It's that time of year again when GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, releases its annual report card for Hollywood which analyzes queer representation in … 0000121267 00000 n 0000058803 00000 n 0000064028 00000 n 0000121603 00000 n 0000048166 00000 n 0000048865 00000 n 0000062089 00000 n 0000049444 00000 n 0000117860 00000 n 0000117035 00000 n
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0000055128 00000 n 0000106497 00000 n 0000009375 00000 n Just this year, the report tied in another underrepresented identity: the disability status of LGBTQ characters. 0000057448 00000 n On Thursday morning, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization released its annual After analyzing the 118 films released in 2019 by the eight major studios (Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, STX Films, United Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros.), the organization found that the percentage of LGBTQ characters of color had dropped dramatically for the second year running.“America's greatest cultural export are our films,” GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis told The Times. Last year, not a single major studio movie included a transgender character, according to GLAAD. 0000050427 00000 n 0000046623 00000 n 0000059885 00000 n 0000025833 00000 n 0000068084 00000 n 0000124928 00000 n 0000045848 00000 n 0000062787 00000 n 0000066092 00000 n And so [film is] a very powerful tool in helping to educate, inform and bring reality to who LGBTQ people are.”Just this year, the report tied in another underrepresented identity: the disability status of LGBTQ characters. 0000124592 00000 n 0000065106 00000 n 0000059305 00000 n 0000112033 00000 n 0000109521 00000 n 0000122849 00000 n 0000062032 00000 n 0000044632 00000 n 0000107030 00000 n 0000055325 00000 n 0000041328 00000 n 0000055650 00000 n 0000127499 00000 n 0000009593 00000 n 0000043529 00000 n 0000057391 00000 n 0000058724 00000 n 0000047124 00000 n 0000050102 00000 n 0000051008 00000 n 0000115366 00000 n Of the 50 total queer film characters counted, only one had a disability (Poe in Lionsgate's "Five Feet Apart"). "But I think that there is definitely lots of opportunity ahead. 0000040629 00000 n
“And it's hit a crescendo. 0000012458 00000 n 0000014507 00000 n 0000113710 00000 n 0000056484 00000 n 0000124100 00000 n 0000059384 00000 n 0000069550 00000 n 0000048747 00000 n 0000119602 00000 n 0000051843 00000 n 0000069028 00000 n 0000048363 00000 n 0000107856 00000 n 0000127833 00000 n 0000045467 00000 n 0000107935 00000 n 0000107109 00000 n 0000061451 00000 n 0000060465 00000 n 0000120772 00000 n 0000126252 00000 n 0000112528 00000 n 0000128247 00000 n 0000040572 00000 n
0000053967 00000 n 0000068971 00000 n 0000068647 00000 n 0000119523 00000 n 0000126677 00000 n 0000114198 00000 n 0000116278 00000 n 0000060544 00000 n Before March 2013, the name "GLAAD" had been an acronym for "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation", but became the primary name due to its inclusiveness of bisexual and transgender issues.
0000060927 00000 n 0000125837 00000 n 0000041731 00000 n 0000037603 00000 n From Sony's upcoming ""The great thing about the report is being able to lay out where everything is at and make inclusion — in all of its various forms — part of the conscious thought, so that people are aware of where we're at and where we need to go," Townsend said. 0000056811 00000 n 0000108684 00000 n 0000044886 00000 n 0000050484 00000 n 0000054164 00000 n