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for Transgender Performer of the Year (previously the AVN Award for Transsexual Performer of the Year) is presented every January in

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at the

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ceremony. It represents the transgender pornographic film performer who has had the best body of work in the previous year. It has been given annually since 2004. Vaniity was the first winner and first two-time winner; winning in 2004 and 2013.

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was the first back-to-back winner; winning in 2015 and 2016.

Buck Angel Buck Angel (born June 5, 1962) is an American pornographic film actor, producer and sex educator. He is the founder of the media production company Buck Angel Entertainment. A transsexual man, he received the 2007 AVN Award as Transsexual Perfo ...

is the only

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to have won the award, winning in 2007. Initially, winners were not presented the award on stage, with on-stage presentations first beginning with the 2013 award to Vaniity. As of January 2021, the titleholder is Aubrey Kate.

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

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