The growing LGBT TV presence is critical for rights: advocacy group

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The growing LGBT TV presence is critical for rights: advocacy group







LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The dramatic series "Pose" and the new transgender superhero in "Supergirl" helped to increase the number of LGBTQ characters to an all-time high on American television, according to a report published on Thursday that said the diversity of programming was crucial The bulwark tries to undermine the rights of homosexuals. 











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GLAAD, the media advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people with questions, said that TV shows with LGBTQ issues and actors not only helped increase acceptance but also gave results in terms of large audiences. 

The annual report showed that 8.8 percent of regular TV characters are LGBTQ, the highest percentage since GLAAD began monitoring the problem 14 years ago. 

It was published in the same week that it was reported that the administration of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, was studying ways to define Americans as men or women, immutable and determined by the genitals with which a person is born. 

"With anti-LGBTQ policies being debated here and abroad, the stories and characters of television are more critical than ever to develop the understanding and acceptance of LGBTQ people," said GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis. it's a statement. 

"Programs like 'Will & Grace', 'Supergirl', 'Empire' and 'How To Get Away with Murder' attract millions of viewers weekly and show that the public is eager for new stories," he added. 

GLAAD is campaigning for LGBTQ characters to make up 10 percent of the usual television series by 2020. 

The GLAAD report analyzed the programming in the air or was announced in networks, cable and transmission services from June 2018 to May 2019 and found that the number of transsexual and bisexual people has only risen to 143 from 110 last year . 

The FX series "Pose", about the clandestine ball culture in New York in the 1980s, presents the largest number of transgender characters that appear regularly in a television series with a script. 

"Supergirl" on CW featured transgender actress Nicole Maines as the superhero Dreamy in her fourth season earlier this month. 

Netflix almost doubled its already high number of LGBTQ characters to 88, thanks in part to the reality of "Queer Eye," the prison drama "Orange Is the New Black," and the animated adult comedy "BoJack Horseman." 

Thursday's report showed that diversity was not limited to broadcast, pointing to the CBS police drama "Instinct," starring bisexual actor Alan Cumming as a former CIA officer in charge, "Andi Mack" on Disney Channel. , which features a gay high school boy, and "RuPaul Drag Race" on VH1. 





Report by Jill Serjeant; Edited by Bill Trott





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