Creative Media - Level 3 - Year 2

Script unit 19 from LukeTaylor74

The annual Where we are on TV report has found that 8.8% of regular characters expected to appear in the next year on US network television are LGBT, up from 6.4% the previous year. 50% of them people of colour.  There was also an equal percentage of male and female characters, an improvement on last year. The report also found improvement within the overall uplift with transgender and bisexual characters on the rise.  There was also an increase from two to five regular or recurring HIV-positive characters.  A string of upcoming shows with LGBT characters set to appear include Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Tales of the City and Now Apocalypse. LGBTQ representation on television hit a record high this year, with 8.8 percent out of 857 series regulars on broadcast TV openly identified as on the gay, trans, or queer spectrum.  For the first time, LGBTQ people of colour outnumbered white LGBTQ characters on-screen by 50 to 49...