Dave Benett/WireImageOf the 44 films released by these eight major studios in 2020, GLAAD says it counted 10 movies, or 22.7%, that featured LGBTQ characters. GLAAD says it counted 20 LGBTQ characters among all major studio theatrical releases in 2020, a decrease from 50 characters in the previous report, blamed squarely on the much-reduced sample size of films released in 2020. Of the 20 LGBTQ characters counted, 8 or 40% were characters of color, an increase of 6% from 2019. Of the 20 LGBTQ characters in this report, GLAAD found zero characters living with HIV and also zero LGBTQ characters with a disability. GLAAD began counting LGBTQ characters with disabilities in its 2020 Studio Responsibility Index, with just one character tallied in 2019.

Source: Forbes July 15, 2021 14:03 UTC