2025 Studio Responsibility Index

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Acknowledgments

Megan Townsend

Project Lead

Senior Director, Entertainment Research & Analysis, GLAAD Media Institute

Raina Deerwater

Author

Associate Director, Entertainment Research & Analysis, GLAAD Media Institute

Amanda Hurwitz

Contributor & Researcher

Associate, Entertainment Research & Analysis, GLAAD Media Institute

Adam Weinreb

Contributor & Researcher

Research Consultant, Entertainment Research & Analysis, GLAAD Media Institute

Margaret Gallagher

Layout

Crystal Stratford

Art Direction

Roho Yniguez

Design

Special Thanks:

Nick Adams, Brendan Davis, Elizabeth Fernandez, Rich Ferraro, Tristan Marra, Nora Molinaro, Tony Morrison, Gwendolyn Pointer, Louise Prollamante, Alex Schmider, Heidi Spillum, Monica Trasandes, DaShawn Usher, Julian J. Walker

2017 GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index

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.

Accelerating Acceptance 2017

Each year through extensive polling and research, GLAAD takes an in-depth look at the state…

GLAAD launches a bilingual report on Spanish-Language Television in the United States

Nearly Invisible is the first GLAAD report that analyzes the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters in primetime Spanish-language scripted television airing in the United States between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016. The report also analyzed the inclusion of characters of African and indigenous descent as well as characters with disabilities.