Of an estimated 879 regular characters on broadcast scripted prime-time programming, only about 10% (or 90 characters total) are explicitly LGBTQ, GLAAD reports. But don't wave your Pride flags for the entertainment industry just yet, because we still have a long way to go (read our LGBTQ rights timeline).
'Compared to previous years, and the amount of LGBTQ-inclusive films that are out, it's like night and day,' GLAAD's CEO and president, Sarah Kate Ellis told CNN.'We've really gone from zero to 100.' It's not just Christmas movies that are seeing better representation either this year saw the highest percentage of LGBTQ characters onscreen since GLAAD first started tracking those numbers 20 years ago. Lifetime aired the first gay kiss to appear in one of the channel's holiday movies just last year. And at least seven more have come out in 2020 with some sort of queer representation. It's a banner year for LGBTQ representation in holiday movies, with both Hulu and Hallmark releasing new flicks with LGBTQ characters in the lead.
