GLAAD: LGBTQ Inclusion In Mainstream Movies Losing Ground

GLAAD’s 2025 Studio Responsibility Index shows LGBTQ+ inclusion in mainstream films has declined over the past year. We are sliding backward.

The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters in films released by ten major motion picture studios during the 2024 calendar year.

The report is intended to serve as a road map toward increasing fair, accurate and inclusive LGBTQ representation in film.

Of the 250 films released theatrically and direct to streaming in 2024 by the 10 distributors tracked in this study, 59 films featured LGBTQ characters (23.6%), a decrease of 3.7 percentage points from the previous edition’s 27.3%, and a decrease of 4.9% from the record high of 28.5%.

Related: GLAAD Reports On 2019 Film Inclusivity

Some key findings:

• LGBTQ-inclusive films in 2024 dropped to 23.6% of major studio releases, down from 27.3% in 2023 and a record high 28.5% in 2022.

• A24 was the only studio to receive a “Good” rating, releasing the highest percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films and breaking its own box office record in the process.

• Only two films (less than 1% of all films tracked) featured transgender characters, and both included either harmful stereotypes or inauthentic casting.

• LGBTQ characters of color made up just 36% of all LGBTQ characters, down from 46% in 2023 — the lowest since 2019.

Check out the full results at GLAAD.

NEW RELEASE: The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of LGBTQ characters in films released by ten major motion picture studios during the 2024 calendar year.

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