Hollywood PANICS at MASSIVE drop in LGBT characters on TV!

The number of LGBTQ characters in Hollywood TV shows fell more than 20 percent during the 2023-24 season, with declines seen across broadcast, cable, and streaming shows, according to GLAAD’s latest Hollywood report card.

GLAAD called the drops “concerning” and chastised Hollywood studios for failing to create more gay and transgender characters.

“We know that LGBTQ stories are crucial now more than ever—it is paramount to see our lives reflected on screen, challenging the misinformation and harmful rhetoric that is running unchecked by politicians and journalists,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in the report, which was issued this week.

She didn’t elaborate on her phrase “misinformation and harmful rhetoric.”

For the 2023-24 period, GLAAD counted to 468 LGBTQ characters, a 21.4 percent drop from the previous season’s total of 596. Of those counted, 36 percent of the 468 LGBTQ characters will not be returning next season.

The decline can be at least partially attributed to the reduction in the number of TV shows being pumping out as Hollywood studios slashed spending in the wake of a faltering U.S. economy under President Joe Biden.

The budget cuts come amid a perfect storm of economic chaos that includes Americans continuing to cancel their cable TV subscriptions, the steep downturn in TV advertising, and streaming losses in the billions of dollars.

For the period, GLAAD counted 24 transgender characters — or 5 percent of the 468. The percentage held steady compared to the previous period. In reality, transgenders make up less than 1 percent of the adult population.

GLAAD also highlighted gay-themed series that were cancelled during the season, including Amazon’s A League of Their Own and the Paramount+ series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.

In recent years, GLAAD has upped its pressure on Hollywood studios to embrace the LGBTQ agenda, especially the transgender agenda. The organization regularly publishes Hollywood report cards that call out studios that have fallen short in terms of gay and transgender representation.

GLAAD recently demanded Hollywood create more transgender characters for TV, saying a cultural “watershed moment” is needed similar to the one that gays experienced in the 90s.

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[wesleywallin]

We don't want the BS. We never did! It's time for the majority to have their say. And we say NO!!!! LEAVE THE CHILDREN ALONE! Trump 2024🇱🇷 It's time to take a stand.

[Tere]

Because LGBT is the entire personality. Screw it

[FavoriteMovieDate]

The more they push the alphabet crap the less I want to see it.

[pikeb.]

Who cares what GLAAD-President Karen want. It's about creating something that paying customers want and not building up a big propaganda factory.

[MirandaSinistra]

Gladd overplayed their hand and now audiences are rejecting their blatant propaganda.

[mikalabaker]

I don't watch any of that bull$#it. I watch mostly older shows as the newer shows are disgusting!

[xjp]

I spoke about this in the past, . Where was GLAAD when Bros failed, ? Where were they when DC comics went full Gay, and their books failed, ? Same with Marvel and their books failing. No one supports this, not even GLAAD. They did not show up. They get on their soap box and cry, but they don't support anything themselves. If it was profitable sure make more but its not it costs the studios millions for this garbage.

[lisapop]

Gladd has been pushing for 50% even though they are nowhere near that

[BarfingGerbil]

There's been a 100% drop in LGBTQ characters on my TV.

[HappywifeTaylor]

These people are capping so hard for such a small segment of the US population. It's not gonna work.

[LilannB]

I got rid of cable in 2014 after I started noticing LGBT content being inserted into programming. It looked like propaganda to me. I have been TV free for almost 10 years and have not missed TV at all. There are a lot better and more productive ways to spend free time. Some examples: Learning a foreign language, reading the Bible, watch a classic film on DVD, work on a jigsaw puzzle, exercising, or create your own art.

[georgeawestjr.]

Good. Another one bites the dust 🪄. Stunner. Let Hollyweird go under for all I care. LOL. 😁😂🤪🤣😄😊👌

[stevengilley]

If you advertise to 1% of the population you get 1% possibility of return on investment

[iwnpsvx]

I quit Netflix because of all those movies with those LGBTQ characters, who needs it, why should I pay my money for stuff I’m not interested in

[cobaltfog]

Activists will demand everything and consume nothing, maybe some executives will recognize their pay and bonuses rely on actually making money.
Their spreadsheets show how little they even understand what entertainment is about.

[discoveryman]

Let them get their own channels! They can watch all the sick crap they want.. No normal people what to see it.

[Lurvy]

I'm not interested in watching a gay Doctor Who. Formerly owned by the BBC, now owned by (UGH!) Disney, Woke Disney.

[DarthVader]

Just because an LGBTQ+ character is in a story doesn’t automatically make it good or free from criticism. Hollow representation and pandering does not equal good storytelling.

[parinthianquattropani]

Hollywood shoves the rainbows back in the closet. Film at 11

[whfgejx]

The bottom line is money. The more thems in shows the more we take our money away