[6] The 2012 Tranny Awards were hosted by RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Nicole Paige Brooks at Joseph's Cafe in Hollywood on February 19, 2012.

This year marks when Grooby Productions brought on their Creative and Editorial Director, Kristel Penn, as the event's Executive Producer.

Making up the judges panel were XBIZ Award winning transgender performer Jesse Flores, StrokingQueens webmaster Housekeeper, and XCritic's main reviewer Apache Warrior.

The judges panel included FTM performer James Darling, UP Network owner Ecstatic, transgender adult icon Joanna Jet, and AVN writer Darklady.

Judges included AVN award winning performer Christian, Frank of Franks-Tgirlworld, and Centurian owner Hanna Rodgers.

[13] Despite the continued common usage of terms such as "shemale" and "tranny" in modern pornography,[14] the response to the event's rebranding effort has "largely been positive.

Judges included AVN award winning performer Ashley Blue, FTM icon Buck Angel, and XCritic writer Dr.

New judges included content producers Tarantino XXX and Vito Soho, in addition to transgender adult star Wendy Summers.