Lesbian actress Jane Lynch thanked her wife as she won an Emmy for her role in Glee.
Lynch picked up Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series for her role as the hilariously acerbic Sue Sylvester.
“Thank you so much, this is outlandish”, she said after accepting the award.
She then went on to thank her wife, Lara Embry. “My god, my heart is pounding, I have nine seconds. And I thank my daughter Hayden and my wife Laura.”
Lynch and Embry were married in Massachusetts in May.
Glee director Ryan Murphy picked up Outstanding Directing For A Comedy.
Eric Stonestreet won Outstanding supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role of gay dad Cameron Tucker in Modern Family. He beat his on-screen husband Jesse Tyler Ferguson for the award, but says there was no tension.
"This win is a win for our show," he said. "We're proud of our show and we just love our jobs, so it won't be awkward at all."
Stonestreet says he will give the Emmy to his parents – he based the character on his mother.
Modern Family beat Glee to win Outstanding Comedy Series, while Mad Men won Outstanding Drama Series over gay viewer favourite True Blood.
Full list of winners:
Outstanding supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Outstanding writing for a Comedy Series - Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd(Modern Family)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - Jane Lynch, as Sue Sylvester (Glee)
Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series - Ryan Murphy (Glee)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - Jim Parsons, as Sheldon Cooper(The Big Bang Theory)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - Edie Falco, as Jackie Peyton, (Nurse Jackie)
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program - Top Chef
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner (Mad Men)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series - Aaron Paul, as Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series - Archie Panjabi, as Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series - Bryan Cranston, as Walter White (Breaking Bad)
Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series - Steve Shill (Dexter)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series - Kyra Sedgwick, as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson (The Closer)
Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special - Dave Boone, Writer; Paul Greenberg (63rd Annual Tony Awards)
Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special - Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony, Bucky Gunts, Director
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series - The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Bob Hope Humanitarian Award - George Clooney
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie - Julia Ormond, as Eustacia (Temple Grandin)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie - David Strathairn, as Dr. Carlock (Temple Grandin)
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special - Adam Mazer (You Don't Know Jack)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie - Claire Danes, as Temple Grandin (Temple Grandin)
Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic - Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie - Al Pacino, as Dr. Jack Kevorkian (You Don't Know Jack)
Outstanding Miniseries - The Pacific
Outstanding Made for Television Movie - Temple Grandin
Outstanding Drama Series - Mad Men
Outstanding Comedy Series - Modern Family
