LOS ANGELES, CA:

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), honored the Emmy Award-winning ABC comedy “Modern Family” at the Respect Awards in Los Angeles on Friday, October 8. The series, which recently began its second season, focuses on a diverse suburban family, including a gay couple with an adopted Asian daughter. It won the 2010 Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series. “I do have the same sort of mixed feeling, in the light of everything that’s happened,” noted Jesse Tyler Ferguson of Modern Family, who is openly gay. “However, I think an event like this echoes the sentiment that we need to change. This cannot continue happening.” The Emmy-nominated Ferguson, 34, said he was “very bullied” in school.