Greg Berlanti looks back on iconic Dawson's Creek gay kiss in Emmy speech

In 2000, the kiss was something actor Kerr Smith said "was a part of history."

Jack's gay storyline was created by Berlanti and the show's other queer creator, Kevin Williamson.

In his acceptance speech, Berlanti talked about growing up without queer representation.

"Like so many Gen X kids in the '70s and '80s, the one color TV our family could afford was on around the clock at our house and I watched and loved all of it. There wasn't a lot of gay characters on television back then, and I was a closeted gay kid," he said. "Back then the only way to tell if another kid might be gay was if he also watched Dynasty, and Dallas and could name all four of the Golden Girls."

Now, thanks to him, a whole generation has plenty of gay characters they can see on TV!