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
