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GLAAD: LGBT Characters All But Disappeared in Movies
GLAAD: LGBT Characters All But Disappeared in Movies
GLAAD's 2015 survey reports that only 17.5 percent of Hollywood studio films featured LGBT characters -- and gives failing grades to Sony and Disney.
In its third annual survey of LGBT representation in Hollywood movies, GLAAD reports that only 17.5 percent of studio releases featured queer characters -- and many of them appear only fleetingly.
No studio earned an "excellent" grade in GLAAD's report. Warner Bros. was graded "good," Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal were deemed "adequate," while Sony and Disney "failed."
Although fewer defamatory LGBT images appeared in Hollywood films than in years past, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Horrible Bosses 2, and the Will Ferrell comedy Get Hard featured damaging attitudes and stereotypes.
"More inclusive portrayals of LGBT characters are being seen on television and through streamed content than ever before," says GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. "But according to GLAAD's third annual Studio Responsibility Index, released today, America's major film studios lag far behind other media when it comes to nuanced portrayals of LGBT people." Ellis also explores the findings of this year's report in this Hollywood Reporter column.
