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Almost a third of queer TV characters will disappear from screens next year, report finds
Yahoo Entertainment ^ | 2023-03-21 | Louis Chilton

Posted on 03/22/2023 7:42:19 AM PDT by Salman

Nearly a third of the LGBT+ characters to have featured on US TV over the past year will not be returning in future, a new report has revealed.

Over the period between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023, a total of 596 LGBT+ characters were featured on scripted TV.

Of these, 175 will not be returning in the following season, as a result of series being cancelled or coming to a pre-agreed end. The majority of these characters (140) are the result of series being cancelled.

The statistics are taken from the annual report published by the US media monitoring organisation GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).

The report takes into account LGBT+ characters across scripted primetime broadcast networks, scripted primetime cable networks, and scripted series on the eight major US streaming platforms: Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, and Paramount+.

Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO of GLAAD, describes the significant cancellation rates of LGBT+ “disappointing”.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cancelled; gaystapopropaganda; homosexualagenda; tv; tvshows
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To: Sacajaweau

I say “another interracial couple with biracial kids”

I’m tired of this pushing an agenda.


61 posted on 03/22/2023 8:29:21 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Salman

maybe the beginning of the end of woke? we can hope


62 posted on 03/22/2023 8:29:48 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: struggle

Shazam! Haha! See my post 57...


63 posted on 03/22/2023 8:30:38 AM PDT by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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To: Salman

The average American has no desire to see disgusting acts by homos in their homes.


64 posted on 03/22/2023 8:32:39 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: dfwgator

It’s not that NPR’s numbers have increased, it’s that television viewership has dropped off so much that it’s now lower than radio.


65 posted on 03/22/2023 8:34:44 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Salman

Guys do not want to see guys kissing.

Hot girls making out with other hot girls is ok.


66 posted on 03/22/2023 8:37:00 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: dfwgator

One of those rarest of bands... one with 2 bass players!


67 posted on 03/22/2023 8:37:02 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Salman
A tempest in a teapot. A dust covered teapot stored deep in a kitchen cabinet. Nobody cares. TV has been a wasteland for the last 25 years. Not worthy of expending kilowatt hours on the electric meter.
68 posted on 03/22/2023 8:37:35 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Salman

I have liked the NCIS series, but Hawaii was an absolute no go for this very reason.


69 posted on 03/22/2023 8:46:08 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Salman

It’s overexposure of a group of people who are only about 3% of the population, although their share of the creative class is much higher. I’ve always said that blacks and gays have been overrepresented in tv and movies since the 1980s, while Asians, Hispanics, and believing Christian characters have been underrepresented.


70 posted on 03/22/2023 8:50:37 AM PDT by Clemenza
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To: Salman

Fake news. What percentage of shows are cancelled or come to an end every year? One-third? One-half? Two-thirds?

About a third for the broadcast networks. The percentage, it’s said, is going down. Everything is a reboot of something more popular, and nobody’s watching anyway.

The percentage of non-returning shows is probably higher on cable and streaming channels, but there’s no purge of gay shows and characters.

The story is just to attract attention and funding for GLAAD. I wonder if they’re a registered talent agency now and get their 15% from LGBTQ+ performers


71 posted on 03/22/2023 8:51:15 AM PDT by x
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To: 9422WMR

Oh. Thanks for the clarification.


72 posted on 03/22/2023 8:52:23 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: 9422WMR

I assume you are referring to the “dancing” Negroes who are used in sitcoms/commercials, which would deeply offend me if I was black. I have always been curious how these companies approach their advertising creators. “We want to do a something featuring all black actors, just make sure they can dance, hip-hop and speak ghetto”.

(I am not being racist, I think it is demeaning and racism at its core.”


73 posted on 03/22/2023 8:52:35 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Barney Miller is still quality comedy.


74 posted on 03/22/2023 8:52:39 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: Salman

An answer to prayer! I have said for a long time that queerness is a passing fad. May it soon fade from glory and stay there a long, long time.

XX and XY are lifelong designations that, thankfully, cannot be changed.


75 posted on 03/22/2023 9:03:52 AM PDT by upchuck (When you never took the vaccine or boosters: Still alive and healthy with no chance of side effects.)
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To: HeadOn

I used to watch Andy Griffith pretty often on TV Land. They always had Rue Paul’s drag show in the commercials.

I finally got on their web site and told them that people can live the way they want, but probably the people watching Mayberry just wanted a good old comedy and no amount of pushing could get them to turn on a drag queen show. Seemed like a waste of money, besides a poke in their viewers’ eyes...

No response, of course, but I felt better.

Andy shows every weeknight on Me-Tv, which is usually a .2 digital channel in many markets-followed by the Beverly Hillbillies.


76 posted on 03/22/2023 9:09:00 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: mikelets456

Good for you! Turning it off is about the only way to protest. Hit ‘em where it hurts ‘em the most: in the pocketbook.


77 posted on 03/22/2023 9:13:27 AM PDT by upchuck (When you never took the vaccine or boosters: Still alive and healthy with no chance of side effects.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The show never revolved around the queer shoplifter as a main character.


78 posted on 03/22/2023 9:14:38 AM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: Salman

Go woke, get cancelled.


79 posted on 03/22/2023 9:24:07 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: Sacajaweau
"Every day I say...Oh...another new black commercial. I have noticed they’re been toned down...no more jiving and dancing....lol"

Yup. I'm waiting for normal black people to start asking why they don't know anyone like the black people in the commercials.

80 posted on 03/22/2023 9:32:36 AM PDT by blam
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