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    2024 Studio Responsibility Index

    Overview of Findings

    Films with LGBTQ Characters

    27.3% (72.7% FILMS WITHOUT)

    No Data Found

    Of the 256 films released theatrically and direct to streaming by the ten distributors counted in this study in 2023, 70 feature LGBTQ characters (27.3 percent). This is a decrease of 1.2 percentage points from the record high of 28.5 percent in the previous study.

    Of the 170 LGBTQ characters counted, 95 are men (56 percent), 67 are women (39 percent), eight are nonbinary characters who are not explicitly identified as transgender on screen (five percent). Two of the women are transgender (one percent).

    Gender of LGBTQ Characters

    No Data Found

    LGBTQ-inclusive Film Breakdown of Characters

    No Data Found

    Of the 70 LGBTQ inclusive films released in 2023, 38 included gay men (54 percent), 22 included lesbians (31 percent), 19 included bisexual characters (27 percent), two included transgender characters (three percent), and three included queer characters that don’t fall specifically into those other labels (four percent).

    Identity Breakdown of LGBTQ Characters

    No Data Found

    Of the 170 LGBTQ characters counted, 82 are gay men (48 percent), 50 are lesbians (29 percent), 26 are bisexual+ (15 percent), five are queer characters that don’t fall specifically into those other labels (three percent), one is straight, and six have undefined sexual orientations.

    Race of LGBTQ Characters

    *Note: an additional four characters are non-human

    No Data Found

    Of the 170 LGBTQ characters counted, 78 are characters of color (46 percent). Of all the LGBTQ characters, 88 are white (52 percent), 29 are Black (17 percent), 14 are Latine (eight percent), 14 are API (eight percent), 17 are multiracial (10 percent), four are MENA (two percent), and none are indigenous. Four further characters are non-human (two percent).

    Transgender Characters

    No Data Found

    Of the 170 LGBTQ characters counted, only two are transgender (one percent).

    Of the 170 LGBTQ characters found this year, only two characters had a disability (one percent).

    Screentime of LGBTQ Characters

    No Data Found

    Of the 170 LGBTQ characters, 64 appeared in over ten minutes of screentime (38 percent), 21 had between five and ten minutes of screentime (12 percent), 38 had between one and five minutes of screen time (22 percent), and 47 clocked under one minute (28 percent).

    LGBTQ-inclusive Film by Genre

    This year, once again, comedy was the most inclusive genre of films by percentage and number. 

    COMEDY

    72 TOTAL / 31 INCLUSIVE (43%)

    DRAMA

    62 TOTAL / 18 INCLUSIVE (29%)

    HORROR

    31 TOTAL / 9 INCLUSIVE (29%)

    ANIMATED/FAMILY

    27 TOTAL / 4 INCLUSIVE (15%)

    ACTION/SCI-FI/FANTASY

    64 TOTAL / 8 INCLUSIVE (13%)

    Gender of LGBTQ Characters with Significant Screentime

    No Data Found

    Of the 64 LGBTQ characters that had over ten minutes of screentime, 33 were men (52 percent), 28 were women (44 percent), and three were nonbinary characters who are not explicitly identified as transgender on screen (five percent).

    Race of LGBTQ Characters with Significant Screentime

    *Note: an additional three characters are non-human

    No Data Found

    Of the 64 LGBTQ characters that had over ten minutes of screentime, 29 are characters of color (45 percent). In total, 32 are white (50 percent), seven are Black (11 percent), four are Latine (six percent), 10 are API (16 percent), six are multiracial (nine percent), two are MENA (three percent), and no characters are indigenous. Three additional characters were non-human (five percent).

    Theatrical Films with LGBTQ Characters

    28.5% (71.5% FILMS WITHOUT)

    No Data Found

    Of the 256 films released in 2023, 187 were theatrical releases. Of those theatrical films, 53 were LGBTQ inclusive (28.3 percent).

    Of the 256 films released in 2023, 69 were streaming releases. Of those streaming films, 17 were LGBTQ inclusive (9.1 percent).

    Streaming Films with LGBTQ Characters

    9.1% (90.9% FILMS WITHOUT)

    No Data Found

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