Hollywood Studios Fail LGBTQ Characters Again, Especially People of Color, Study Says

Depictions of nonwhite queer people dropped more than 5 percent for second year in a row

GLAAD Studio Responsibility index

Hollywood studios have again failed to deliver meaningful depictions of LGBTQ people in their films, GLAAD’s 2016 Studio Responsibility Index said.

Despite the historic Best Picture Oscar win for “Moonlight” this year, the annual survey contains worse news for queer people of color. Inclusion of nonwhite characters in mainstream movies is down 5.5 percent from 2015, which fell over seven percent the year prior.

The six major studios and one mini-major were analyzed and issued grades by GLAAD, with the most positive portrayals going to Universal Pictures.

That’s no prize, considering the studio’s content earned the label “insufficient;” 20th Century Fox, Paramount and Warner Bros.

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