Starting in 2000, awards would be given for the previous year's achievement. 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 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 Mediaīest 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-GayVideo 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.
The previous record-holder with 11 award wins in 2005 was Buckshot Productions' BuckleRoos. 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 awards have been held annually since 2000. For example, the 8th GAYVN Awards were held Thursday, Maawards were given for the movies that were released in 2005. Starting with the awards show held in 2000, the awards were given for the previous year's work.
In 1998, the first year of the awards, awards were given for that current year's work.
The award recipients are listed below by the year of the award ceremony. The awards went on a hiatus after the 2011 ceremony and returned in 2018. 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 GayVN Awards are film awards presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornographic industry. Alexsander Freitas (left) and Michael Brandon (right) at GayVN Awards 2010