“Something happened to me during the making of this movie. I noticed it tonight that the statues have rather healthy packages … As actors we don’t play gay, straight …we play human beings. (I’m) so appreciative of this acknowledgment. This is a story of equal rights for all human beings. Thanks Gus Van Sant, Lance Black, the counsel of Cleve Jones and the great Harvey Milk.”

The men of Milk got plenty of screen time at the awards (including when Josh Brolin goosed James Franco onstage while they and Emile Hirsch were introducing their film), but it wasn’t the only instance of gay visibility at the SAG party, which had “Diversity” stamped all over it. Which is nice.

Here’s my top ten list of gay moments from the event!

10. Sally Field winning for Best Actress in a Drama Series for Brothers & Sisters

9. Alec Baldwin tells the audience that he wants to make out with Tony Hopkins while accepting his statue for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.

8. Out actor Guillermo Diaz rocking his mohawk at the Weeds table.

7. The repeated shots of the Milk table.

6. Heath Ledger’s win for The Dark Knight. Heath, we’ll never forget you.

5. Van Johnson’s moments in the montage of actors who passed away last year

4. Out actor Bryan Batt hugs his partner when his Mad Men cast wins Best Comedy Ensemble

3. The “Gays! Gays! Gays!” portion of the movie montage, which featured scenes from Brokeback, Six Feet Under, Ellen, Philadelphia, Milk, and more … and was immediately followed by shots of Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein, The Elephant Man and Planet of the Apes. Whaaaaah?

2. Josh Brolin pinching James Franco’s ass while they were at the microphone introducing Milk. Seriously, can you blame him?

1. Sean Penn’s win for Milk, in which he commented on the enormous package that the statue was sporting and then said, “we don’t play gay or straight, we play human beings.”

Penn was chosen as best actor for his performance in the lauded film about Milk, the openly gay San Francisco politician who was assassinated in 1978. Josh Brolin won best supporting actor for his performance in the film.

On Tuesday, Penn was chosen as best actor by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. “Milk” also leads the Broadcast Film Critics Association with eight nominations, tied for the most with “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Like their West Coast brethren, the New York critics picked Sally Hawkins for best actress for her performance in Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Lucky.” Best director went to Leigh.

The New York circle, which last year chose “No Country for Old Men” as best film, is a group of 33 New York-based critics. Their picks are one of the early film honors in Hollywood’s long awards season, which continues Thursday with nominations for the Golden Globes.

Best supporting actress went to Penelope Cruz for her role in Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.” Jenny Lumet, daughter of Sidney Lumet, won for her screenplay of “Rachel Getting Married.”

“Man on Wire” won best documentary, “WALL-E” won best animated film and “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” won best foreign film. Anthony Dod Mantle won for his cinematography in “Slumdog Millionaire.” Courtney Hunt (”Frozen River”) won for best first film.

The awards ceremony will be held Jan. 5 in New York.