The representation of LGBTQ + on television is at an all-time high, according to GLAAD, but much remains to be done.

2018 has not always been a rewarding year, but there are positives. Among them is the recently published GLAAD annual report "Where We Are on TV". This year, the GLAAD report shows that television has more strange characters than ever before. According to the latest report, the 2018-2019 season will include a record percentage of LGBTQ characters to the television. And for the first time in 23 years that GLAAD is conducting this study, LGBTQ color characters are more numerous than whites. This is a rare sign of progress, a positive point in a report that can often be a depressing look at Hollywood's lack of diversity. However, much remains to be done to integrate the LGBTQ community on television, and GLAAD is showing Hollywood how to improve its performance.

According to GLAAD's "Where We Are on TV" report for 2018, normal characters from the 857 series should appear in the award-winning scripted shows on the five broadcast networks – CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC and The CW – during next year televised, 75 are LGBTQ. At 8.8%, this is the highest percentage of LGBTQ characters ever seen in the "Where We Are On TV" report.

According to the report, the CW had the highest percentage of regular LGBTQ customers with 16%. The network series Super Girl will do the story by starring First transgender superhero of television, Nicole Maines as Nia Nal.

GLAAD reported that there were 38 additional recurring LGBTQ characters in the broadcast programming broadcast in prime time, which is higher than the 28 repeat LGBTQ characters of last year. Also note, there is an equal percentage of LGBTQ male and female characters on television. An improvement over last year, in which LGBTQ male characters outnumbered women, from 55% to 44 years.

The 2018 "Where We Are On TV" report also shows that in the areas of broadcasting, cable and streaming, the number of bisexual characters + (117, compared to 93 last year), transgender people (26, 17) and people living with HIV and AIDS (7, up from 2) is also rising this year. FX even did the story with Exposure, which contains the largest number of members of the transgender series of the American series, most of whom are trans people of color.

Perhaps one of the most interesting findings from this year's study is that for the first time LGBTQ people represented 50% of all LGBTQ characters on television. The representation of blacks went from 18% last year to 22, which is perfect. Asian and Pacific Island (IPA) representation also showed a slight increase of 1% this year to 8%.

GLAAD found that 19 of the 28 regular and recurrent LGBTQ characters listed as "multiracial or other race" on all platforms were 19 multiracial, eight in the Middle East and one from First Nations.

Although progress has been made this year, GLAAD has further increased the stakes for the 2019-2020 television season. They do not just want to see more LGBTQ characters, they want to see more nuanced representations of these characters to better reflect the community itself. For example, GLAAD found that only 2.1% or 18 LGBTQ characters were people with disabilities, well below the national average of 13.3% reported in the 2017 US Census survey.

"GLAAD is asking the industry to ensure that, in the next two years, 10% of the characters in the series broadcast in prime time will be LGBTQ series," writes Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. "This is an important next step for our entertainment to reflect the world in which it is created."

This year's report shows that, even if the numbers improve, television is still far from representing the real world, but GLAAD will be there to ensure that Hollywood achieves it. Preferably, as soon as possible.