{"id":2630270,"date":"2026-07-15T17:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glaad-complains-over-new-study-showing-movies-have-become-less-gay-our-stories-are-disappearing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:03:07","slug":"glaad-complains-over-new-study-showing-movies-have-become-less-gay-our-stories-are-disappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glaad-complains-over-new-study-showing-movies-have-become-less-gay-our-stories-are-disappearing\/","title":{"rendered":"GLAAD Complains Over New Study Showing Movies Have Become Less Gay: &#8216;Our Stories are Disappearing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fglaad-complains-over-new-study-showing-movies-have-become-less-gay-our-stories-are-disappearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2630270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-what-happened-the-last-time-israel-invaded-lebanon-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"This is what happened the last time Israel invaded Lebanon - Washington Examiner\">provided content discusses<\/a> a report by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), highlighting a decline in LGBTQ representation in films during 2025. According to their study, out of 225 films released by ten major studios, only 46 contained LGBTQ characters, marking a decrease from previous years. The total number of LGBTQ characters also dropped significantly, especially transgender characters, who were entirely absent in 2025, attributed to a unfriendly political surroundings. GLAAD criticizes this trend, emphasizing the impact on visibility and acceptance, and warns that continued exclusion could harm the industry&#8217;s relevance, particularly among younger audiences. The report contrasts these findings with criticism of Hollywood&#8217;s previous push for inclusive content, suggesting that dismissing such representation may have contributed to declining interest among viewers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has released a report bemoaning the decline of LGBT characters in film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in an era of increased censorship efforts \u2013 including most recently and outrageously the Federal Communications Commission opening an inquiry for public comment on whether TV ratings should warn audiences about LGBTQ families and transgender and nonbinary characters in TV programming,\u201d GLAAD CEO and President Sarah Kate Ellis <a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/2026-where-we-are-in-film\/presidents-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cIt is clear that our advocacy must evolve to meet the gravity of this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur stories are disappearing,\u201d GLAAD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dasmhwsje1f\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_rid=Aso5UO916yCZ--9fvu3ovRs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> Sunday on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The study, <a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/2026-where-we-are-in-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where We Are in Film<\/a>, \u201cmaps 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 2025 calendar year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All told, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/glaad-sets-lgbt-sights-video-game-industry-new-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLAAD<\/a> tracked 225 films released in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf those 225 films, 46 contained LGBTQ characters (20.4%),\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/2026-where-we-are-in-film\/executive-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> read. \u201cThis is a decrease from the 23.6% inclusive films (59 of 250) counted in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u201cGLAAD counted a total of 112 LGBTQ characters in these 46 films, a decrease of 69 characters from the 181 LGBTQ characters in 2024 inclusive films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LGBT \u201ccharacters of color\u201d also decreased by six percent from 2024 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p>More troubling to Ellis is the fact that this decline in representation amounts to a trend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overall percentage of [LGBT-inclusive] films is down to 20.4%, a 28% decrease in percentage of inclusive films in just three years from the record high 28.5% of films in our 2023 study,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In the report\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/2026-where-we-are-in-film\/observations-and-recommendations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Observations and Recommendations<\/a>\u201d section, GLAAD lamented this overall decline in representation, particularly among \u201ccharacters of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the organization took special aim at the studios for excluding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dozens-dem-lawmakers-push-make-sure-parents-cant-tell-kids-tv-shows-push-transgender-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a> characters altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent editions of this study have found that almost all transgender characters counted were either portrayed offensively and\/or were cast inauthentically, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cisgender actors portraying trans characters<\/a>,\u201d the report read. \u201cIn 2025, zero films across the 10 distributors tracked included trans characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GLAAD attributed this to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-supreme-court-delivers-win-womens-sports-landmark-transgender-athletes-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostile political climate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the current attacks on the trans community, it is extremely disappointing that studios have either released films that cause harm to the transgender community or excluded trans characters entirely, neither of which increases the familiarity and acceptance we know is the result of authentic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-kamala-harris-can-save-democrats-in-2024\/\" title=\"Only Kamala Harris Can Save Democrats In 2024\">inclusive media representation<\/a>,\u201d the report read. \u201cThe misrepresentation and exclusion of transgender characters and stories in entertainment, while politicians and anti-LGBTQ activists are fixated on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-and-dinesh-dsouza-explain-why-leftists-arent-being-let-back-on-twitter\/\" title=\"Elon Musk And Dinesh D\u2019Souza Explain Why Leftists Aren\u2019t Being Let Back On Twitter\">targeting trans people<\/a> through misinformation, anti-trans legislation, and violence, is unconscionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the organization did not stop at mere complaints. Instead, it threatened Hollywood\u2019s bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf film studios continue to ignore trans people and stories \u2014 particularly in content made for Gen Alpha, Gen Z, and Millennial audiences, who are both more likely to personally know a trans person and who are driving the box office today \u2013 these companies risk declining relevance with audiences and the loss of key demographics essential for industry sustainability,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n<p>GLAAD provided no statistical evidence to support its claim that studios must make LGBT-friendly movies in order to sustain themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/go-woke-go-broke-spectacular-superhero-failure-highlights-exactly-trump-won\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">substantial evidence<\/a> suggests that the pre-2024 advance of wokeness in Hollywood caused moviegoers to flee. 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