Chi Chi LaRue/Channel 1 Win Big at Fourth Annual Cybersocket Awards

On the eve of the final day of the Internext Expo, Web magazine Cybersocket held its annual awards show at Gipsy, Las Vegas' premiere gay club. Gay porn director/Internet presence Chi Chi LaRue and Channel 1 Releasing won trophies in five of the 32 categories celebrating achievements by the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Internet community.

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The five awards are for Best Clubs & Events Site (Club Channel 1), Best Live XXX Show (Chi Chi LaRue's Live and Raw), Best Specialty Adult Pay Site (Chi Chi LaRue), Best Video Company Site (Channel 1 Releasing), and Best Voyeur Site (Chi Chi LaRue's Live and Raw Hotel).

Specialty Publications divisions Unzipped, BuyGay.com, and Men Magazine received awards for Best Publication/E-Zine, Best Shopping Site, and Best Erotic E-Zine. Another triple-award winner, Bedfellow, was awarded trophies for Best Adult Gay Megasite, Best Original Content Site, and Best Webmaster Affiliate Program (Bedfellowcash).

Two-time GAYVN Performer of the Year Michael Brandon won Best Porn Star Site, the Best A.V.S. Site award went to Global Male Pass, CCBill was named Best Processor, the Best Lesbian Site award went to Good Vibrations, Adam Male won Best Adult Novelties Site, and Bionic Pixels took the prize for Best Website Development.

For the second year in a row, Naked Sword was named Best Pay-Per-View Video Site.

International Dance Diva Pepper MaShay presided as Mztress of Ceremonies, handing out awards at an astonishing clip — the trophy-collecting and "Thank-yous" took all of 45 minutes, but this allowed even more time for attendees to party. Among the luminaries in the packed nightclub were Cybersocket founders Morgan Sommer and Tim Lutz, porn directors, John Rutherford (Colt), Steven Scarborough (Hot House), Mike Donner (All Worlds), and Herve Handsome (High Octane), publisher Caryn Goldberg of Specialty Publications, Rob Novinger of Channel 1, Naked Sword president Tim Valenti, Falcon Studios' Promotions Director Troy Prickett, Falcon Studios' Director of Development Mike Youens, and LaRue (dazzling in big red sequins). Porn stars in attendance included Michael Brandon, Josh Weston, Lukas Ridgeston, Tyler Gunn, and Johnny Hazzard.

A complete list of categories and winners follows:

BEST A.V.S. SITE

Global Male Pass

www.globalmalepass.com

BEST ADULT GAY MEGASITE

Bedfellow

www.bedfellow.com

BEST ADULT NOVELTIES SITE

Adam Male

www.adammale.com

BEST AMATEUR VIDEO SITE

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