GLAAD: TV's LGBTQ Representation Dipped Amid Pandemic, Because Too Few Shows Do Too Much of the Work
GLAAD’s “Where We Are on TV” report this year notes that the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and queer characters has slightly decreased — due in part to how the pandemic sidelined many of the shows that reliably represent the LGBTQ community.
All told, the inclusion of LGBTQ series regular characters on primetime scripted broadcast series, for example, dropped from 10.2 to 9.1 percent. But once the shows that ran into production delays during the pandemic and (thus aren’t included in the study’s June 2020-May 2021 timetable) return, “we expect to see real growth,” says GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis.
All told, the inclusion of LGBTQ series regular characters on primetime scripted broadcast series, for example, dropped from 10.2 to 9.1 percent. But once the shows that ran into production delays during the pandemic and (thus aren’t included in the study’s June 2020-May 2021 timetable) return, “we expect to see real growth,” says GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis.
- 1/14/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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