According to GLAAD’s annual Studio Responsibility Index, 20 LGBTQ+ characters were counted and eleven of those roles were women.
This is the first time that queer women characters have outnumbered queer men. The racial diversity of LGBTQ+ characters also saw a six percent increase from 2019 to 2020.
Out of the counted queer roles, 40 percent (eight characters) were characters of colour. Two of those characters were Black, three were Asian-Pacific Islander, two were Latinx, and one was Indigenous.
Although this is a win, the report did make note that the data is still 17 percent lower than the record high of 57 percent from the 2017 SRI.