Īwards for gay adult video were a part of the AVN Awards from the 1987 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony. The increasing number of categories made the show unwieldy. Best Non-Sexual Performance – Bi, Gay, or Trans Video.įor the 1999 ceremony AVN Magazine began hosting the GayVN Awards, an annual adult movie award event for gay adult video.Originally, the awards show was part of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, but it grew and garnered more attention over time, allowing it to be established as a separate event in the 1990s. The event started out as the 'Adult Software exhibition' of the show, which attracted as many as 100,000 visitors in addition to those attending CES.
