Percent of media involving lgbtq
Where We Are on TV 2023-2024
There were more LGBTQ women than men on broadcast for the fifth year running. Of the 64 LGBTQ characters on primetime scripted broadcast, 35 (55 percent) are women, 27 (42 percent) are men, and two (three percent) are nonbinary. Of these characters, 20 (31 percent) are lesbians, 10 (16 percent) are bi+ women, and five (eight percent) are queer women. One of the bi+ women is also gender non-conforming. There are 24 (38 percent) gay men, two bi+ men (three percent) and one straight transitioned man (one percent). There are two nonbinary characters on broadcast, both who have undefined sexual orientations.
The percentage of both bi+ men and women decreased year over year, and there was a slight decrease in lesbian advocacy as well. Trans men, women, and nonbinary characters all decreased from the previous study, both in number and percentage.
For the past four years, there has been a slant toward women characters on cable. This year, the numbers have dramatically shifted to favor men. Of the 77 LGBTQ characters counted on primetime scripted cable, 27 (35 percent) are women, 47 (61 percent) are men, and three (four percent) are nonbinary. Out of those characters, 19
Many Singaporeans on the fence about LGBTQ issues, Ipsos survey finds
SINGAPORE - More Singaporeans support lesbian, same-sex attracted, bisexual, transgender and gay (LGBTQ) rights than challenge them, but a significant number remain undecided on such issues, a survey by market research sturdy Ipsos has found.
In particular, people are on the fence about issues relating to how prominent these individuals are in everyday life.
These included how open LGBTQ individuals should be about their sexual orientation and relationships, and having more LGBTQ characters on television, and in films and advertising.
On other questions, such as whether same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children, more people are supportive and the undecided group is much smaller.
Ipsos surveyed respondents from 26 countries, including 500 Singaporeans, on attitudes towards LGBTQ rights in the study released to the media on June 10.
The survey was conducted online between Feb 23 and March 8, with quotas on age, gender and ethnicity in place to ensure the make-up of respondents reflected Singapore’s overall population distribution, Ipsos added.
It noted that respondents in Singapore and nine other countries,
Presence vs. representation: Announce breaks down LGBTQ visibility on TV
From Billy Porter in "Pose" to Dan Levy in "Schitt's Creek" and Elliot Page in "Umbrella Academy," LGBTQ people have been increasingly seeing themselves and their stories represented and celebrated on television. But there is still room for improvement, according to Nielsen's "Being Seen on Screen: Diverse Representation & Inclusion on TV" report.
Lesbian, gay, double attraction and transgender people make up an estimated 4.5 percent of the U.S. population, and, according to Nielsen's inaugural report, they were 6.7 percent of the top 10 recurring cast members in the highest 300 programs on broadcast, cable and streaming platforms in 2019. The describe also found that 26 percent of the top 300 programs included at least one cast member who identifies as LGBTQ.
While the numbers alone sketch a picture of increased visibility, Stacie de Armas, Nielsen's senior vice president for diverse consumer insights, said it's important to differentiate presence from representation.
"When you look across the TV landscape, the LGBTQ population looks well represented,” de Armas told NBC News. “But when we glance deeper, and at interse
Record number of LGBT characters on US TV, analyze says
A new describe has found LGBT voice on US TV is at a high, with nearly 12% of regular characters who are LGBT, up 2.8% from last year.
The numbers come from a study by LGBT media advocacy group GLAAD.
But the study also establish there were shortfalls and missing opportunities to inform a wider range of stories about LGBT characters.
The "Where We Are on TV" analysis looked at overall diversity of shows, focusing on the US.
The report examined broadcast TV, which is free, cable TV, which is paid for and streaming platforms - mentioning popular shows such as Sex Learning, Euphoria and Killing Eve for positive representation.
The breakdown
Out of 775 series-regular characters on broadcast TV, 11.9% are LGBT, making up 92 characters, with an additional 49 in recurring roles.
Lesbian characters, such as Batwoman on CW, represented the majority of LGBT characters on broadcast and cable.
Gay men on screen saw a shrink by 5% on disseminate and 3% on cable compared to last year.
Bisexual representation such as Loki in Disney+'s Marvel series Loki, made up 29% of all
What’s Behind the Rapid Rise in LGBTQ Identity?
Newsletter March 6, 2025
Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
Since 2012, Gallup has tracked the size of America’s LGBTQ population. For the first several years, there was not much news to report. The percentage of Americans who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual person, transgender, or homosexual was relatively subdued and inching up slowly year over year. Recently, the pace has sped up. Gallup’s newest report recorded the single largest one-year increase in LGBTQ identity. In 2024, nearly one in ten (9.3 percent) Americans identify as LGBTQ.
The steady increase in LGBTQ self among the universal is worth noting, but it’s not the most vital part of the story. Most of the uptick in LGBTQ identity over the past decade is due to a dramatic expand among young adults, particularly young women. In less than a decade, the percentage of immature women who spot as LGBTQ has more than tripled.
The gender gap in LGBTQ identity has exploded as adv. A decade earlier, young women were only slightly more likely to determine as LGBTQ than young men. For instance, in 2015, 10 percent of young women and six percent of young men identified as