Gay films in 2020
Films from major studios included more LGBTQ characters onscreen for longer amounts of time in compared to the year prior, according to an annual learn conducted by the Lgbtq+ and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). But the organization said there's still progress to be made, especially when it comes to transgender and multi-attracted representation.
The 9th Annual Studio Responsibility Index included films from eight major studios: Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, STX Films, Together Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, the Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros.
Of the 44 films those studios released in , % included LGBTQ+ characters, a 4% increase from Though there were fewer LGBTQ characters overall — 20 compared to 50 in — the organization attributed that to the steep decline in films released that year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Of the 20 characters, half spent ten minutes or more on screen, GLAAD said. Thirty percent logged under a minute.
LGBTQ characters of color also increased their presence. Forty percent of the yea
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LGBTIQA+ films have develop somewhat mainstream in the 21st century. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ () was a gamechanger that missed the Oscar; ‘Blue Is the Warmest Colour’ was laden with issues but won the Palme d’Or; ‘Carol’ won critical acclaim; ‘Moonlight’ () won the Oscar for Best Picture in a rather dodgy way in the history of the award reveal even if its Black director did not. ‘Beats per Minute’ () was a huge punch, internationally; and so did ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ (). You could argue that these were mostly gay or dyke films, and you would not be wrong. Trans films had trans characters mostly played by straight men in costumes with a few exceptions. As far as LGBT films of are concerned, this spread is still limited to gay, bi, and lesbian films, with a smattering of trans films.
But a whole lot of people who identify are intersex, questioning, asexual, pansexual, and others are yet to be explored in the film even two decades into the 21st century. Rarely does an advertisement get released about who an intersex person is, even by UN Free and Equal or other equal rights cru
- Of the films GLAAD counted from the major studios in , 22 ( percent) contained characters identified as LGBTQ. This is a slight improvement of percent, an increase of two films from the previous year’s percent (20 of films).
- This year showed a decrease in lesbian and bisexual representation. Gay men emerge in 68 percent (15) of inclusive films, an increase from last year’s 55 percent. Queer woman representation has decreased significantly, down to 36 percent (8) of inclusive films from 55 percent in Bisexual representation slightly decreased to 14 percent, a one-percentage point drop but an same number of films (three). There were zero films with gender nonconforming characters from the major studios in , a disappointing evidence consistent with the last two years.
- GLAAD tallied 50 total LGBTQ characters among all mainstream releases in , an increase from 45 in Men continue to outnumber women characters, by an even greater margin than last year. In , of the LGBTQ characters, there were 34 men and 16 women, compared to the 26 men and 19 women of ’s maj