Gay Video Hot Times in Little Havana, Kristen Bjorn Best Foreign Release—Gay Video Impromptus, All Worlds Video Best Gay Alternative Release Arousal, Titan Media Best Gay Solo Video Alex and His Buddies, Marcostudio Best Gay Specialty Release Fetish Sex Fights 1 & 2, Can-Am Productions Best Gay Video Man Watcher, Kristen Bjorn Best Gay/Bi Amateur Tape Blade's Real World, Video 10 Best Group Sex Scene—Gay Video Ryker's Revenge, Zachery Scott, Brett Ford, Tony Donovan & Chad Donovan, Men of Odyssey Best Leather Video Fallen Angel 2, Titan Media Best Music—Gay or Bi Video Thunder Balls, Bronski Beat & Ram Fist, Thor Productions Best Non-Sex Performance—Gay/Bi Video Lana Luster, Thunder Balls, Fox Studios Best Newcomer—Gay Video Joey Hart Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Gay Video Ryker's Revenge, Men of Odyssey Best Packaging—Gay Video Billy 2000, Studio 2000 Best Renting Tape of the Year—Gay Video Man Watcher, Kristen Bjorn Best Screenplay—Gay Video Gino Colbert and Sam Slam, Three Brothers, New Age Pictures Best Selling Tape of the Year—Gay Video An American in Prague, BelAmi Best Sex Comedy—Gay Video Thunder Balls, Fox Studios Best Sex Scene—Gay Video California Kings, Mike Branson & Tom Chase, Falcon Entertainment Best Supporting Actor—Gay Video Cole Tucker, Catalinaville, Catalina Video Best Videography—Gay Video Man Watcher, Kristen Bjorn Favorite Makeup Artist (Industry-Voted Award) Mr. Ed Favorite Still Photographer (Industry-Voted Award) Greg Lenzman Gay Performer of the Year Cole Tucker The Safe Sex Award—Gay Video Red, Hot & Safe, No Egos Productions [Top]
1999 Starting in 2000, awards would be given for the previous year's achievement. Therefore, the awards recognizing achievement in 1999 would be given at the award ceremony in 2000; there was no award ceremony in 1999.
2000 Best Actor Blake Harper, Animus, All Worlds Video Best All-Sex Video Absolute: Arid, Falcon Entertainment Best Alternative Video The O Boys: Parties, Porn & Politics, O Boys Productions Best Amateur Video New Meat 11, Allan Alan Pictures Best Art Direction Sodom, Vivid Man Best Bisexual Video Mass Appeal, Men of Odyssey Best Director Dream Team, Studio 2000 Best Editing The Final Link, All Worlds Video Best Ethnic-Themed Video Latin Knockout, Brush Creek Media Best Foreign Release BelAmi Best Gay Video Dream Team, Studio 2000 Best Group Scene—tie Betrayed, Falcon Studios Thick As Thieves, Opening Orgy, Sarava Productions Best Leather Video The Final Link, All Worlds Video Best Music Wet Dreams, Sarava Productions Best Newcomer Spike Best Oral Scene Ass Lick Alley, All Worlds Video Best Overall Marketing Campaign Mass Appeal, Men of Odyssey Best Packaging Technical Ecstasy, Men of Odyssey Best Screenplay Dream Team, Studio 2000 Best Sex Comedy Moan, Vivid Man Best Sex Scene Technical Ecstasy, Men of Odyssey Best Solo Performance Joe's Big Adventure, Jaguar Productions Best Solo Video Man Trade Solos, Sports & Recreation Video Best Specialty Release Hellrazer 3, Talos Entertainment Best Supporting Actor Animus, All Worlds Video Best Threesome Animus, All Worlds Video Best Videography Absolute: Aqua, Falcon Studios Best Make-up Artist
Best Still Photographer
Best Renting Tape of the Year 101 Men 3 & 4, Bel Ami Gay Performer of the Year
Special Achievement Award for AIDS Causes
The Lifetime Achievement Award
Hall of Fame [Top]
2001 Best Actor Tony Donovan, Men of Odyssey Best All-Sex Video Heat, Titan Media Best Alternative Video Sarava Productions Best Amateur Video First Time Tryers 18, All Worlds Video Best Art Direction The Servant, Stable Entertainment Best Bisexual Video Goosed Again!, Stable Entertainment Best Director—tie Echoes, Men of Odyssey Out of Athens, Falcon Entertainment Best Director—Bisexual Director Anthony Rose, Goosed Again!, Stable Entertainment Best Editing Top Secret, Andrew Rosen, Men of Odyssey Best Ethnic-Themed Video Caesar's Hardhat Gang Bang, Men of Odyssey Best Foreign Video Italian Style, Sarava Productions Best Gay Video Echoes, Men of Odyssey Best Group Scene Out of Athens, Falcon Studios Best Leather Video Bad Behavior, Falcon Studios Best Make-up Artist Mistress Mona Best Music Echoes, Men of Odyssey Best Newcomer
Best Non-Sex Performance Echoes, Men of Odyssey Best Oral Scene Don't Ask, Don't Tell, MSR Videos Best Overall Marketing Campaign Top Secret, Men of Odyssey Best Packaging Jacked to Vegas, Rascal Video Best Renting Tape of the Year Wet Dreams 1 & 2, Sarava Productions Best Screenplay Now and Forever, Studio 2000 Best Sex Comedy Devil is a Bottom, All Worlds Video Best Sex Scene Colby Taylor The Crush, Falcon Studios Best Solo Performance Fire Island Cruising, Lucas Entertainment Best Solo Video 101 Men 6, BelAmi Best Specialty Release Hand Over Fist, Club Inferno/Hot House Entertainment Best Still Photographer Greg Lenzman Best Supporting Actor Travis Wade, The Crush, Falcon Studios Best Threesome Adam Bristol, A Young Man's World, Delta Productions Best Videography Out of Athens, Falcon Studios Gay Performer of the Year
Hall of Fame
Performer Special Achievement Award for AIDS Causes [Top]
2002 Best Actor—tie Tony Donovan, Carnal Intentions, Men of Odyssey Zak Spears, The Joint, Men of Odyssey Best All-Sex Video Sea Men: Fallen Angel 4, Titan Media Best Alternative Release The House of Morecock, 10% Productions / Adult Visual Animation Best Amateur Video Personal Trainers 2, BelAmi Best Art Direction Sea Men: Fallen Angel 4, Titan Media Best Bisexual Video Goosed for 3!: A Bisexual Love Affair, Stable Entertainment Best Classic Gay DVD The Other Side of Aspen, Falcon Entertainment Best Director Wash West, Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, All Worlds Video Best Director—Bisexual Video Chi Chi LaRue, Mile Bi Club, All Worlds Video Best Editing Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, All Worlds Video Best Ethnic-Themed Video Top to Bottom, Lucas Entertainment Best Foreign release Moscow: The Power of Submission, Sarava Productions Best Gay DVD Sea Men: Fallen Angel 4: Hardcore Collector's Edition, Titan Media Best Gay DVD Extras Sea Men: Fallen Angel 4: Hardcore Collector's Edition, Titan Media Best Gay Video Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, All Worlds Video Best Group Scene The Other Side of Aspen 5, Living Room Orgy, Falcon Studios Best Leather Video Shock, Falcon Entertainment Best Music—Gay or Bi The Back Row, Rascal Video Best Newcomer Matthew Rush Best Non-sex Performance—Gay or Bi Sharon Kane, Cracked, Catalina Video Best Oral Scene The Joint, Shower Scene, Men of Odyssey Best Overall Marketing Campaign The Back Row, Rascal Video Best Packaging The Back Row, 1972 & 2001, Rascal Video Best Screenplay Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, All Worlds Video Best Sex Comedy A Dream Come True, Rad Video Best Sex Scene Sea Men: Fallen Angel 4, Adriano Marquez and Dred Scott, Titan Media Best Solo Performance Tuck Johnson, Goosed for 3!: A Bisexual Love Affair, Stable Entertainment Best Solo Video Alone with ... 1, Falcon Studios Best Specialty release Slap Happy, Global Warming Video Best Supporting Actor Kevin Kramer, Going Down & Cumming Out in Beverly Hills, Great Dane Productions Best Threesome Vengeance, Chad Hunt, Erik Martins, Carlos Morales, Lucas Entertainment Best Videography Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, All Worlds Video Gay Performer of the Year Michael Brandon Hall of Fame Inductees Jim Bentley Josh Eliot Chad Johnson John Rutherford Ken Ryker Steven Scarborough Jim Steel Performer Special Achievement Award for AIDS Causes Shawn Islander Best Renting Tape of the Year Coverboys, Bel Ami [Top]
2003 Host: Taylor Negron
Best Actor—tie Caesar, Cowboy, Big Blue Productions Josh Weston, Deep South: The Big and the Easy, Falcon Entertainment Best All-Sex Video Dreamers, Sarava Productions Best Alternative Release The Fluffer, TLA Releasing Best Amateur Video Hand Picked 2, Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing Best Art Direction White Trash, MSR Videos Best Bisexual Video Mass Appeal 2, Men of Odyssey Best Classic Gay DVD The Wakefield Poole Collection, Mercury Releasing / TLA Releasing Best Director Chi Chi LaRue and John Rutherford, Deep South: The Big and the Easy, Falcon Studios Best Director—Bisexual Video Jim Steel, Mass Appeal 2, Men of Odyssey Best Editing Joe Anjou, White Trash, MSR Videos Best Ethnic-Themed Video Zoot Suit, All Worlds Video Best Foreign Release Spanish Uprising, Studio 2000 International Best Gay DVD Absolute: Aqua/Arid, Falcon Studios Best Gay DVD Extras The Back Row, Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing Best Gay Video Deep South: The Big and the Easy, Falcon Studios Best Group Scene Deep South: The Big and the Easy, Derek Cameron, Sebastian Cole, Chad Hunt, Jeremy Jordan, Clay Maverick, Jason Tyler, Adam Wolfe, Falcon Studios Best Leather Video Prowl 3, MSR Videos Best Music Gian Franco, White Trash, MSR Videos Best Newcomer Bret Wolfe Best Oral Scene Oral Exams, Chris Bolt, Ray Stone, Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing Best Overall Marketing Campaign White Trash, MSR Videos Best Packaging White Trash, MSR Videos Best Renting Tape of the Year Finish Me Off, Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing Best Screenplay Rick Tugger, White Trash, MSR Videos Best Sex Comedy White Trash, MSR Videos Best Sex Scene Cops Gone Bad!, Michael Soldier and Chris Steele, Raging Stallion Studios Best Solo Performance Sean Storm, Open Trench 2: Fuck Fantasies, Sports & Recreation Video Best Solo Video Alone With... 3, Falcon Studios Best Specialty Release Oral Exams, Rascal Video/Channel 1 Releasing Best Specialty Release, 18-to-23 Video The Scout Club, Studio 2000 Best Supporting Actor Rod Barry, White Trash, MSR Videos Best Threesome Deep South: The Big and the Easy Falcon Studios Best Videography Todd Montgomery and Max Phillips, Deep South: The Big and the Easy, Falcon Studios Gay Performer of the Year—tie Michael Brandon Colton Ford GayVN Hall of Fame Inductees Chip Daniels Wakefield Poole