Like a Boss, The Broken Hearts Gallery, Fantasy Island, Valley Girl, Freaky, The New Mutants, and Birds of Prey. This was up from 2019’s 18.6 percent (22 out of 118 films), but there were still 12 fewer major releases with LGBTQ+ characters overall.
The sharp decline in the number of films released last year was a direct result of COVID-19, which shut down theaters for a significant portion of 2020.
Last year saw 20 LGBTQ+ characters in major theatrical releases, which was down from 50 in 2019 — again due to there being far fewer films released theatrically in 2020.
Of the 20 characters who did make it to screen last year, 11 were women and nine were male, which marked the first time there were fewer male characters than.