GLAAD released its 12th annual state of the gay television union. After scouring the fall network and schedules, the media watchdog found that gay representation’s sliding in some respects:
The number of gay characters depicted on TV is falling on network television, which Americans receive for free, but rising on cable channels, a study by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found.
In the 2007-08 TV season, broadcast series will feature seven regularly seen characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, down from nine characters in 2006 and 10 the season before, GLAAD said. Most are on one network – ABC.
The new figure represents 1.1% of all regular characters on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CW, compared to 1.3% in 2006, according to the study to be released Monday. A total of 87 comedies and dramas with 650 characters were analyzed.
By comparison, cable shows will feature 40 gay characters as series regulars, GLAAD said
As we’ve seen, the majority of gay characters on television are of the white “variety”.
Leland Frances
“Said GLAAD President Neil Giuliano: ‘… our declining representation clearly indicates a failure to inclusively reflect the audience watching television’.”
“our declining representation clearly indicates a failure” …. OF GLAAD!
Their mission statement reads, “GLAAD is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.”
The only thing more indicative of their stupidity than their selling their soul to antigay-industry-financing Coors are these periodic “report cards” which they are too retarded to get say more about GLAAD’s failure than the networks.
BOYCOTT GLAAD.