Representación LGBTQ+ en la televisión crece gracias a series como “Abbott Elementary” y “Hacks” – Chicago Tribune

By MARK KENNEDY

NUEVA YORK (AP) — TV shows like “Abbott Elementary,” “Hacks,” “Heartstopper,” “The Last of Us” and “Yellowjackets” are contributing to a 4% increase in the number of LGBTQ+ people on the same schedule as the previous season, according to a new studio advocacy group. GLAAD.

This year’s study “Where we are on television” (Dónde estamos en la televisión), published on the young, counted 489 LGBTQ characters in transmission, cable and streaming programs in the hour with guide, which represents an additional 21 additional characters. This marks a boost after two years of decline, but it fell far short of the 2021-2022 record of 637 characters.

Sarah Kate Ellis, the group’s president and executive director, said those numbers could soon decline: More than 200 LGBTQ+ people have been contacted this year, on shows like “Heartstopper,” “Harlem” and “Elite,” which won’t return amid a spate of series cancellations, finales or so. 1st limited series.

Ellis writes in the news: “The storytelling of our current cultural and political climate demands that creators and leaders redouble their efforts to know the fair and accurate story of LGBTQ people.”

GLAAD added that the number of trans characters on television has increased slightly since last year, to 33: 24 trans women, trans men and two characters are non-binary, but only four trans characters appear in the series who have been officially renovated.

The news is the latest release of GLAAD’s annual series and there will be a notable jump of just 47 LGBTQ+ characters in the first studio. There was a time when President Donald Trump designated a transgender and non-binary person with a series of executive orders, including declaring the existence of both sexes unchangeable, eliminating government websites with regard to “gender ideology” and reinstating the ban on transgender members in the service. military.

A recent Gallup survey found that 9.3% of adults in the United States identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual. The percentage has doubled since Gallup first flagged LGBTQ+ identification in 2012.

GLAAD’s study found that representation in broadcast and cable was continually reduced, while streaming programming provided an increase in LGBTQ+ people.

ABC recently surpassed the most regular LGBTQ+ characters in red, with a 12.9%, while Netflix had the most LGBTQ+ characters streaming, with 177. We found that the other major streaming services brought in 45 characters from the previous period’s 327.

GLAAD has created LGBTQ+ characters in television shows like NBC’s “Brilliant Minds,” which has a gay protagonist, the CBS dramas “Matlock” and “Watson,” as well as apoyo queer women, and gig characters in comedies like Fox’s “Going Dutch” and NBC’s “St. Denis Medical.”

In streaming, GLAAD cited Netflix’s “The Four Seasons,” “Arcane” and “Kaos,” and Amazon’s “Clean Slate,” “Harlem” and “The Wheel of Time.” Hulu, for its part, has “Mid-Century Modern,” “Big Boys” and “Wreck.”

The study found that the percentage of characters of color increased slightly to 51% of all LGBTQ+ characters infected, and for the second year in a row, only one LGBTQ+ character was depicted as living with HIV, but that character, in HBO Max’s “Cris Miró,” will not be recorded.

In its 2019-20 studio, GLAAD has set the industry to reach 20% LGBTQ+ representation across all three platforms by 2025, and ensures that the majority of LGBTQ+ people on each television platform will be characters of color within the next two years. This year’s information does not include disaffection for a specific percentage.

GLAAD said: “As this studio and the television industry has evolved, so have our reference points. There is a need for urgent and better action today on all platforms, as this new studio meets a significant portion of LGBTQ characters.

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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.