Entertainment Media
Ensuring fair, accurate, inclusive and diverse portrayals of LGBTQ people in television, film, music, streaming content, comics and video games.
The Entertainment Media Program monitors film, television, music, and related entertainment media to ensure inclusive, diverse and accurate portrayals of the LGBTQ community. When anti-LGBTQ content runs, GLAAD speaks out about why anti-LGBTQ attitudes and content have no place in the media and how that impacts real lives. The staff also works with TV and film studio executives, producers and writers to provide script consultations and to advocate for the inclusion of LGBTQ people at all levels in an effort to spark conversations about LGBTQ issues in living rooms and around water coolers.
GLAAD releases two annual reports: Where We Are on TV analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks and looks at the number of LGBTQ characters on cable networks and streaming services, and the Studio Responsibility Index ranks the major Hollywood studios by the quantity, quality and content of LGBTQ representation in the films they produce.
In 2015, GLAAD produced a video entitled Hollywood Must Do Better that compiled some of the anti-LGBT moments GLAAD had encountered in Hollywood film over the previous five years.
Playwright Jordan E. Cooper’s “Ain’t No Mo,” a brilliant comedic portrait of Black American life, took to the Broadway…
WATCH: Behind the Scenes Featurette for Elegance Bratton’s “The Inspection:” “Empathy is strength.”
Elegance Bratton is letting the world in on the deeply personal story of his life. The Inspection, written and directed…
Grab the remote, set your DVR, or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the LGBTQ highlights on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
Tiara Thomas has been in the songwriting game for more than a minute. Since penning Wale’s 2016 “Bad” she has went…
In the Kasi Lemmons-directed biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Nafessa Williams plays Robyn Crawford to Naomi Ackie’s…
Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.
The word “icon” gets thrown around carelessly, but when we say that Margaret Cho is a queer icon, we really…
Roman Catholic organizations celebrate the Respect for Marriage Act signing into law by recognizing the values of family and equality shared…
People who have followed Matt Rogers’s career, know that he is all about the music of it all –…
From Madame Horrible in Wicked to Davina in Transparent, we’ve seen Alexandra Billings play many characters — but not quite like the one…
We love an inclusive holiday rom-com and Prime Video’s Something From Tiffany’s from Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter’s production banner Hello…
This report found a transgender character in major studio film for the first time in five years, though there was a decrease in percentage of LGBTQ characters of color, LGBTQ women, and zero LGBTQ characters living with disabilities or HIV. All seven studios receive “Insufficient,” “Poor,” or “Failing” grades as GLAAD includes new evaluation of public advocacy on LGBTQ issues, employee resources, and political giving from studios and parent companies.Only nine films released in 2021 by major studios passed GLAAD’s Vito Russo Test on LGBTQ representation.
Meet the New Queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race; Emmy and GLAAD Award Winning Series Moves to MTV
RuPaul’s Drag Race fans have a lot to look forward to this January. For the first time in the Emmy…
IMDb has worked with GLAAD and many other organizations in the film, television and media industry to update its policies and products. Through…
On Tuesday, December 13th, GLAAD has released data from its survey conducted in collaboration with global research center, The Edelman…