Greg Berlanti accepts Governors Award at Emmys and speaks about LGBTQ+ representation

Writer, producer and director Greg Berlanti, who has long helped increase LGBTQ+ visibility in television, was presented the Governors Award at Sunday’s Emmys ceremony. Berlanti was introduced by Matt Bomer, who co-starred alongside Jonathan Bailey in the gay romance thriller “Fellow Travelers,” and Joshua Jackson, an alum of teen drama series “Dawson’s Creek” — on which Berlanti served as a staff writer, and later, an executive producer. “Now, there wasn’t a lot of gay characters on television back then, and I was a closeted gay kid, and it’s hard to describe how lonely that was at the time.” Television 2024 Emmy Awards: The complete list of winners Here is the list of winners for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, which honors the best of television from the 2023-2024 season. Men holding hands with other men, marching and fighting for their lives — and they gave me hope that I might one day have their courage to come out and share my truth with the world.” With the support of his mother, who landed Berlanti his first gig as a young puppeteer, as well as “teachers and friends and representatives and executives across the years,” the veteran gay producer went on to champion LGBTQ stories in myriad TV shows, including “Brothers & Sisters,” “Arrow,” and “Riverdale.” And, as Jackson recalled, “Dawson’s Creek” made history in 2000 by showing the first onscreen gay kiss between teenagers in prime time.