Browsing: Studio Responsibility Index (SRI)

Labor issues are LGBTQ issues. Actress and proud SAG-AFTRA member Alexandra Grey did not mince words as she welcomed local…

2023 Studio Responsibility IndexThe GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,…

GLAAD ADDS STREAMING SERVICES TO REPORT TRACKING, FINDS 28.5% OF FILMS FROM MAJOR STUDIO DISTRIBUTORS INCLUDED AN LGBTQ CHARACTER.  INDEX…

2023 Studio Responsibility IndexFrom the Office of the President & CEO, Sarah Kate EllisLast year, GLAAD released the milestone tenth…

Founded in 1918 as Cohn-Brant-Cohn Film Sales, the film studio was renamed Columbia Pictures in 1924. It gained prominence starting…

GLAAD’s annual Studio Responsibility Index, a study that maps the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ characters in films released theatrically by major studio distributors, was launched in 2013 after seeing the progress driven by the organization’s work and research in LGBTQ storytelling on television.

The most recent study, issued December 2022 analyzing 2021 releases, researched films distributed theatrically by Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, United Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery, as well as films released by four subsidiaries of these major studios. The Studio Responsibility Index is intended to serve as a road map toward increasing fair, accurate and inclusive LGBTQ representation in film

Warner Bros. was founded by four Polish immigrant brothers as a movie theater business in the early 1900s, and in…

Walt Disney is one of the most recognizable studios in the world, with a sweeping international brand that extends far…