There is still plenty more room to bring LGBTQ-centric stories to the big screen.įor example, GLAAD has been recommending that comic-book adaptation films make queer representation a priority almost every year since they started releasing this list, but it has taken until now to really see any progress with Marvel’s first-ever major character explicitly identifying as a lesbian (Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie in the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder). While there are plenty of minor LGBTQ+ characters in film, many of them fall under a certain trope or stereotype like the gay best friend in a romantic comedy.

Since 2013, GLAAD has been publishing their annual Studio Responsibility Index that analyzes the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer characters in film released by seven major film studios in the last year.

These films are proving audiences and critics want to see stories from different points of view…