MEDIA RELEASE: GLAAD film report highlights alarming drop in LGBTQ characters in Hollywood movies

There was an alarming drop in representation of LGBTQ* people in films in 2017, an annual GLAAD report has shown. The US media advocacy organisation released its sixth Studio Responsibility Index report yesterday, which is an annual survey of the quantity, quality and diversity of LGBTQ people in film releases of major Hollywood production companies. … Continue reading MEDIA RELEASE: GLAAD film report highlights alarming drop in LGBTQ characters in Hollywood movies

The Australian queer community needs advocacy in the media

In this first post, our Director Andre Charadia looks at the need for an advocate for LGBTI people in the media landscape, and the aims he sees the Centre having into the future. This time last year I went to the United States on a State Department program called the Intentional Visitor Leaders Program. My program was … Continue reading The Australian queer community needs advocacy in the media