Broadcast TV Hits Record Percentage of LGBTQ Regulars
For the first time in the history of GLAAD's 'Where We Are on TV' report, LGBTQ characters of color also outnumber those that are white.
Broadcast television is enlisting a record percentage of LGBTQ characters and featuring those of color more often than those that are white for the first time in the 2018-19 television season, a report published Thursday found.
GLAAD's annual Where We Are on TV report found that LGBTQ characters make up 8.8 percent of all regular characters this season, up 2.4 percent from the 2017-18 season. (Last season had previously held the record for largest percentage in the report's 23-year history.)...