GLAAD Urges TV Industry To Increase LGBT+ Representation To 20% By 2025
GLAAD is urging the TV industry to increase LGBT+ representation to 20% by 2025.
According to ‘Variety’ LGBT+ series have reached a record high in the current television season and to continue to set this example of inclusion in screen will also create more inclusion off-screen.
“I’ve been seeing a lot more nuance in storytelling, especially around the trans and trans-masculine characters I’ve been able to see on TV,” said ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ actor Brian Michael Smith, who is trans. “We’ve come a way since the tipping point … and I feel like a lot of that has to do with not having people write for queer characters, but having queer people write in the room.”
The article continues to state that “GLAAD, which broke down in its annual report on the state of LGBTQ representation on the small screen, is now calling upon the industry to ensure that half of all LGBTQ characters are people of color."
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