Studio responsibility index released
2017-07-05


GLAAD has released its fifth annual Studio Responsibility Index—a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of LGBTQ people in films released by the seven largest motion picture studios and their subsidiaries during the 2016 calendar year.

GLAAD found that, of the 125 releases from major studios in 2016, only 23 of them ( 18.4 percent ) included characters identified as LGBTQ.

Transgender representation remained very low, with only one transgender character counted ( the same number as the 2015 report ) and, once again, the character was used a punchline in Zoolander 2.

GLAAD also found that racial diversity among LGBTQ characters in film again dropped drastically year over year. In 2016, only 20 percent of LGBTQ characters were people of color, compared to 25.5 percent in 2015 and 32.1 percent in 2014.

The full index is at Website Link Here .


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