For the third year in a row, there were zero trans characters in Hollywood studio films.
Racial queer diversity also plummeted.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are still major problem areas, despite a major milestone.
Credit: David Appleby/Paramount Pictures; Francois Duhamel/Annapurna Pictures; Brooke Palmer/Warner Bros.
The quality of that representation, however, is questionable.
Of those 22 films mentioned, only 16 of them actually passed the Vito Russo Test.
Furthermore, racial diversity among the represented characters plummeted in 2019 compared to previous years.
In 2018, 42 percent of LGBTQ characters in Hollywood movies were people of color.
Last year, that percentage dropped to 34.
Some failures includeAvengers: Endgame, which failed the Vito Russo Test.
The same determination goesfor the two women kissinginStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, another Disney release.
Recently,Netflix releasedDisclosure, a documentary on trans representation in media that explains the significance of visibility.
GLAAD’s Nick Adams and Alex Schmider both worked on the film.
