GLAAD's report on LGBTQ representation in 2017 films finds inclusion trending down
by Tre'vell Anderson, Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2018
3 minutes
As Hollywood touts great wins for diversity and inclusion with recent films like "Black Panther" and "Wonder Woman" shattering box office records, a new study from GLAAD asserts that representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in 2017 films released by the major studios hit a six-year low.
As a result, the LGBTQ media advocacy group is calling on the seven major studios to make at least 20 percent of their annual releases LGBTQ-inclusive by 2021 and 50 percent by 2024.
"The past year has seen the rise of the
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