Gay Emmy moments...

OK, the Emmys are probably never gonna be as gay at the Tonys where all kinds of gay men and women have been known to thank their spouses on stage and have often given them a nice kiss on the lips. But last night's Emmy Awards had more gay to them than usual starting with the presence of out Emmy nominees T.R. Knight (seen here helping hunky co-star Eric Dane with his tie) and Neil Patrick Harris who walked the red carpet with his cute boyfriend, actor David Burtka.

What a difference a year makes for these two. Each lost in the supporting actor category (Knight for drama, Harris for comedy) but both are winners to me! They have shown that not only can out gay men convincingly play straight characters on television, they can get nominated for an Emmy for it!
And then there was the front-row presence of nominee and presenter Ellen DeGeneres who cuddled with her beautiful girlfriend Portia de Rossi for all the world to see. They got a lot of camera time on the FOX telecast despite Ellen's loss in the variety performance category to Tony Bennett.

God bless Tina Fey. In her very funny acceptance speech for outstanding comedy winner "30 Rock," she thanked the families of people who work on the show by expressing gratitude to the "parents, children, spouses and gay partners" of all of them.
This came after a clip of the show included this line from the "SNL" alum: "...just because I think that gay guys should be allowed to adopt kids ... doesn't mean I don't love America".

Other gay moments: Oscar-nominated "Chicago" director Rob Marshall (pictured, right) won another Emmy, this time for directing the NBC special "Tony Bennett: American Legend."

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The Office's "Gay Witch Hunt" episode won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Writer Greg Daniels won the trophy and gave a nursery-rhyme-like speech: "I'm not the little red hen that baked the bread by themselves. I asked, 'Who will wrtie this script with me?' And the duck, the pig and the cat - that would be Mike Schur, Jen Celotta and Paul Lieberstein, all said, "We will."

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Ryan Seacrest. So many. I guess the most prominent one would have been when the comedically-challenged Emmy host walked out during the middle of the show wearing a costume from "The Tudors" and said: "You know, this looked a lot less gay on the rack."
Then he says he wants to keep it.