The Transgender Erotica Awards, formerly known as ''The Tranny Awards'', are a group of
movie awards presented annually in the United States recognizing performances and performers in the field of
transgender pornography
Transgender pornography is a genre of pornography featuring transsexual or transgender actors. The majority of the genre features trans women, but trans men are sometimes featured. Trans women are most often featured with male partners, but they ar ...
, with an emphasis on
erotic photography
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Erotic photography is often distinguished from nude photography, which contains nude subjects not necessarily in an erotic situation ...
and
pornographic movies
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. Organized by adult industry production company
Grooby Productions
Grooby Productions is a company founded in London, England in 1996 and operationally based in Los Angeles, California, that produces transgender online adult entertainment. It established itself as one of the pioneer companies of online adult tr ...
, the awards were first given in 2009. Citing a poor representation of transgender performers and producers in mainstream adult awards ceremonies, the Transgender Erotica Awards were created to recognize achievement in the transgender
adult industry
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.
The awards nominations are submitted from industry and fans from the transgender adult industry; the winners are voted for by a panel of judges, representing fans, producers, performers and professional critics. Each year there is a different panel of judges.
History
In 2008,
Grooby Productions
Grooby Productions is a company founded in London, England in 1996 and operationally based in Los Angeles, California, that produces transgender online adult entertainment. It established itself as one of the pioneer companies of online adult tr ...
sponsored the Tranny Awards to correct "the lack of recognition that the transgender erotica industry gets." Some comic confusion arose when the California Transportation Foundation, a nonprofit associated with
Caltrans
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, also decided to call its 20th annual awards ceremony to celebrate "transportation achievement" the TRANNY Awards. The judges panel for the 1st annual Tranny Awards included transgender adult film icon Meghan Chavalier, Bob's Tgirls owner
Bob Maverick, and Grooby Productions CEO
Steven Grooby.
From 2010 onward, the Transgender Erotica Awards were live events. Hosted in North Hollywood, the 2nd annual Tranny Awards were held in February 2010. Judges included
AVN award
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winning transgender producer/model Wendy Williams, Black Tgirls producer
Kila Kali, and influential transgender blogger Caramel.
The 2011 Tranny Awards were held in North Hollywood in February 2011, hosted by transgender adult model Michelle Austin. Notable winners included
Bailey Jay, Angelina Valentine, and Joanna Jet. Sponsors for the 3rd annual Tranny Awards included Shemale Strokers, SMC, and Tranny News Daily.
The 2012 Tranny Awards were hosted by
RuPaul's Drag Race
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contestant
Nicole Paige Brooks at Joseph's Cafe in Hollywood on February 19, 2012. This year marks when
Grooby Productions
Grooby Productions is a company founded in London, England in 1996 and operationally based in Los Angeles, California, that produces transgender online adult entertainment. It established itself as one of the pioneer companies of online adult tr ...
brought on their Creative and Editorial Director, Kristel Penn, as the event's Executive Producer. The 4th annual Tranny Awards saw a sharp rise in number of sponsors, from the previous award show's 8 sponsors to 19 total sponsors.
Notable sponsors included Cam4, Eros,
AEBN
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History
AEBN was formed in 199 ...
,
Kink.com
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, and
Third World Media
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. Making up the judges panel were
XBIZ Award
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winning transgender performer Jesse Flores, StrokingQueens webmaster Housekeeper, and XCritic's main reviewer Apache Warrior.
The 2013 awards were held at the Beyond the Stars Palace in Glendale and hosted by television drag celebrity
Jujubee, catering to more than 200 attendees. The 5th annual Tranny Awards added some major award categories, including Best FTM Performer (awarded to
Buck Angel
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), Best Scene Director, and Best Internet Personality.
New notable sponsors included iFriends, Bob's TGirls, Transformation Magazine, and The UP Network. The judges panel included FTM performer James Darling, UP Network owner Ecstatic, transgender adult icon Joanna Jet, and
AVN writer Darklady.
The 2014 awards were once again hosted by
Jujubee at the Beyond the Stars Palace on February 16, 2014, with the after party hosted the following evening at The Dragonfly in Hollywood. New notable sponsors included
XXX
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* XXX, designating pornography
** XXX, an X rating#United_States, X rating
** .xxx, an internet top-level domain intended for pornographic sites
* XXX, a symbol of the straight ...
, Trans500, The Stockroom, Shemale.com, and Fame Dollars. Judges included
AVN award
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winning performer Christian, Frank of Franks-Tgirlworld, and Centurian owner Hanna Rodgers.
With the announcement of the 7th annual award show, Grooby renamed the organization from the Tranny Awards to the Transgender Erotica Awards. Despite the continued common usage of terms such as "shemale" and "tranny" in modern pornography, the response to the event's rebranding effort has "largely been positive."
The 2015 awards were hosted by
Jujubee at The Avalon on February 15, 2015, with the after party hosted the following evening at Bardot in Hollywood. New notable sponsors included Dr. Sinclair,
GameLink
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, and
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. Judges included
AVN award
The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and m ...
winning performer
Ashley Blue
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, FTM icon
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 ...
, and XCritic writer Dr. Jay.
The 2016 awards were continued with the same formula and were once again hosted by
Jujubee at The Avalon with the event moving to the first weekend in March. New judges included comedian
Jim Norton and FTM Performer Eddie Wood. Changes this year included splitting the Best Non-TS Performer into both Male and Female categories, with
Kink.com
Kink.com is a San Francisco-based bondage internet pornography company that runs a group of websites devoted to BDSM and related fetishes. Kink.com, along with Kink Studios, LLC, Hogtied.com and Behindkink.com are DBAs for Cybernet Entertainme ...
and
Grooby Productions
Grooby Productions is a company founded in London, England in 1996 and operationally based in Los Angeles, California, that produces transgender online adult entertainment. It established itself as one of the pioneer companies of online adult tr ...
performer Mona Wales being the inaugural winner in Best Non-TS Female. New award, Best Industry Professional went to Mark Kernes, longtime writer for
AVN (magazine)
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.
Ts Madison
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was presented in person with a Lifetime Achievement, as was early
Grooby photographer The Commander. Performer Kimberly Devine received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Wendy Williams.
The 2017 awards were hosted by
Ts Madison
Ts Madison Hinton (born October 22, 1977), also known as Maddie, is an American reality television personality, actress, and LGBT activist. With the reality show ''The Ts Madison Experience'', she became the first black trans woman to star in and ...
as the mistress of ceremonies. This year was the first three-day event weekend in March at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. New judges included content producers Tarantino XXX and Vito Soho, in addition to transgender adult star Wendy Summers. Lifetime Achievement Award winner recipients were Wendy Williams and Natassia Dreams.
Award categories
In order to be eligible to be nominated for a given year's awards, a title must have been released between October 31 and November 1 of the preceding year, but this has changed by up to two weeks in some years.
Production categories
* Best DVD
* Best Scene
* Best VR Scene
* Best Solo Website
* Best Self-Producer
Performer categories
* Best New Face
* Best Solo Model
* Best Hardcore Model
* Best FTM Performer
* Best Non-TS Performer (Male)
* Best Non-TS Performer (Female)
* Best International Model
* Fan Choice Award
* Best Internet Personality
* Ms. Unique
* Cam Performer of the Year
Technical categories
* Best Scene Director
* Best Photographer
* Best Industry Professional
Special/sponsored categories
* Lifetime Achievement Award
*
Kink's Kinkiest T-Girl Domme
* Dr. Sinclair's Transcendence Award
*
ManyVids
ManyVids is a Canadian adult entertainment video hosting, live streaming, and e-commerce company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
History
ManyVids was co-founded in 2014 by CEO Bella French, a former webcam model and adult online con ...
' MV Trans Model of the Year
* Gender X Model of the Year
* Transational Fantasy Model of the Year
* Bob's TGirls Model of the Year
See also
*
List of pornographic film studios
The following is a list of pornographic film studios.
A
* Abbywinters.com (AUS)
* Active Duty (includes gay content)
* Adam & Eve (USA)
* Anabolic Video (USA)
* Athletic Model Guild (includes gay content)
B
* Bang Bros
* Beate Uhse AG (DE ...
*
Grooby Productions
Grooby Productions is a company founded in London, England in 1996 and operationally based in Los Angeles, California, that produces transgender online adult entertainment. It established itself as one of the pioneer companies of online adult tr ...
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