Broadcast TV’s LGBTQ Characters of Color Outnumber White Ones for the First Time Ever

For the first time, there are more LGBTQ characters of color on broadcast TV than white ones, according to GLAAD’s annual “Where We Are on TV” report released Thursday.

Characters of color made up 50 percent of all onscreen LGBTQ roles, with white characters making up 49 percent. There was a record high percentage of black characters at 22 percent (up from 18 percent last year). Latinx characters remained at last year’s 8 percent, and API series regular characters was up one percent from last year, from eight percent to seven percent.

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