Monday, December 6, 2010

There Ain't no Color in this Rainbow: GLAAD shows the lack of Racial Diversity in LGBT TV


This is not cute. GLAAD has an interesting breakdown of racial diversity in LGBT characters for this year.

Here's the breakdown

LGBT Characters on Broadcast Television

LEAD CHARCTERS

Show Network Character Actor Orientation/Ethnicity
Brothers & Sisters ABC Kevin Walker Matthew Rhys gay/white
Grey's Anatomy ABC Callie Torres Sara Ramirez bisexual/Latina
Happy Endings ABC Max Adam Pally gay/white
Modern Family ABC Mitchell Jesse Tyler Ferguson gay/white
Modern Family ABC Cameron Eric Stonestreet gay/white
Subtotal: 5





SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

Show Network Character Actor Orientation/Ethnicity
90210 The CW Teddy Montgomery Trevor Donovan gay/white
90210 The CW Adrianna Tate-Duncan Jessica Lowndes bisexual/white
American Dad! FOX Roger the Alien Seth MacFarlane gay/non-human
Bones FOX Angela Montenegro Michaela Conlin bisexual/API
Brothers & Sisters ABC Scotty Wandell Luke Macfarlane gay/white
Brothers & Sisters ABC Saul Holden Ron Rifkin gay/white
Desperate Housewives ABC Lee Kevin Rahm gay/white
Desperate Housewives ABC Bob Tuc Watkins gay/white
Glee FOX Kurt Hummel Chris Colfer gay/white
The Good Wife CBS Kalinda Sharma Archie Panjabi bisexual/API
Grey's Anatomy ABC Arizona Robbins Jessica Capshaw lesbian/white
Hellcats The CW Patty Wedgerman Elena Esovolova lesbian/white
House FOX Thirteen Olivia Wilde bisexual/white
Law & Order: SVU NBC Dr. George Huang B.D. Wong gay/API
The Office NBC Oscar Martinez Oscar Ninez gay/Latino
Outlaw NBC Lucinda Pearl Carly Pope bisexual/white
Running Wilde FOX Mr. Lunt Robert Michael Morris gay/white
The Whole Truth ABC Alejo Salazar Anthony Ruivivar gay/white
 Subtotal: 18

RECURRING CHARACTERS

Show Network Character Actor Orientation/Ethnicity
90210 The CW Ian Kyle Riabko gay/white
$#*! My Dad Says CBS Tim Tim Bagley gay/white
American Dad! FOX Greg Corbin Seth MacFarlane gay/white
American Dad! FOX Terry Bates Mike Barker gay/white
Desperate Housewives ABC Andrew Van de Kamp Shawn Pyfrom gay/white
GLEE FOX Blaine Darren Criss gay/white
The Good Wife CBS Lana Delaney Jill Flint gay/white
The Good Wife CBS Alicia's gay brother Dallas Roberts gay/white
Gossip Girl The CW Eric Van der Woodsen Conor Paolo gay/white
The Office NBC Matt Sam Daly gay/white
Rules of Engagment CBS Lesbian Surrogate TBD lesbian/unknown
The Simpsons FOX Patty Bouvier Julie Kavner lesbian/white
The Simpsons FOX Waylon Smithers Harry Shearer gay/white
Undercovers NBC Lance Jay Scully gay/unknown
Subtotal: 14




LGBT Characters on Cable Television

LEAD CHARCTERS

Show Network Character Actor Orientation/Ethnicity
Degrassi: The Boiling Point TeenNick Riley Stavros Argiris Karras gay/white
GREEK ABC Family Calvin Owens Paul James gay/black
In Treatment HBO Jesse Dane DeHaan gay/white
Nurse Jackie Showtime Dr. Eleanor O'Hara Eve Best bisexual/white
Pretty Little Liars ABC Family Emily Fields Shay Mitchell bisexual/other
Rubicon AMC Kale Ingram Arliss Howard gay/white
Skins BBC America Emily Kathryn Prescott lesbian/white
Skins BBC America Naomi Lily Loveless lesbian/white
Skins MTV Tea Sofia Black D'Ella lesbian/Latina
Torchwood Starz Jack Harkness John Barrowman bisexual/white
True Blood HBO Lafayette Reynolds Nelsan Ellis gay/black
United States of Tara Showtime Marshall Gregson Keir Gilchrist gay/white
Subtotal: 12





SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

Show Network Character Actor Orientation/Ethnicity
Archer FX Pam Amber Nash lesbian/white
Big Love HBO Alby Grant Matt Ross gay/white
Caprica Syfy Sam Adama Sasha Roiz gay/white
Death Comes to Town IFC Dusty Scott Thompson gay/white
Degrassi: The Boiling Point TeenNick Adam Jordan Todosey transgender(FTM)/white
Degrassi: The Boiling Point TeenNick Zane Park Shannon Kook-Chun gay/API
GREEK ABC Family Grant Gregory Michael gay/white
GREEK ABC Family Heath Zach Lively gay/white
HawthoRNe TNT Kelly Vanessa Lengies gay/Latina
Huge ABC Family Alistair Harvey Guillen gay/white
Hung HBO Damon Drecker Charlie Saxon bisexual/ white
Nurse Jackie Showtime Thor Stephen Wallem gay/white
Pretty Little Liars ABC Family Maya St. Germain Bianca Lawson lesbian/Black
Shameless Sundance Ian Gallagher Gerard Kearns gay/white
Shameless Sundance Micky Maguire Ciaran Griffiths gay/white
Southland TNT Officer John Cooper Michael Cudlitz gay/white
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Starz Auctus Josef Brown gay/white
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Starz Barca Antonio Te Maioha gay/white
Stargate Universe Syfy Camile Wray Ming-Na lesbian/API
The Secret Life of the American Teenager ABC Family Griffin Brando Eaton gay/white
True Blood HBO Pam Kristin Bauer lesbian/white
True Blood HBO Russell Edgington Denis O'Hare gay/white
White Collar USA Diana Barrigan Marsha Thomason lesbian/Black
 Subtotal: 23

RECURRING CHARACTERS

Show Network Character Actor Orientation/Ethnicity
Archer FX Ray Gillette Adam Reed gay/white
Caprica Syfy Larry Julius Chapple gay/ white
Entourage HBO Lloyd Lee Rex Lee gay/API
Facing Kate USA Spencer Reed Ethan Embry gay/white
Rubicon AMC Donald Bloom Michael Gaston gay/white
Sons of Anarchy FX TBA lesbian character TBA lesbian/TBA
South Park Comedy Central Mr. Garrison Trey Parker gay/white
Stargate Universe Syfy Sharon Reiko Aylesworth lesbian/API
The Closer TNT Dr. Morales Jonathan Del Arco gay/Latino
The Secret Life of the American Teenager ABC Family Leon Larry Sullivan gay/white
The Secret Life of the American Teenager ABC Family Donovan Alex Boling gay/white
True Blood HBO Hadley Hale Lindsey Haun bisexual/white
True Blood HBO Jesus Velasquez Kevin Alejandro gay/Latino
True Blood HBO Sophie Anne Lecleq Evan Rachel Wood lesbian/white
United States of Tara Showtime Lionel Trane Michael J. Willett gay/white
United States of Tara Showtime Ted Mayo Michael Hitchcock gay/white
Weeds Showtime Fiona Sugar Lyn Beard lesbian/ white
Weeds Showtime Linda Linda Hamilton lesbian/ white
Subtotal: 18

Sad, really sad.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Percentage wise, how much worse is this than the diversity of non GLBT TV?

Unknown said...

Wow @ that list. Really ain't much color.
Also, Roger the Alien on American Dad? That's hilarious. Roger is Just Sexual. Period. LOL.
And I just noticed they didn't include Reality Show people. That is where we dominate.
And my last comment... notice that none of the bisexual characters are men? Except I think the guy from Torchwood. so... That will become my new favorite show.

kayman said...

Not surprised at all.

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