Media watchdog GLAAD released its Studio Responsibility Index on Thursday, using its annual ranking of queer representation in mainstream films to stand with striking unions SAG-AFTRA and the Write…
Convening in-person at the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center’s Ed Gould Plaza in Hollywood, leadership from both show business unions, queer talent and GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis spoke of the dangers that work stoppages from the strokes pose to inclusive storytelling.
“I’m here on behalf of our 160,000 members who are actors and other types of media artists. I’m also here as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and as a father of five,” he said. “It’s been so heartening to watch my kids grow up seeing the authentic and nuanced representation of the full human experience in media that, frankly, as someone who grew up in a different era and in a different part of this country, I rarely saw on movies or television.
As the strikes drag closer to the five-month mark, reports of financial hardships and evictions for entertainment workers have been widespread. The press conference’s setting provided a needed dose of reality for what was at stake. The Ed Gould Plaza provides emergency shelter, mental health treatment, housing, and substance use and recovery services for the Los Angeles community, the LBGTQ Center’s communications head Phillip Picardi said.
GLAAD counted 292 LGBTQ characters across the 100 LGBTQ-inclusive films. Of those characters, 117 are characters of color. While LGBTQ characters increased in films over the previous year, the number of LGBTQ characters of colorremained static
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