GLAAD's annual Where We Are on TV report is officially here and
reveals some shocking facts about LGBTQ+ representation.
Out of 773
television series regular characters on broadcast television, just 9.1
percent (70) are LGBTQ+, four of those being straight transgender characters.
This is a decrease from 10.2 percent since last year's report, and
it's unclear why exactly, though GLAAD points out that perhaps the pandemic and
substantial industry decrease of production had a hand in it.
Out of all
series regulars, 46 percent (354) of characters are people of color, a decrease
from the last year's 47 percent, though the number among LGBTQ+ characters
increased on broadcast, cable, and streaming channels.
In the
2020-2021 year GLAAD looked at, we gained an additional 31 LGBTQ+ recurring
characters on broadcast, 101 total. With cable, the number actually went down
to 81 characters, with 37 recurring characters. Streaming services accounted
for 95 regular LGBTQ+ characters this year, a decrease from last year, but
adding that to the 46 recurring characters brings the total to streaming characters
to 141.
FX's Pose continues
to be a shining light on television. Over the course of this year, the number
of characters living with HIV and AIDS decreased from nine to three, all of
them appearing on Pose.
Bisexual+
characters made up 28 percent of this year's LGBTQ+ characters. There are just
29 regular and recurring transgender characters, including 15 trans women, 12
trans men, and two non-binary trans characters. GLAAD noted that twenty-six of
the 29 characters are played or voiced by transgender actors.
We lost an
iconic asexual character with the end of Netflix's Bojack Horseman,
but GLAAD notes that we're getting another undisclosed one on an upcoming cable
television series.
Read the
full Where We Are on TV report here for a
deeper look at race, gender, and disabilities.
SOURCE: PRIDE DOT COM
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