The latest report looked at the television series that premiered from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026.
It revealed that zero transgender characters will return to TV next year, and that representation of LGBTQ characters of colour is at an eight-year low.
369 LGBTQ+ characters in total were counted on scripted primetime broadcast, cable and streaming original series. That is a decrease of 120 characters (25%) from the 489 counted the previous season.
161 of the 369 (44$) are characters of colour. An eight-year low and a decrease from 51% of characters of colour the previous year. None of the 369 characters lived with HIV.
2% of the 369 were trans characters; that’s a total of 7, six women and one man.
The previous year, the count was 33. Of these seven characters, none are returning to TV next year.
Who could have forseen that allowing fascist religious fanatic billionaires to monopolize all global media would result in widespread queer erasure?
It’s much worse and much grander than what you think. The whole gender/lgbtq+ attention over the last 10-15 years seem to be a deliberate campaign aimed at orthodox societies like the Russians, and also Muslim countries. Remember ‘pussy riot’? That was a cia (usaid/ned) sponsored campaign. Putin campaigns where he’s shown as anti gender/gay etc was also paid by the US. The whole thing was deliberate mass manipulation designed to create animosity against enemies of US - all to prepare for current wars.
If that sounds wild, then know that this is how US creates color-revolutions and other ‘manufactured consent’ all the time. What you’ll all see in the future is a continued decline of attention to your causes. Less articles, less actors, less mentions etc. The western elite simply doesn’t care about such issues and the campaign is over.
I wish we could have more diversity, but the oligarchs (those that pay for it all, says no)
What in the microwaved brain is this