LGBT characters on TV will make up larger percentage than ever, study finds
[2024-01-31 23:27:02]
A new study published Thursday indicated that the regular role ratio of LGBTQ is highest in the 2016-17 season.
According to a survey conducted by the LGBTQ Media Advocacy Group Glaad, 8% (43) of the people expected to appear in the Golden Time scripts radio and television will be LGBTQ. This is his 21-year tracking record.
The report "Location of our TV" analyzes the overall diversity of prime time scripting series of broadcasting, cable and streaming services in the United States.
Also, in this survey, it was also revealed that 20% of all visitors in the period from 2016 to 2005 are blacks and will be different record numbers for expression. In addition, due to programs such as Foster and Doubt, the number of regular or recurrent transgender has doubled from seven to 16 people.
"It's exciting to see LGBTQ's performance on television, but remember that the numbers are just a part of the story, we need to keep pushing for a more diverse and complicated portrayal of the LGBTQ community," Sarah Kate said. Nice President and CEO Ellis said in a press release
Elise pointed out that in 2016 alone, 25 female female characters died in a drama TV program. These deaths are usually intended to directly advance the story of the hero. Ellis writes in the report as follows. "When you kill a lot of these characters, harmful information about the lesbian story will be sent." On the three platforms analyzed, "Broadcast is the most deadly lesbian and bisexual woman" At least 12 characters have been killed since the beginning of 2016.
Fox and ABC are leading the way to broadcast LGBTQ representatives, accounting for 4% and 3% respectively.
Homosexuals account for the largest share of cable television and radio programs, but lesbians perform best with streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu. 43% (28 letters) of the role of LGBTQ in streaming service is lesbian, promoted by programs such as Orange and Wentworth.
The increase in the number of black characters on television could be attributed to a series of successful programs including black actors such as empire and blacks and strong opposition from last year's #OscarSoWhite controversy, investing in more black actors It is encouraging. Since black women account for only 38% of all blacks' roles, it is particularly difficult to enter the industry.
Despite the overall increase, the role of LGBTQ is still completely white. The report found that this is particularly true for wired and streaming services, which are Caucasian with 72% of regular LGBTQ roles and 71% streaming services.
The report also looked at the usual role of persons with disabilities and found that the other record was as high as 7% (15 letters), increased from 0.9% in the previous year. This report includes those planned to be included in the United States Persons with Disabilities Act, including those with non-serious disabilities such as cancer and HIV / AIDS. One third of the characters appeared in Fox, which played the role of five obstacles. Three characters are in the empire
Every year, GLAAD publishes a report titled "Our Location on TV". This includes the percentage of normal and repeating LGBT characters expected on broadcast and cable television, and streaming and TV programming for the previous year. Over the past 6 years, the percentage of LGBT letters in mainstream television, including radio and cable TV, is highest.
When television represents people of LGBT +, it is mainly white gay men. Last year, it accounted for 47% of the role of LGBT + broadcast by homosexuals, 42% of cable television and 24% of streaming service. These numbers are about half of the lesbian and bisexual visibility, except for streaming services where most LGBT + characters are lesbian. Broadcasting services, cable service, streaming service, started programs such as Black Lightning, The Bold Type, One Day, with lesbian characters and lesbian women. For LGBT + characters popularity is a struggle, but fo