The “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would ban instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools, led to law in Florida earlier this year, criticizing The Walt Disney Company for not speaking out against it. After being placed in the hot seat, the The studio went on to condemn the legislation And a vow to help cancel it. It may be Disney more often Familiar with the backlash regarding LGBTQ+ representationbut it’s actually among the leading studios with including queer characters in movies, per a new study.
In a new report from Happythe organization committed to LGBTQ+ inclusion in entertainment found that Walt Disney Studios had more LGBTQ-inclusive films than any other major studio in 2021. However, Disney was rated “inadequate” by the organization, indicating That Hollywood still has a long way to go when it comes to acting.
Among the lowest-rated studios were Lionsgate and Paramount Pictures, which earned a “dud” rating with zero overall LGBTQ+ films last year. Warner Bros. acquired on a “poor” rating, with only one film passing his acting test, in the heights. The rest of the major studios, Sony, United Artists, Universal and Disney, received an “inadequate” rating, the highest overall score handed out in last year’s report.
Disney improved on previous years with “Poor” and “Fail” scores for a total of five inclusive LGBTQ+ films including eternalAnd the Cruella And the Jungle trip in 2021. This year the studio continued to represent the queer community with its major releases, In Between Replacing a previous same-sex kiss in Light yearintroduced for the first time in a Disney animated feature film Jabuki Young White strange world Letter Along with additional nods in the Marvel films, although many of them are quite minor.
So, while Disney could certainly do more with regards to LGBTQ+ inclusion in film, at least there is still more of a coordinated presence in its films than other studios. According to the 2021 results, the overall LGBTQ+ films that passed the GLAAD test for authentic representation from major studios are down significantly from previous years.
Last year it was 56 percent, which is lower than the previous four years. The test, called the Vito Russo test, will give the film a passing rating if it contains an identifiable character who is part of the LGBTQ+ community, who is not often defined by their sexual orientation or gender identity besides having to relate to the plot in a significant way and must not be offensive. Apparent.
When we now look back at 2022, Paramount Pictures included one last queer girl in Jasmine Savoy-Brown’s character Scream, and Universal released its first major-studio gay romantic comedy with the Bros. We wonder which studio is leading the way in 2022? We’ll continue to follow Hollywood’s representation between 2023 movie releases here on CinemaBlend.
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