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Hollywood isn’t woke enough, LGBT group claims

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Hollywood isn’t woke enough, LGBT group claims

The LGBT advocacy group, GLAAD, recently released its scorecard grading major Hollywood studios on their support for LGBTQ storytelling.

The scorecard has been released annually for the past decade with the aim of ensuring that the representation of LGBTQ individuals on screen accurately reflects the community.

However, this year, no studio received a satisfactory rating.

Warner Bros. was rated “poor” with 12% of its films being “LGBT inclusive,” while Sony, United Artists, Universal, and Disney received “insufficient” ratings, with inclusion ranging from 13% to 44%.

Despite these ratings, Disney, Universal Pictures, and United Artists Releasing far exceeded GLAAD’s goal set four years ago of including identifiably LGBTQ characters in at least 20% of their films.

Disney, for instance, received a 44% rating, with 5 out of its 12 films being LGBT inclusive, which is a significant proportion given that only 7% of adults identify under the LGBT umbrella.

The company even marketed transgenderism to children in one of its films.

However, this was not enough for GLAAD, as the organization’s metrics depend on not just the representation but also the “corporate actions” of the studios and their parent companies.

This includes the support of LGBTQ employees and advocates, as well as the severance of ties with anyone who questions radical gender ideology.

Warner Bros. received a poor rating partly due to its support of J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter author, which GLAAD deemed “dangerous and irresponsible.”

GLAAD’s demands for overt gender ideology in films and advocacy off-screen are being felt by the major film companies.

As a result, companies, particularly Disney, are striving to gain the approval of GLAAD.

This fight is not just about representation but also about the distribution of increasingly radical propaganda.

“Despite their grades of ‘insufficient,’ Disney, Universal Pictures, and United Artists Releasing far exceeded a goal set four years ago by GLAAD when it challenged the studios to include identifiably LGBTQ characters in at least 20% of their films.” – Deadline

“Warner Bros. received a grade of ‘poor,’ in part because of the studio’s ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ support of J.K. Rowling, the ‘Harry Potter’ author.” – The New York Times

“GLAAD’s metrics depend on the quality of and diversity of a film’s LGBTQ characters, their story arcs and, for the first time, on the ‘corporate actions’ of the studios and their parent companies.” – Deadline

“This activism portion is “balancing support of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees and advocates with donations to anti-L.G.B.T.Q. politicians.” – The New York Times.

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