Things are looking up for Lgbtq representation on TV, according to GLAAD’s Where We Are on TV report, released Thursday. The annual report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks and assesses the number of Lgbtq characters on cable networks as well as original scripted series on Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix for the 2018-2019 TV season. Overall, the percentage of Lgbtq series regulars on broadcast television increased from last year’s 6.4 percent to 8.8 percent — a record high.
Bolstered by this progress, the advocacy group threw down the gauntlet and issued the TV industry a challenge: increase Lgbtq representation to 10 percent of series regular characters on primetime scripted broadcast series by 2020. That doesn’t seem like a difficult or unreasonable goal to achieve, especially considering that GLAAD and Harris Poll’s Accelerating Acceptance study shows that a significant 20 percent of Americans 18-34 identify as Lgbtq.
Bolstered by this progress, the advocacy group threw down the gauntlet and issued the TV industry a challenge: increase Lgbtq representation to 10 percent of series regular characters on primetime scripted broadcast series by 2020. That doesn’t seem like a difficult or unreasonable goal to achieve, especially considering that GLAAD and Harris Poll’s Accelerating Acceptance study shows that a significant 20 percent of Americans 18-34 identify as Lgbtq.
- 10/25/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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