The Elton John biopic Rocketman (Paramount) was praised for featuring multiple gay characters LGBTQ representation in US film saw its highest ever recorded year, but racial diversity of LGBTQ characters, as well as the number of queer women characters dropped. Also, more than half of all LGBTQ characters received under three minutes of screen time and transgender characters remained completely absent for the third year in a row This was revealed in LGBTQ media advocacy organisation GLAAD’s eighth annual Studio Responsibility Index (SRI).
The report maps the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ characters in films released by the eight major Hollywood film studios in the 2019 calendar year and four of their subsidiaries.