The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in films released by the seven major motion picture studios during the 2016 calendar year. GLAAD researched films released by 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Brothers, as well as films released by four subsidiaries of these major studios. The report is intended to serve as a road map toward increasing fair, accurate and inclusive LGBTQ representation in film.
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2017 GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- From the desk of Sarah Kate Ellis
- Methodology
- The Vito Russo Test
- Overview of Findings
- Observations & Recommendations
- 20th Century Fox
- Lionsgate Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
- Sony Pictures
- Universal Pictures
- Walt Disney Studios
- Warner Brothers
- Five Year Trends
- Additional Film Distributors
- GLAAD’s Entertainment Media Team
Download the full publication in PDF format.
Read our Memorial Day 2017 update here, which examines the films released by the major studios during May as the summer box office kickoff. Our 2017 End of Summer update is available here, which covers all the major studio films released in June-August of this year.
In 2015, GLAAD debuted a video titled “Hollywood Must Do Better” that highlighted a bevy of anti-LGBTQ moments in Hollywood films over just the last five years.
To view last year’s publication, read the 2016 SRI here.