Gay men appear in 55 percent (11) of inclusive films, a drop from last year’s 64 percent. For the first time in this report’s history, there were an equal number of films which included gay and lesbian characters.This is the second highest percentage of inclusive films found in the seven-year history of this report, second to 18.4 percent of films (23 of 125) in 2016. This is a significant increase of 5.4 percent, and up six films from the previous year’s 12.8 percent (14 of 109 films). Of the 110 films GLAAD counted from the major studios in 2018, 20 (18.2 percent) contained characters identified as LGBTQ.
