1 in 5, or 16 out of 77 films released in theaters last year by a major studio included at least one LGBTQ character, according to GLAADs 10th annual Studio Responsibility Index.
For the second year in a row, GLAAD found that there were zero LGBTQ characters with disabilities or LGBTQ characters living with HIV represented in the year’s films.
Megan Townsend, GLAAD’s director of entertainment research and analysis, said there’s been “exponential growth” in LGBTQ representation in film driven in part by GLAAD’s study, but that LGBTQ people living with HIV, those with disabilities, bisexual people and trans people “have yet to see themselves fully reflected on the big screen.”
As GLAAD pushes for better representation, it would also like to see queer characters receive more screen time and leading roles. Seven of the 28 LGBTQ characters, or 25%, received more than 10 minutes of screen time, down significantly from 80% of characters who receivedin 2020’s films. The majority of the 28 characters, 17, received fewer than five minutes, and six of those characters received less than a minute of screen time.
“This is down from the previous year with Pixar’s ‘Onward,’ which included a lesbian cyclops cop voiced by out actor Lena Waithe,” the report said. “This is a drastically different picture from television, where a significant boom of LGBTQ-inclusive family content allowed GLAAD to introduce a second GLAAD Media Award category for programming in the space and expand the categories to ten nominees each.
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