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The study found that 2017 was the bt year ever for LGBTQ characters on televisn, wh 6.4 percent of characters on broadst prime-time TV intifyg as gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or queer. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The study found that 58 out of 901 regular characters on broadst TV intified as LGBTQ, up om 42 last year; on ble TV the number of regular LGBTQ characters creased om 92 to 103. As for streamg servic like Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu, GLAAD found an crease of six regular LGBTQ characters across all origal seri. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block md:float-left md:mr-30 md:w-[320px] lg:-ml-100"><div class="duet--article--article-pullquote mb-20"><div class="mb-10 h-[22px] w-[65px] bg-ankl"></div><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup relative bg-repeatg-l-dark bg-[length:1px_1.2em] pb-8 font-polysans text-28 font-medium leadg-120 trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:bg-repeatg-l-light dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple">Good news, mostly</p></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Across platforms, GLAAD found ne characters who intified as trans women, four who intified as trans men, and four non-bary characters. GLAAD also not that this is the first year history ’s been able to unt asexual and non-bary characters the study at all. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Dpe the progrs TV has ma the past few years, there’s still fe room for improvement. The number of bisexual characters across all platforms saw a slight crease om last year at 28 percent, and the majory of bisexual characters are women. GLAAD also reports that every platform suffers om a lack of racial diversy: on streamg servic, 77 percent of LGBTQ characters are whe. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The study not that while Freeform’s <em>Shadowhunters </em>and Netflix’s <em>BoJack Horseman </em>both feature asexual characters, The CW’s <em>Riverdale</em> ignor progrsive elements of s source material. Jughead is asexual the <em>Archie</em> ics, but the show he’s portrayed as heterosexual. Streamg servic had the hight number of transgenr characters across all platforms, but they also featured no transgenr men.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">GLAAD’s remendatns are to improve the racial diversy of televisn’s LGBTQ characters, and to crease the number of transgenr men. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">As the number of LGBTQ characters on televisn creas, more people around the world will have the opportuny to see themselv reprented on-screen — sometim for the first time ever. Progrs has been more rapid on televisn than film, where Hollywood <a href="/2017/5/25/15690404/glaad-lgbtq-reprentatn-film-not-gettg-better">still stggl</a> to crease reprentatn.</p></div></div><div class="mb-40 mt-30"><button class="duet--article--ments-button group le-flex h-40 w-full ems-center jtify-center round-[2px] borr-[1px] borr-solid borr-blurple font-polysans-mono text-11 font-light upperse trackg-12 text-blurple hover:bg-blurple hover:text-whe md:w-to md:px-30"><svg class="mr-10 le pt-2" width="12" height="14" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" stroke-width="1px" xmlns="><tle>Comments

too many gay characters on tv

More than 1 10 prime-time scripted characters this season is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. One group se a need to double that.

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DEAR HOLLYWOOD: STOP GAYG ALL THE THGS, ESPECIALLY STRAIGHT CHARACTERS...

Dear leftists Hollywood tent on phg csant gayns, even when unnecsary and irrelevant,Today seems Hollywood's primary missn, pecially televisn, is to shove gayns to wherever may f. It's gettg tired. Namely bee 's beg phed by a ty mory of an... * too many gay characters on tv *

Dear leftists Hollywood tent on phg csant gayns, even when unnecsary and irrelevant, Today seems Hollywood's primary missn, pecially televisn, is to shove gayns to wherever may f. I ntend like wh most issu our polil climate, the "Gay Agenda" TV is beg shoved by a actn of a percent of the gay populatn. As stated before, the Gaystapo, and now the Hollywood Gay Agenda Phers DO NOT reprent lns of gay people who jt want to live their liv peace.

How the gayns is picted I'll addrs later, but the rult of vastly over-reprentg the gay populatn has led to the ncln you aimed to draw.

Amerins believe the gay populatn is 23 percent or more, as shown recent Gallup pollg:That's que a jump. Two gay ma characters, a few mor gay characters who sually hook up wh the ma gay characters; one mor transgenr character. So over the top that Liberace himself would em 's one of my biggt beefs wh this gayns.

ARE THERE TOO MANY GAY CHARACTERS ON TV? CONSERVATIV TAKE ON HOLLYWOOD NETWORKS

If you thk you're seeg more lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer characters on televisn, 's bee you are. * too many gay characters on tv *

Y, there's now a movement the left, which I'm sure will reach y'all Hollywood, to make existg heterosexual characters to homosexual on. You ant Hollywood Gay Agenda Phers seek to turn healthy male iendships to closeted gayns.

STUDY: NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS ON TV AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH

The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadst work TV is at s hight-ever level the season ahead * too many gay characters on tv *

Then and only then, n they tly blossom to a gay butterfly, all their 's even been suggted that Jam Bond should be gay.

But we're livg a culture where people feel fortable suggtg a character like Jam Bond should be gay whout beg lghed tryg to appropriate straight characters, what the social-engeerg left is attemptg is to refe what means to be mascule and feme. Maybe I'm paranoid, but seems we're gettg close, pecially how gay characters are portrayed: healthy, lovg, never abive toward each other.

Which is dog a great disservice to the rampant domtic vlence the gay a favor, please. I know even suggtg such a thg mak me a hateful homophobe, but wouldn't be lovely if you folks the entertament dtry uld foc on you know...

WHY HAVG ‘TOO MANY’ GAY CHARACTERS ON TV SAV LIV

* too many gay characters on tv *

Wrten by Courtney Kirchoff, wh gay joke help om Steven CrowrFrom Your Se ArticlCelebri Demand Joe Bin Shutdown Another Pipele - Lour Wh Crowr ›Jon Voight Giv Ttimony Agast Leftism Hollywood - Lour Wh Crowr ›Matt Damon Shocked Tmp Supporters Aren't Horrible People - Lour Wh Crowr ›Gee Takei Tells Amerins to ‘Endure Higher Pric’ - Lour Wh Crowr ›Meme Compar Gas Pric to the movie "I am Legend. If you thk you're seeg more lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer characters on televisn, 's bee you are.

From CW’s “Supergirl” to NBC’s “Will & Grace” reboot, broadst TV has served up a historic season for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer characters. * too many gay characters on tv *

While that's an crease of 6 percent om last year, the percentage of gay men on televisn creased by 5 percent, wh 49 characters (35 percent) appearg on scripted shows.

Related ntent: Pose star Mj Rodriguez mak Emmys history as first trans performer to land a lead actg nomatnJojo Siwa tells Demi Lovato their 'Cool for the Summer' vio was a 'gay awakeng' for herThe L Word: Generatn Q season 2 trailer teas more msy drama and a shockg Mih hookup.

(though lets be hont, 80% of the world probably agre wh me and is to sred to speak out due to the wrath of the remag 20% (10% gays and 10% SJW's)). Gay teens are poppg up major rol all over televisn promptg fay experts to qutn the imprsn on real-life teens facg the challeng of bullyg, self-teem, basic Christian valu, and life choic. Conservative bloggers and relig lears say unfortunately, many Amerins are willg to allow Hollywood to manipulate their fay’s perspective on the who oppose same-sex marriage say there is a well-fanced and tailed plan at work to change Amerins' opns about homosexual and lbian liftyl through televisn ABC work recently received an “excellent ratg” om The Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) durg s latt report bee more than half of s programmg clus gay characters or discsns about work has the hight percentage of hours, some 55 percent, that clus homosexuals, lbians, or referenc to them.

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