August 2019
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April 2019
LOVE Fan Fest Spotlight
We were lucky enough to attend LOVE Fan Fest's fantastic first event last year in Barcelona, and we're proud to say we'll be joining them again this year! Graciously, the production team for [...]
January 2019
2017-2018 Year In Review
Covering the period from June 1 2017 – May 31 2018, our statistics team compiled a watch list of over 350 shows across broadcast, cable, premium, and streaming platforms. Using the same categories [...]
July 2018
Interview: Cast of Wynonna Earp
Wynonna Earp has been a fan favorite for LGBTQ+ fans since it premiered on the SyFy channel in 2016. Standing beside the strong female title character Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano) is [...]
January 2018
TGIF/F Spotlight
Online TV fandom is an extraordinary thing, enabling fans from all over the world to connect with people who share a passion for the same shows and ships that they do. And for [...]
December 2017
Opinion: Pitch Imperfect
In the past year, movie studios have spent a lot of time showing off their inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters. Considering how hard they were patting themselves on the back one would [...]
Interview: Irene Koh
As part of LGBT Fans Deserve Better’s ongoing project series highlighting positive LGBTQ+ representation, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to interview some of our favorite content creators who are part of [...]
November 2017
Sanvers Breakup Roundtable: Media Manipulation and Lasting Impressions
**Spoilers for Supergirl through S03E05** In the third of our ongoing roundtable series about topical issues surrounding positive LGBTQ+ representation, we have gathered a group of volunteers to discuss the recent [...]
July 2017
2016-2017 Year In Review
We have reached the end of the 2016-2017 TV season and the team at LGBT Fans Deserve Better have examined the state of representation for lesbian, bisexual, and queer female characters this past [...]
June 2017
Roundtable: Queer Character Hype, Much Ado About Nothing?
In the second of our ongoing roundtable series about issues surrounding positive LGBTQ+ representation, we gathered a group of volunteers to discuss the “hype” that now seems to surround any kind of [...]
March 2017
Roundtable: San Junipero
For queer-interested viewers, Netflix’s San Junipero was one of the most impactful episodes of the last TV season, where - despite being a show that deals in dark and sometimes awful [...]
February 2017
Lesbian and Bisexual Women on TV: A Look at the State of Representation from 1976-2016
The research team at LGBTFDB has compiled a definitive list of all bisexual female and lesbian TV characters, starting with the first appearance of a queer female character in 1976 through the end of [...]
It’s Not ‘Just Television’
This article was written by an LGBT Fans Deserve Better contributor. For referencing information or attribution please contact us. In the United States, as well as in many other countries, [...]
Broadcast Network TV: 2015-2016
105 scripted TV shows, featuring a total of 1936 main/recurring characters Only 48 of those were lesbian/bisexual women – our rate of representation is 2.47% 13 of those are [...]
December 2016
9 Ways Hollywood Needs To Do Better In 2017
Sometimes history just weighs too heavily on a storyline. And that is certainly the case when it comes to Hollywood’s tendency to kill off LBGT characters, especially on TV. This was particularly rampant in 2016 [...]
Four important queer moments in pop culture in 2016
“Bury Your Gays,” the all-too-common TV trope of killing queer characters — typically after moments of success or happiness for them — continued for little discernible reason. In total, more than 25 queer female characters were killed on [...]
The Best and Worst Television Moments of 2016
Fans were rightfully incensed that this show killed off one of its lesbian characters and that it had trumpeted this relationship only to give into the trope of killing off one of the partners. It [...]
Where Are They Now: What Happened To All The Lesbians That Were Killed Off TV Shows In 2016?
For some, 2016 will be remembered for divisive politics, celebrity deaths and Evil Kermit. For others, it will go down as the year queer female representation — along with everything else that is good — [...]
27 LGBT Characters Were Killed Off TV This Year
Did your favorite LGBT character die this year? They wouldn’t be alone: A survey on The Wrap illustrates how often queer people met grim fates on the small screen in 2016. http://www.newnownext.com/gay-characters-killed-tv/12/2016/
Dumb Things TV Did in 2016
Through a steady stream of BTS photos shared on social media, The 100 misled fans into thinking that Lexa (played by Alycia Debnam-Carey) would be present throughout all of Season 3, rather than just making [...]
November 2016
Can Hollywood Help Bridge the Cultural Gap Through Storytelling?
The depth of the political divide exposed by Donald Trump’s victory raises a practical question for Hollywood: How do you make TV shows and movies with broad appeal for a country in the grip of [...]
In times like these, it can feel like entertainment doesn’t matter. It does.
Entertainment is often considered synonymous with frivolity and distraction, which may very well be what many people are craving right now; remember a few short days ago, when we were all waiting for the election [...]
All Movies are Political Movies. We Need to Do Better
Today we need to acknowledge that those of us who work in the film industry — at all levels, in all roles, in all sectors — we carry an incredible responsibility. We tell stories. We [...]
2016 GLAAD Report: LGBTQ Characters Hit Record Highs, But TV Is Still Burying Its Gays
Beyond the quantitative data, GLAAD also pointed to the persistent and problematic "Bury Your Gays" trope — that is, the tendency for television shows to kill off their queer characters, usually for the growth and [...]
GLAAD Report: Mixed Results For TV Diversity In 2016-17 Season
But the news is not as good for the broadcast networks’ treatment of queer females, saying the nets failed them “this year as character after character was killed.” The report went on to say that [...]