The 2024 Emmys were, as most things are these days, jam-packed with hot queers in very fancy outfits. Unfortunately not all of those queer people won awards, but they sure did show up and look really good!
Lesbian Actor Jodie Foster Wins Best Actress in a Limited Series Emmy for True Detective: Night Country
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She kissed her wife, actor/artist Alexandra Heddison (of Helena Peabody Knifeplay fame), thanked the Icelandic crew of True Detective: Night Country and thanked the Indigenous people of Alaska who told their stories. Her co-star, two-spirit actor Kali Reis, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress but did not win. Foster thanked Heddison, who she called “the love of my life” — we have been on such a journey as a community regarding how Jodie Foster acknowledges her female partners at awards shows! Foster is the second out lesbian to win this particular statue, as Sarah Paulson snagged one for playing Marcia Clark in The People vs O.J Simpson: American Crime Story. Previous queer, but not exactly out, winners include Katharine Hepburn and Barbara Stanwyck,
Gay Actor Jessica Gunning Wins Best Supporting Actress in Limited Series Emmy for Baby Reindeer
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Jessica Gunning won Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for her role in Baby Reindeer. After Niecy Nash-Betts’ win for Dahmer in the 2023 Emmys, Gunning is now the third queer woman to win an Emmy in this category. (The first queer winner in the category was Eva La Gallienne in 1978, but the general public was unaware of her sexual orientation.) LGBTQ+ actors Nava Mau, Kali Reis, and Lily Gladstone were also nominated and did not win but also they looked great!
Queer Icon Alan Cumming Accepts Emmy for The Traitors
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Queer legend Alan Cumming accepted the award for The Traitors, which secured its first win for Best Reality Series. Cumming wore a military-type pin but instead of sporting the flag colors of a specific country or the colors associated with specific honors it was a transgender flag. He also thanked the countries of Scotland and Holland.
Hacks Wins Best Comedy
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Our dearly deeply beloved and deeply queer Hacks won for Best Comedy Series and queer actor Hannah Einbinder and tonight’s Best Comedy Lead Actress Emmy Winner Jean Smart looked deeply in love.
Liza Colón-Zayas Had a Historic Win
Although this is not gay news, it is relevant to our interests that Liza Colón-Zayas became the first Latina woman to win Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy when she won on Sunday night for The Bear. (Also of note is that she secured the win for Best Performance by a Straight Actress in a Straight Role in the Autostraddle TV Awards.)
Gay Power Couples On Emmys Red Carpet
Caroline Joyner and Brittani Nichols (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Jodie Foster and Alexandra Heddison (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Jessica Betts and Niecy Nash-Betts (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Additional Members of the LGBT Community Doing Fashion On the Emmys Red Carpet
Nava Mau (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) in a dress designed by drag queen Gigi Goode
Nava Mau was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for Baby Reindeer. On the red carpet, she spoke to E! host Laverne Cox about the importance of trans representation on screen and everybody got a little teary!
Devery Jacobs, “Reservation Dogs” (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Queer actor Devery Jacobs, an actor in Best Comedy Nominee Reservation Dogs, won an Autostraddle TV Award this year.
Ayo Edebiri (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Ayo Edebiri, nominated for The Bear, wore Bottega Veneta. She won an Autostraddle TV Award for The Bear! Also, The Bear swept the other comedy acting awards, but Best Actress for a Comedy went to Jean Smart for Hacks.
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Kirsten Kish was nominated for Top Chef but unfortunately they did not win. However she did win an in-house award for Arms.
Kali Reis (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Boxer/actor Kali Reis was nominated for acting in True Detective: Night Country.
Who Wore Red Artists4Ceasefire Pins at the 2024 Emmys?
Red pins, symbolizing support of Artists4Ceasefire, who are advocating for “an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost” were worn by a number of attendees, including Nicola Coughlan, Elise Mortyr, Caillin Puente, Devery Jacobs, Dallas Goldtooth, Brittani Nichols, and Caroline Joyner. Artists4Ceasefire supporters who won Emmys but weren’t wearing pins include Jon Stewart, Jean Smart, Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Additional Gay Odds and Ends
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An additional notation of gay things that occurred: Greta Lee and Lily Gladstone held hands and this was very erotic to me.
Gay weirdo Grace Kuhlenschmidt was amongst the writers who won an Emmy for The Daily Show.
Jane Lynch did a bit about coaches. Niecy Nash-Betts was part of a cringey tribute to television cops.
Very funny Gay Bowen Yang did a little Saturday Night Live bit.
Screenwriter, producer and director Greg Berlanti was given the Governor’s Award for his groundbreaking work in television, including his enormous role in advancing LGBTQ+ visibility, including so many of our most beloved series!
Steven Zaillian won for directing Ripley, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
Also listen: Anna Sawai, who won Outstanding Lead Actress for her role in Shōgun, plays a queer character in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which also stars Kiersey Clemons, and even if you feel like Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is not your thing, it could be I think!
Excellent rep by our community. Happy for Jodie Foster, her first Emmy win, who knew.
I loved seeing her kiss alexandra before going up to give her speech. It was a big “how far we have come” moment.
Totally in love with Devery Jacobs. What a beautiful image of her at the Emmys!
she looked fantastic!
An extra gay tidbit on top of all this excellent coverage is that Nava Mau’s dress was designed by trans drag queen Gigi Goode! Thanks for keeping us updated on the important stuff. ☺️
well, i love this tidbit
Ok yeah I’m gonna need an excuse for a pin/ribbon like Alan Cummings is wearing there, that’s highly excellent, which is saying something given how much of a pacifist I am.
(To be fair when you’re a kid lots of awards came on pins like that… Or at least they did in the 90s I guess.)
yeah i couldn’t figure out specifically what the type of pin was or what it’s called!
All of this, and also earnestly enjoyed Dan and Eugene Levy’s cute schtick as the co-hosts! You could tell how excited Dan was every time he mentioned or introduced an LGBTQ celeb too.
absolutely! i think they were a really fun choice for hosts
“Screenwriter, producer and director Greg Berlanti was given the Governor’s Award for his groundbreaking work in television, including his enormous role in advancing LGBTQ+ visibility, including so many of our most beloved series!”
Petty, bitter Party of One here: he COULD have made _Supercorp_ canon, but didn’t. That’s all I have to say.
Sarah Paulson is not a lesbian. Pretty sure she would say bi or queer.