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Hi Friend,

Over the past year, television has played an even bigger role in many
of our lives than ever, and more people are turning to their screens
for entertainment and connection in hard times. We at GLAAD know how
important it is for meaningful LGBTQ stories to be told on screens.
This is why GLAAD has tracked LGBTQ inclusion in television for 25
years, and today we're excited to release our sixteenth annual
Where We Are on TV study.

Check out GLAAD's 2020-21 Where We Are on TV study!
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Since 1996, GLAAD has been tracking LGBTQ characters on TV, and
the change in representation has been remarkable - from 12 LGBTQ
characters in our first count to 360 LGBTQ characters anticipated
across broadcast, cable, and streaming original scripted series in the
2020-21 season's Where We Are on TV report.
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For the first time this year, GLAAD found that LGBTQ characters who
are people of color outweigh white LGBTQ characters on primetime
scripted cable series (52 percent). This is after last year's
study called on every platform to ensure that within two years at
least half of LGBTQ characters were people of color - a goal that
previously only broadcast network programming had met.

However, there is still work to be done in bringing nuanced and
diverse LGBTQ characters to television. This year, LGBTQ series
regulars make up 9.1% of all series regular characters on primetime
scripted broadcast series - a decrease from the previous year's
record high percentage (10.2 percent). A drop in this number was
expected for the season, largely due to production shutdowns and
delays brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

#RepresentationMatters more than ever as we all turn to entertainment
and storytelling for connection and escape. This time of unprecedented
change matched with increased demand represents an opportunity to
break new ground with stories audiences have never seen before and
LGBTQ characters that do not reinforce harmful stereotypes.

This is the work we are proud to do every day at GLAAD alongside our
partners. Thank you for supporting our work.

Click here to read the full Where We are on TV report!
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Megan Townsend
Director of Entertainment Research and Analysis

 



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