GLAAD last week released its 15th annual Where We Are On TV report, which found that the number of LGBTQ series regulars on primetime broadcast shows hit an-all-time high at 10.2 percent.
GLAAD and United Talent Agency hosted a panel to unveil and discuss the findings. At the event, GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis stated, "LGBTQ people are everywhere: in our post offices, grocery stories, agencies; they are in every family. We need to be in every story." Entertainment must reflect the world in which we live."
That’s why GLAAD called on the entertainment industry to have 20 percent of series regular characters on primetime scripted broadcast series be LGBTQ by 2025. The organization also called on all platforms to have half of all LGBTQ characters be people of color within the next two years.
Click here to read the full report <[link removed]>, and read on to learn about Trans Awareness Week and GLAAD’s on-the-ground wins.
GLAAD works with DONTNOD Entertainment & XBox Game Studios on Tell Me Why, the first video game from a major studio to feature a playable transgender lead character
A new video game from DONTNOD Entertainment & XBox Game Studios is setting the bar for transgender representation in the industry. Tell Me Why tells the story of Tyler Ronan - a young transgender man - and his identical twin sister Alyson as they uncover mysteries surrounding their loving but troubled childhood in small-town Alaska. Both characters will be playable across the game’s three chapters, which will all be released in the summer of 2020. GLAAD worked extensively with the game’s team to ensure accurate and impactful representation. Read more about it and check out the trailer here <[link removed]>.
#TransWeek: Share your trans love stories for Trans Awareness Week
Trans Awareness Week <[link removed]> kicked off Nov. 13, one week before Transgender Day Of Remembrance <[link removed]>. GLAAD put together all of the trans stories from 2019 <[link removed]> so far, and you can add your trans love story to GLAAD’s site. Follow along on all of GLAAD’s socials to follow along throughout the week. As part of Trans Awareness Week, GLAAD also published “A beginner's guide to being an ally to trans people <[link removed]>” by GLAAD Youth Engagement Intern
Ted Ravago.
GLAAD fires back after Trump administration announces new rule that will allow adoption agencies to block gay and lesbian couples from adopting children on the basis of “religious freedom”
When the Trump administration granted taxpayer-funded adoption agencies <[link removed]> the ability to forbid children from being placed in homes of LGBTQ couples based on “religious beliefs,” GLAAD called out the administration with a statement from President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. "The Trump Administration has once again demonstrated how they prefer to prioritize the gross work of anti-LGBTQ activists over the safety and well-being of our children," she said. The move marked the 130th attack on the LGBTQ community, which GLAAD tracks through the Trump Accountability Project <[link removed]>.
Creator of 'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power' Noelle Stevenson and actor Jacob Tobia on season four's
non-binary inclusion
Raina Deerwater, Entertainment Research & Analysis Associate, sat down with She-Ra and the Princess of Power’s creator Noelle Stevenson and actor Jacob Tobia <[link removed]> to discuss the show’s LGBTQ inclusion. The latest season premiered on Netflix last week, and the two discussed the importance of telling queer stories in children’s programming.
GLAAD calls out anti-LGBTQ activists for using anti-trans rhetoric to sway voters in key 2019 political elections
GLAAD released a set of information last week to showcase a disturbing trend by anti-LGBTQ activists who have used anti-trans rhetoric and messaging to influence this year’s contentious elections across the country. The anti-trans ads reached Americans through many mediums and appear to have targeted electoral contests in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia. “The Trump Administration’s incessant attacks on transgender Americans have effectively spread across the country in 2019 state elections, and the public should expect this tactic to be used during critical elections next year too,” said GLAAD’s President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “The assertions and misinformation in these ads have been debunked time and again, but this ‘top-down’ strategy by anti-LGBTQ activists will only be defeated when the community bands together and fights back.” You can read the full report here <[link removed]>.
Mark your calendar for a can't-miss conversation between author Richie Jackson and 'Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski
Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski will interview award-winning producer and writer Richie Jackson about his book Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son <[link removed]>, on January 29, 2020 at the 92Y <[link removed]> in New York City. The book explores gay identity, parenting a gay son and the progress and setbacks of the LGBTQ community over the last 50 years. This intimate conversation will explore our uncertain times and most profound concerns about issues as fundamental as dignity, equality, and justice. Tickets include a copy of Richie Jackson’s book, Gay Like Me. Buy yours here before they sell out <[link removed]>.
That’s it for now. Get your tickets now for GLAAD Tidings in LA <[link removed]>, and follow @GLAAD on Facebook <[link removed]>, Instagram <[link removed]>, and Twitter <[link removed]> for the latest in LGBTQ news and current events.
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