Overview
- GLAAD counted 489 LGBTQ+ characters across scripted broadcast, cable and streaming, a 4% year-over-year increase that remains well below the 2021–22 peak.
- The report finds 41% of those characters will not return due to cancellations, series endings, limited runs or exits, with another 96 on shows not yet renewed.
- Streaming drove the gains with 372 characters across eight major services, while broadcast and cable totals continued to slide.
- Transgender representation edged up to 33 characters, yet only four appear on officially renewed series, signaling heightened vulnerability.
- Queer people of color accounted for about 51% of the total, but only one character living with HIV was depicted and that character will not return.