Jane Lynch, Eric Stonestreet & Gay-Inclusive 'Modern Family' Take Emmys

BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF 
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 30, 2010

Openly gay Jane Lynch, Eric Stonestreet, who plays gay, and the
gay-inclusive comedy Modern Family won Emmys Sunday night.

Recently married Jane Lynch thanked her wife in accepting an Emmy
 for her portrayal of sharp tongued coach Sue Sylvester on the Fox
musical-comedy hitGlee.

“Thank you so much, this is outlandish,” she said. “My god, my heart
 is pounding, I have nine seconds … And I thank my daughter Hayden
 and wife Laura.”

Openly gay Glee creator Ryan Murphy was honored for his writing on
the show: “I'd like to dedicate this to all my teachers who taught me
 to sing and fingerpaint.”

Stonestreet, who plays gay dad Cameron on ABC's Modern Family, said
 he would take his Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy to his
 parent's house in Kansas City.

Controversy surrounding the lack of a gay kiss on the show didn't stop
the Sunday night comedy from winning best comedy. Modern Family
edged out Glee, the clear favorite of critics, to win the award.

Gay-dad-to-be Neil Patrick Harris, who lost his bid at a third Emmy,
joked that he was happy to see a gay man had followed him in hosting
the show: “I'd like to thank the academy for allowing a gay man to host
the show two years in a row. Congratulations Jimmy [Fallon], you're
doing a great job!”