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Do You Think There Should Be More LGBTQ Representation In Television?

A friend of mine told me she wish she saw more than just straight people all the time, but I don't know. I feel like lately directors are putting more LGBTQ relationships in things. Even if it might be to benefit off of the community I still see representation being done and in the works. Yes there could be more of course but I don't think it's as big a issue as it was before. Not currently.

What are you guys thoughts on it?

I could be wrong.
Do You Think There Should Be More LGBTQ Representation In Television?
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  • No. They are about 1% of the population, and thus, are already OVER-represented on television. Furthermore, only pathetic people with no personality need to explicitly have someone who "looks like them" or "likes the same gender as them" in order to relate to someone on television.

    The problem is not the cringeworthy buzzword "representation." The problem is too many entitled people with no personality traits who are so bland, pathetic, and boring, they need to make demographics about themselves like skin color, sexuality, or mental illness their "personality traits" in lieu of actual traits. Besides being the same gender, I have absolutely nothing in common with Batman, but I can still relate to him as a character and still enjoy him. I have even less in common with Wonder Woman, but it doesn't mean I can enjoy her as a character that Gal Gadot portrays on the big screen.

    So no. Most demographics of people (besides the mentally ill ones, like the "gender non-conforming" and "non-binary" losers) have already been properly represented on television since the early 90s. But like most things with identity politics, it's not about the character, it's about the complaining' people's own egos.

    You need to get over yourself because the closest character that's ever come to "representing" me on television have been Uncle Phil and Carl Winslow, but without the wealth or family. Not everything is about the 1% or less of people in society on an entitled ego trip that need to feel validated and special due to their own lack of interesting and/or likable personality traits in the real world.

    • Do you have a link to where you got that statistic?

    • @AnjLikesDogs I'm not your university student and you have access to the internet yourself. Do your own research.

    • 4%. Dont spread false information

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  • I can understand the desire for so-called 'minority groups' to have their various identities/orientations/ethnicity/etc represented in arts and entertainment media. Its psychology 101 that we enjoy seeing/being around people who are similar to us.

    But OTOH, directors/writers/producers/other creatives shouldn't feel pressured by those minority groups to insert a certain criteria of 'representation'. Creatives should have freedom to tell the stories they wanna tell.

    Now of course, this is a free market, so free market economics will invariably exert evolutionary pressure on producers to commission media products that are likely to be consumed by enough people to turn a good profit. So if natural shifts in the cultural zeitgeist make it an economic no-brainer to do more "inclusive entertainment", then producers will just follow the money. But to assume the entertainment industry has some moral obligation to represent minority groups by percentages and quotas... that's just naive to the extreme. Entertainers must entertain if they wanna feed their families. Artists gotta make art. Musicians gotta make music. Storytellers gotta tell a good story. Creation is primary; minority wish fulfilment is tertiary at best, even though I have nothing specifically against it in the general sense. But I take issue when people just expect it out of misplaced sense of entitlement.

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  • Whoever that lady is—she is beautiful.
    Anyway, yes in general I feel that there should be more representation done the CORRECT way.
    We are on our way so it’s not something that bothers me so strongly anymore.
    But I want to see my people just be in the flow of things where being LGBT+ isn’t their entire personality trait. I want their issues to reflect how our struggles have become a way of life In the world rather than our struggles being our *only* world.
    I don’t want caricatures and no we don’t have to show up in every single show and movie, but we shouldn’t be so overtly in the minority. And yes I would appreciate more LGBT+ centric shows such as Pose that are mature and educational as well as entertaining the same way we have PLENTY of hetero centric shows that are considered the norm.
    Again, my personal wants and desires for my community are not meant to be overshadowed by the progress already been made. A way has been paved. It just needs more work.

    • You took the words right out my mouth 💯 I was trying to explain this in some of my responses but you did it better to me 😊 And I agree that girl is gorgeous

  • I was watching insatiable for the first time and the main character's best friend is gay. This would be great except 1. This is her only fucking personality trait and 2. She is hopelessly in live with the main character, bringing it up in every single episode. In one she literally asked if she could jokingly touch her boobs.
    Thankfully some shows have storylines that work without being too much. In American housewife, the son of the show Oliver is calling some people on teen helpline when he suddenly gets a caller who's a really popular guy he knows from school. The guy is really scared, the two talk with Oliver calming him down before the caller comes out as gay. And that's it.
    If you're going to add LGBT people in shows, down stereotype or queerbate because that is worse then just not adding them at all

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  • I want to see some more good representation. It's always the gay male best friend of a girl and he is just there to give fashion advice. We never see trans, non-binary or lesbian characters. If we do it's a one-dimensional side character with no addition to the plot and are just there for 'inclusivity'.

    I dont want their entire personality to be about being LGBTQIA I want them to be people. It doesn't need to be a big part of the plot.

    • That's true, despite the representation being shown they do make them one dimensional a lot or like accessories to scream they are inclusive. Same for diversity, they'll add token race characters to say they're diverse but they won't have much depth. Fair point. More wholesome representation should be shown.

  • First, that unless romantic relationships are an element in the show in question, every damn character could be gay and you'd never know, and secondly, that if you spend so much time contemplating that sexualities of imaginary characters, you have WAY too much time on your hands. Third, what kind of person can only relate/recognize/be inspired by people who are just like them? Did the world run out of empathy while I wasn't paying attention?

    Also, even if you work with Kinsey's overblown numbers, homosexuality is actually quite overrepresented in most forms of media.

  • Sometimes it feels like LGBTQ characters are half cooked and just tossed in. When that happens it feels unauthentic and impersonal.

    Personally im all for more lgbtq in media, BUT with the caveat that they be believable fleshed out characters.

    I like when gay characters on TV and movies are shown as characters that grow. You see their story, their struggle to come out, the challenges when they do come out, and how they overcome the challenges and step into their true identity.

    Static lgbtq characters are boring and end up feeling like token characters.

    To sum it up, im all for more lgbtq representation but i also prefer quality over quantity, make sure the lgbtq characters are well thought out and play an active role in the plot.

  • Precise quota please. - not more than in reality and not less. At the moment there are more LGBTQQIAAP+2S++ people on TV than plus-sized people - that can't be correct!

  • If it's lesbians maybe, but seeing gay men on the television is disgusting. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/UmY6oJmUT7s

  • Sure they're could always be more ig but think they have a lot of rep already.

  • I don't care.

    In 95% of the cases it won't change anything in the existing shows, since the sexual orientation doesn't play a big part in the plot.

    Same for skin colour and sex.

    Eg
    Wether or Hermine Granger from the Harry Potter Books/Movies has light or dark skin doesn't change a single detail in the story.

    Or
    Spongebob being officialy asexual won't change anything in the show either.

    It is only important if the sexual orientation (or skin colour or sex...) is the main plot.

  • No! Characters should not be based on the hot topics of today but the writer's imagination. If you want to make a show with LGBTQ characters, sure make one. But show creators should not feel guilty or responsible for their representation.

  • i think if you're going to add LGBT characters to a movie/show then don't let that define the character. let that character have other traits and other drama/stories around that character that aren't focused on that person being LGBT. that's why so many shows annoy people by adding LGBT stuff is because they let their sexuality define them so it is thrown in their face

  • I've seen quite a bit in some shows...
    I think the challenge is balance. You address that their are both kinds of relationships like that. Simply to acknowledge one or two in a show might be a good mix but they should never out balance each other...

    But it does make me wonder... Would it make people more curious about experimenting being bi-sexual? 🤔

    • It's LGBT. That's the same thing.

  • Welcome back :) And well.. Yes and no. It shouldn't be forced into there. But otherwise yeah why not. If you want to create a show and you want your main lead to be a gay guy that's your choice as a creator. But if your just going ah we need him to be gay cause more views and more Representation no... That's the entire wrong reason to make a character. But honestly there is no way to know if the creator did it for which unless if there super obvious. I would say this goes for race too, but not gonna get into the whole making black characters white convo cause that's whole other thing.

    • Thank you, nice seeing you again! 😊💕 Also thank you for answering my questions!

  • Nah there is enough already, only like 1 or 2 % of people are LGBT or Q but on tv it seems like at least 3/10 people are gay, which is fine but if they increase it it will just seem forced and look like the show/movie is people pleasing

  • No. such people are a minority, even in minorities. There are more worthwhile people waiting on the sidelines to go ahead with their careers.

  • No, we shouldn't have to cater to the minority. If it's a big deal they can become writers and make their own series.

    Besides, I'm pretty sure these days most television has at least one LGTB character.

  • No.. No offense to them but there's already so much influence from the LGBTQ and they are barely 5 percent of the population altogether.. Straight people are majority of the population so it makes sense that most of the shows and movies represent them.. I don't know the exact percentage of representation they get but I can assure you it's much higher than their population..

    • Ok, listen to how this sounds. 4.5% of the worlds population lives in America, should we have less movies set there? How about we just make America into some trope or we'll have an American for inclusion. I think there are too many films set in America. I'm sick of these Americans always on the TV. It doesn't make sense, does it? Its roughly the same percentage as what you said. 4.5%. I'm not asking for gays to be in every movie or anything. I just want to see people like me on TV. We dont want more representation. We want better representation. (By that I mean real characters with a personality and isn't there for shits and giggles)

    • @AnjLikesDogs Well first ma'am I was simply answering the question of whether there wasn't enough LGBTQ representation.. Many of the most famous movies are made in America.. And America is kind of a population country.. So that's not a great parallel.. I also think "Black" people are representated more than our population in America.. And I would say gay people get plenty of good representation with all of the things they are on.. I don't agree that they shouldn't continually emphasize their sexuality in shows..

    • @AnjLikesDogs I do agree I meant.. **..

    • LGBTQ community should not be forced into working on or acting in television, movies or media. just because someone might want a more diverse cast. not saying they should not have more people try for roles.
    • just mean that acting should be more about ability and weather or not the person picked. would be a good natural fit for the role while also working well with the rest of the cast and crew.
    • however they could consider starting their own network or shows themselves.
    • provided they don't force others to watch and accept it unwillingly.
    • there is already a good amount of shows and movies (live or animated). where they have some form of LGBTQ representation.
    • however many force the narrative into the story line. which tends to make many people not watch it.

  • I think they focus on talent and good writing. I avoid TV because of the politics.

  • No. Frankly, the less the better. Not everyone wants to see two girls kissing every 5 mins.

    • That's how it is on the she dcs legends of tomorrow on there cw. The 2 lesbian characters are always kissing it seems like in every scene.

  • When you group all the shows up that you watch in one day and you add them up the percentages, do not even come close to the way real life is. But in my life time it has been mostly all straight whites or closet gays and straight whites.



    And it might be easy for me to say considering that I'm white and straight

  • Personally, I say no. But I feel that what you do in private is your own business.

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