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[…] Of the 46 LGBT regular and recurring characters on broadcast networks, half are women and 28% are people of color. While last year there weren’t any regular transgender characters on broadcast television, there will be one this season with the character of Unique on Glee. On cable, GLAAD counted 42 regular LGBT characters, up […]

[…] with disabilities. Of the 65 LGBT regular and recurring characters on broadcast networks, 43% (28) are women and 26% are people of color. While last year a transgender character was amongst the primetime broadcast series regulars (Unique on FOX’s Glee), this year there are none. On cable, GLAAD counted 64 regular LGBT characters, up […]

[…] characters on original series that premiered on Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix. GLAAD found 43 series regulars and 16 recurring LGBT characters across 23 series. There are no transgender characters counted on primetime broadcast programming, while only three recurring trans characters were counted on cable (2%). Streaming series boast the highest percentage of trans characters […]

[…] now to read more. Of the 901 regular characters expected to appear on broadcast scripted primetime programming this season, 58 (6.4%) were identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer. This is the highest percentage GLAAD has found in the history of this report. There were an additional 28 recurring LGBTQ characters. The number […]

[…] numbers still lean toward women, with 65 women and 33 men, and one character who is non-binary.  Across all three platforms, there are 29 regular and recurring transgender characters. These characters include 15 trans women, 12 trans men, and two trans characters who are non-binary. Twenty-six of the 29 characters are played or voiced […]

[…] from last year’s study. This number still heavily favors women, with 124 bi+ women, 50 bi+ men, and nine bi+ non-binary characters. This year, there are 42 transgender regular and recurring characters across all of broadcast, cable, and streaming. They are made up of 20 trans women, 14 trans men, and eight trans characters […]

[…] now to read more. Of the 857 regular characters expected to appear on broadcast scripted primetime programming this season, 75 (8.8%) were identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer. This is the highest percentage GLAAD has found in the fourteen years this report has counted all broadcast series regulars. There were an additional 38 […]

Where We Are on TV 2023-2024 Methodology GLAAD’s annual Where We Are on TV report tracks the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual+, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters for the 2023-24 television season. This season marks the 28th year GLAAD has quantitatively tracked the presence of LGBTQ regular and recurring characters on television by calculating […]