Posted on 11/07/2019 8:44:10 AM PST by EdnaMode
GLAAD has released its “Where We Are On TV” report which breaks down the overall diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks and assesses the number of LGBTQ characters on cable networks and streaming platforms. This year, there is more good news than bad.
“Where We Are On TV” showed that the needle has moved to an all-time high when it comes to LGBTQ series regulars. There was also a significant increase in racial diversity of LGBTQ characters on broadcast and cable — but there was a decrease in streaming. On top of that, for the first time in the report’s 24-year history, LGBTQ regular and recurring women on broadcast outnumber LGBTQ men 53% to 47% — almost reaching gender parity.
The report was presented during a panel discussion at UTA Thursday morning with GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, UTA television agent Jacob Fenton, Sabrina Jalees (Carol’s Second Act), Gloria Calderón Kellett (One Day at a Time), Nicole Maines (Supergirl), Marja-Lewis Ryan (The L Word: Generation Q), Brian Michael Smith (The L Word: Generation Q, Queen Sugar, 9-1-1: Lone Star) and GLAAD’s Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis and report author Megan Townsend.
The new numbers come after last year when GLAAD made a call to action to the TV industry to reach 10 percent LGBTQ inclusion among broadcast series regular characters on primetime scripted series by 2020. The 2019-2020 report found that networks met and exceeded this call in just one year with its record-high percentage of LGBTQ series regulars on broadcast television at 10.2% of all series regulars, which bested last year’s record high of 8.8%.
When it comes to intersectionality, racial diversity in the LGBTQ space, of the 120 regular and recurring characters on broadcast, 62 (52%) are people of color, which is a two-percentage point increase from last year and six more characters. This marks the second year in a row where LGBTQ people of color have outnumbered white LGBTQ people on broadcast. It is also the only platform that has hit the goal of having at least half of LGBTQ characters be characters of color.
Another record-high percentage was with Latinx series regulars which was up to 9% from 8%. This was a record-tying number of Black series regulars which held steady at 22% while Asian Pacific Islander also held steady at 8% across broadcast television regular characters.
On the cable side, there 215 LGBTQ characters and 48% (103 characters) are people of color, which is another increase from last year. On streaming, there were 153 LGBTQ characters and 41% (63) are people of color, which is significantly down from last year — seven percentage points to be exact.
“Last year, GLAAD called on the television industry to increase the number of LGBTQ characters and more accurately reflect the world we live in, and they responded by exceeding this challenge,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President & CEO of GLAAD. “At a time when the cultural climate is growing increasingly divisive, increased representation of LGBTQ stories and characters on television is especially critical to advance LGBTQ acceptance. Shows like Pose, Schitt’s Creek, Batwoman and Billions demonstrate that not only are LGBTQ stories and characters on TV becoming more diverse, but that viewers everywhere continue to respond with extreme positivity.”
Other noteworthy highlights from the report showed that representation was up this year across all platforms including an increase in the total number of trangender, bisexual+ and characters with HIV/AIDS.
“... by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes He condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly...”
(New Testament, 2 Peter 2:6)
The OA had a teenage transgender male, playing a teenage transgender male.
I found some episodes of TAXI on YouTube last night.
Still better than what is on now.
I don't have a problem with mixed race couples. Most of the black women in those commercials are quite attractive. It is just annoying that you almost can't show a white couple on a commercial any more, unless it's an old couple on a Consumer Cellular commercial (the mobile phones for old folks).
I’ve never heard of any of those shows and won’t hear of them again.
“Mom” has no alphabet sinners.
How in heck did the alphabet sinners propel the networks to show 10% of their shows’ population as homosexual, when a CDC survey said they were 2.2% of the population?
Binary? Normal?
I think it means the person identifies as “gender neutral” or both genders.
-PJ
The “alphabet spinners” are just tools for leftists. The knifes edge against reality. What I’d like to know is why so many Americans and christians bought the BS hook, line and sinker.
The television networks are shoving that homosexual crap down our throats. I turn off all the shows where they are pushing homosexuality. I am sickened by people who cannot live a normal life and cannot keep it to themselves. They are people doing something wrong and insist that we normalize it. I never will!
I can understand your disgust with showing bug chasers and gift givers in a positive light, but what's the problem with racially mixed couples?
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