GLAAD’s latest Where We Are on TV report, released on Thursday January 14, found the number of LGBTQ+ characters in American TV shows dropped in 2020 after five years of increasing queer representation.
Out of 773 series regular characters scheduled to appear on broadcast scripted primetime television this season, 9.1% were LGBTQ+, compared to 10.2% in 2019.
The number of recurring LGBTQ+ characters on primetime TV also decreased from 120 in 2019 to 101 in 2020. There was also a decrease in the number of LGBTQ+ characters on streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix, with a total of 141 queer characters seen in 2020, compared to 153 in 2019.