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20th Century Fox clocked the highest percentas.ge of the seven studios at 40 percent (four films) of annual releases including LGBTQ characters. Universal Pictures had the highest number of LGBTQ-inclusive films at six (30 percent).Genre films (action, sci-fi, fantasy/horror) counted six inclusive films, while no family or documentary films had LGBTQ characters. Comedy and drama films were the most inclusive releases at seven each.Of the 45 characters counted, 26 were white (58 percent), 10 were Black/African American (22 percent), six were Asian/Pacific Islander (13 percent), and three were Latinx (7 percent). However, this is still much higher than the 20 percent people of color in 2016. The racial diversity of LGBTQ characters saw a drop this year, with 42 percent of LGBTQ characters being people of color, compared to 57 percent in 2017.There were no transgender or non-binary characters counted in mainstream releases this year. In 2018, of the LGBTQ characters, there were 26 men and 19 women, compared to the 20 men and eight women of 2017’s major studio films. Men continue to outnumber women characters, though by a lesser margin than last year.
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GLAAD tallied 45 total LGBTQ characters among all mainstream releases in 2018, up from 28 in 2017.There were zero transgender-inclusive films from the major studios in 2018, a finding consistent with the previous year. Bisexual representation remained steady at a low 15 percent (three films). Lesbian representation has increased significantly, up to 55 percent (11) of inclusive films featuring lesbians from 36 in 2017. Gay men appear in 55 percent (11) of inclusive films, a drop from last year’s 64 percent. For the first time in this report’s history, there were an equal number of films which included gay and lesbian characters.
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This is the second highest percentage of inclusive films found in the seven-year history of this report, second to 18.4 percent of films (23 of 125) in 2016. This is a significant increase of 5.4 percent, and up six films from the previous year’s 12.8 percent (14 of 109 films).