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GLAAD: 20% of TV Characters Must Be LGBTQ by 2025
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:41 pm
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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Nov. 7 released its annual “Where We Are on TV” report, which tracks the LGBTQ characters on cable networks and streaming services.
In this year’s report, Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO, called on the television industry to increase its representation of LGBTQ characters to 20% by 2025. The organization calculated that currently 10.2% of series regulars on broadcast networks are LGBTQ characters.
“The role of television in changing hearts and minds has never been more important,” Ellis said. “ … less than one-quarter of Americans have a close friend or family member who is transgender—and so the overwhelming majority of Americans learn about trans people from what they see in television, movies and news.”
The report cites an online survey from 2017 conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of GLAAD. According to GLAAD, the survey of 2,037 adults revealed that 20% of Americans ages 18-34 identify as LGBTQ, while approximately 12% of the overall respondents identify as LGBTQ.
Yet a 2017 Gallup survey of 340,000 people showed that only 4.5% of the U.S. population self-identify as LGBTQ, which is much closer historically to polling on these questions.
If GLAAD succeeds in its push for 20% of television regulars to be LGBTQ characters, LGBTQ television characters would overrepresent the actual LGBTQ population by 40%, according to the organization’s own data. And using Gallup’s data, LGBTQ characters on TV would outweigh the actual LGBTQ population by 77.5%, amounting to absurd overrepresentation.
After the release of GLAAD’s 2018 “Where We Are on TV” report, Dr. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, expressed concern over GLAAD’s plans to further influence the American public.
“What people watch on television affects their moral judgment,” he said on his podcast, “The Briefing.” “If you can change the stories that are told and you can change the casting of those stories with specific characters, you can change the moral views of the population.”
Mohler, who has been negatively profiled under GLAAD’s Commentary Accountability Project, along with fellow conservative Christians Tony Perkins, Michael Brown and Franklin Graham, explained that “the cultural products we consume, the stories that we’ve used, the movies that we see, the music to which we listen, all of these affect our moral intuitions at a level that might not be reached by overt cognitive argument.”
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Nov. 7 released its annual “Where We Are on TV” report, which tracks the LGBTQ characters on cable networks and streaming services.
In this year’s report, Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO, called on the television industry to increase its representation of LGBTQ characters to 20% by 2025. The organization calculated that currently 10.2% of series regulars on broadcast networks are LGBTQ characters.
“The role of television in changing hearts and minds has never been more important,” Ellis said. “ … less than one-quarter of Americans have a close friend or family member who is transgender—and so the overwhelming majority of Americans learn about trans people from what they see in television, movies and news.”
The report cites an online survey from 2017 conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of GLAAD. According to GLAAD, the survey of 2,037 adults revealed that 20% of Americans ages 18-34 identify as LGBTQ, while approximately 12% of the overall respondents identify as LGBTQ.
Yet a 2017 Gallup survey of 340,000 people showed that only 4.5% of the U.S. population self-identify as LGBTQ, which is much closer historically to polling on these questions.
If GLAAD succeeds in its push for 20% of television regulars to be LGBTQ characters, LGBTQ television characters would overrepresent the actual LGBTQ population by 40%, according to the organization’s own data. And using Gallup’s data, LGBTQ characters on TV would outweigh the actual LGBTQ population by 77.5%, amounting to absurd overrepresentation.
After the release of GLAAD’s 2018 “Where We Are on TV” report, Dr. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, expressed concern over GLAAD’s plans to further influence the American public.
“What people watch on television affects their moral judgment,” he said on his podcast, “The Briefing.” “If you can change the stories that are told and you can change the casting of those stories with specific characters, you can change the moral views of the population.”
Mohler, who has been negatively profiled under GLAAD’s Commentary Accountability Project, along with fellow conservative Christians Tony Perkins, Michael Brown and Franklin Graham, explained that “the cultural products we consume, the stories that we’ve used, the movies that we see, the music to which we listen, all of these affect our moral intuitions at a level that might not be reached by overt cognitive argument.”
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:42 pm to Crimson Wraith
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and minds has never been more important,” Ellis said. “ … less than one-quarter of Americans have a close friend or family member who is transgender
I'm stunned it's that high to be honest. I'd like to see where they got that data.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:43 pm to Crimson Wraith
That's a big ask, given they're less than 5% of the population.
Why do they feel they need 4X actual representation?
I am told their sexuality is nothing more than what two consenting adults choose to do in the privacy of their bedroom.
Why do they feel they need 4X actual representation?
I am told their sexuality is nothing more than what two consenting adults choose to do in the privacy of their bedroom.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:43 pm to Crimson Wraith
Shhhhh. Don't let facts get in the way of the narrative.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:44 pm to Crimson Wraith
If GLAAD does not see enough LGBTQ on TV, they are not watching TV.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:44 pm to Crimson Wraith
Thank God they just want to be left alone in their bedrooms...
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:45 pm to Crimson Wraith
Monkey See
Monkey Do
Monkey put his pee pee in hole for poo
Monkey Do
Monkey put his pee pee in hole for poo
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:45 pm to Crimson Wraith
They’re going to annoy the public with this, and in the process risk the tolerance and acceptance they’ve gained.
Three to five percent of the human population is gay or lesbian.
Three to five percent of the human population is gay or lesbian.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:46 pm to Crimson Wraith
Aren't they already at 20%
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:47 pm to Crimson Wraith
Sounds like a reduction from current line ups.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:47 pm to Crimson Wraith
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GLAAD: 20% of TV Characters Must Be LGBTQ by 2025
Even though they comprise 2% of the overall population.
Can you spell A-G-E-N-D-A ?
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:50 pm to Crimson Wraith
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20% of TV Characters Must Be LGBTQ by 2025
Well frick, there is tons of womens sports on tv. 90% of them are gay. That's got to be far more than what those freaks with GLAAD are asking for...
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:52 pm to Crimson Wraith
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GLAAD: 20% of TV Characters Must Be LGBTQ by 2025
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:54 pm to Crimson Wraith
Fun
This post was edited on 6/8/20 at 10:04 am
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:54 pm to Crimson Wraith
nm
This post was edited on 5/21/20 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 11/12/19 at 3:55 pm to Crimson Wraith
Thats a weird strategy...demanding less than you already have.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 4:02 pm to Crimson Wraith
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“The role of television in changing hearts and minds has never been more important
And some of the people on this board wonder why others get worked up over the portrayal of white men as stupid, women as tough and independent saviors of men, mixed race couples, gay couples, etc. This 100% is why they do it. And it's working. Put a frog in a boiling pot of water, it fights to get out. Put a frog in a pot of room temp water and slowly turn up the heat, it will boil to death.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 4:02 pm to Crimson Wraith
We just want to be treated equally. That is what they said for years. I guess that means their real end goal is to have half of the people on TV be LGBlahblahblah.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 4:06 pm to Crimson Wraith
They can 100% push this on television and I'd be happy. The majority of the population rolls their eyes at this kind of blatant "product placement" (let's face it LGTBQ people are used as pawns). People will tune this out and Hollywood's demise will continue at a faster pace. Play stupid games and win stupid prizes like losing market share and ad dollars.
Posted on 11/12/19 at 4:07 pm to Crimson Wraith
Honestly, probably more than 20% of all fiction characters on TV now are gay thanks to Hollywood writers.
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