GLAAD: TV Shows See Record Number of LGBT Characters - Most Lesbians

If you think there are more lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and queers on TV, that's because it is.

According to GLAAD 's 17th Annual Report, 92 out of 775 series regulars (11.9%) that aired in prime time between 2021 and 2022 belong to the LGBT community . This is not only 2.8% more than a year earlier, but also a record high percentage for television broadcasting in general.

In addition, the report showed that for the first time, lesbians represented the majority of queer people on television - 56 people identified themselves as such (40% of the total and + 6% per year) , while the proportion of gays, on the contrary, decreased to 49 people (35% of the total and -5% per year). The number of bisexuals also there were 27 permanent and episodic characters belonging to this minority group.

"The growing presence of the LGBT community on television is a signal that Hollywood is truly beginning to recognize the power of telling LGBT stories that appeal to viewers around the world," said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Keith Ellis.

As far as TV channels are concerned, the CW has shown the most LGBT representation, followed by Fox . The report also mentions that 42 characters on broadcast, cable and streaming channels were transgender, a notable increase from last year when they were lang="en" xml:lang="en"> Racial diversity among LGBT characters is seen in both broadcast and streaming shows, although it has dropped to 45% on cable channels. On broadcast television, LGBT people of color currently outnumber whites, accounting for 58% of all LGBT characters .

"After the last survey found some decline [in LGBT proportion], it's good to see rapid progress from the previous year, with a new all-time high percentage of regularly aired LGBT shows and an increase in the proportion of under-represented groups in the community, including queer women, transgender people. and LGBT people of color," said Megan Townsend, director of industry research and analysis at GLAAD. class="JLqJ4b"> However, no broadcast network produced a show in which a majority of the cast members self-identified as LGBTQ, and the number of HIV-positive characters dropped from three to two that year: one in the Netflix series Dear white " and another in the NBC series " Plain Joe ".