Netflix and Disney are responsible for pushing the gay agenda and creating the most LGBTQ content in Hollywood for movies in 2022, with an overall 8% increase over the prior year.
GLAAD’s Annual Studio Responsibility Index was released on Monday and showed that of the top 10 major motion picture studios that were analyzed, Disney and Netflix far exceeded the rest with more “LGBTQ-inclusive” content and woke films released between January 1 and December 31, 2022, than all the rest.
The top 10 studios the group looked at were A24, Amazon Studios, Apple TV+, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, Sony, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery, and their subsidiaries.
In order for GLAAD to determine how much inclusivity a film had, the activist group used the “The Vito Russo Test,” which rates a film on the following criteria:
- The film contains a character that is identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer.
- That character must not be solely or predominantly defined by their sexual orientation or gender identity (i.e. they are comprised of the same sort of unique character traits commonly used to differentiate straight/cisgender characters from one another).
- The LGBTQ character must be tied to the plot in such a way that the character’s removal would have a significant effect, meaning the character is not there to simply provide colorful commentary, paint urban authenticity, or set up a punchline. The character must matter.
- The LGBTQ character’s story must not be outwardly offensive (avoids defaulting to well-known tropes or stereotypes with no further development). In films with multiple LGBTQ characters, at least one character must pass this point for the film to pass the test.
And according to the GLAAD study, it’s Walt Disney Studios and Netflix who pushed more LGBTQ content on their viewers than the rest.
Disney produced 24 movies out of 59 with LGBTQ content, meaning 41% of its movies were “inclusive.” Diving inside the Disney numbers, seven of the movies came from Walt Disney Studios, five were from Disney+, and 12 were from Hulu. In its summary, GLAAD found that “Walt Disney Studios included LGBTQ characters in all five of its Disney theatrical releases last year.
Films that passed their test included movies such as “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Thor: Love and Thunder,” “Better Nate Than Ever,” “Turning Red,” and more.
Disney was also specifically singled out in the report for such films as “Strange World” and “Lightyear,” both which bombed at the box office, as well as Disney+’s “Zombies 3,” for its LGBTQ stories directed right at children.
Netflix’s contribution to the woke agenda, was responsible for also producing 24 “LGBTQ-inclusive films” out of its 107, which meant 22% of its total releases met the LGBTQ criteria, the report found.
Films that passed their test included movies like “Falling For Christmas,” “Do Revenge,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “The Royal Treatment,” “Senior Year,” and more.
The streaming site was also recognized for its transgender hero boy film “Wendell & Wild,” with an LGBTQ character story directed at kids.
The report noted that over the last decade LGBTQ films have increased from Hollywood studios by 50%, something the group celebrated.
“Of the 350 films released theatrically and on tracked streaming services by the ten distributors counted in 2022, 100 (28.5 percent) were LGBTQ-inclusive,” GLAAD said in the report, calling it the “the highest percentage and number recorded in this report.”
“Of the 100 LGBTQ-inclusive films released in 2022, 55 (55 percent) included gay men, 45 (45 percent) included lesbians, 21 (21 percent) included bisexual+ characters, 12 (12 percent) included transgender characters, and 17 (17 percent) included queer characters that don’t fall specifically into those other labels,” the report added.
GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said this year’s results shows that “the stories told in those films have been an inextricable part of a culture-shift seen and experienced by the LGBTQ community with support for LGBTQ people and acceptance at an all-time high.”
“Hollywood has accelerated acceptance for LGBTQ people worldwide with stories including ‘Blockers,’ ‘Love,’ ‘Simon,’ ‘Booksmart’, ‘Strange World’, ‘Bros’, ‘Fire Island’, ‘Anything’s Possible’, and many more,” she added.
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