GLAAD rated all ten major film distributors’ 2024 releases for their representation of LGBTQ+ characters, and many of the studios fared poorly. In fact, 2024 had far fewer LGBTQ characters than the two years prior, suggesting a disappointing downward trend in progress. The 13th annual edition of GLAAD’s Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) found that 59 films out of 250 contained an LGBTQ character in 2024, only 23.6%. Of the 181 LGBTQ characters, 67 characters (37%) were featured in only one minute of the film, while 49 appeared in over 10 minutes of screen time (27%), 27 had between five and 10 minutes of screentime (15%), and 38 had between one and five minutes of screen time (21%).
Out of 250 films released from ten major studios, only 59 featured LGBTQ+ characters, down considerably from 2023 and 2022. Read More