Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • NPR

    LGBTQ Characters Got More Movie Screen Time in 2020, GLAAD Study Finds

    The advocacy group just released its annual film survey, which found the percentage of LGBTQ characters of color also increased. But there were still issues with lack of transgender representation.
    by Andrew Limbong Jul 16, 2021 1 minute
    Billy Porter and Tiffany Haddish in <em>Like a Boss</em>. GLAAD called Porter's character, Barrett, "a good example of casual inclusion, featuring an explicitly LGBTQ character."

    LGBTQ characters took up a little more space in the movies in 2020. According to GLAAD's annual , there was an increase in the percentage of films with LBGTQ characters. A good portion of these were serious, substantial characters too — 80

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from NPR

    NPR2 min read
    1,500 College Applicants Thought They Were Accepted. They Soon Learned It Was An Error
    Georgia State University says the students were not sent an official acceptance letter but "communication" from a department welcoming those who intend to major in a specific academic area.
    NPR4 min read
    On Beth Gibbons' 'Lives Outgrown,' The Portishead Singer Invites Us In
    Thirty years after Portishead's debut, Gibbons' first solo album is the testament of an uncanny singer simply making it through each day.
    NPR4 min read
    What Took Him So Long? Colin Finally Likes Penelope Back In 'Bridgerton' Season 3
    Bridgerton is many things — successful, uneven, entertaining — but it is, critically, obedient to the requirements of particular romance tropes. In the first season, when Daphne married Simon, that was a "fake relationship." In the second season, whe

    Related Books & Audiobooks