GLAAD's Report: LGBT Characters of Color takes a Step Back

The latest GLAAD's Were Are We On TV report is here. While we have made major strides in TV, the racial diversity of LGBT characters is still low.

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Despite improvements in representations of LGBT people of color during the past two seasons, racial diversity among lesbian, gay and bisexual characters on primetime broadcast scripted series has taken a step back. Last season, 28% of primetime scripted regular or recurring LGBT characters were people of color, this year they are at 26%. Of those characters, seven are Latino/a, three are Asian-Pacific Islander (API), and seven are Black. There are five new Black LGBT characters this season: Jamal Lyon, the gay son of a record label executive on Empire(FOX); lesbian pirate Nenna Ajanlekoko on Crossbones(NBC); struggling Broadway actor Titus on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (NBC); Dr. Jean Fishman on The Mindy Project (FOX); and Kevin 1, the gay father to one of the lead characters on Marry Me (NBC). There are also five new Latino/a LGBT characters this season: Michael, Jamal’s boyfriend on Empire; lesbian detective Renee
Montoya on Gotham (FOX); Luisa on Jane the Virgin (The CW); FBI agent Gina Mendez on The Following (FOX); and nurse Kenji Gomez-Rejon on Red Band Society (FOX). The only new LGBT API character is Oliver on How to Get Away with Murder (ABC).

Read the rest of the report, here