this Diversity Observatory in Audiovisual Media (ODA) He presented the results of his latest study to the Ministry of Equality headquarters. presence of LGBTIQ+, racialized and disabled characters in fiction audiovisual Spanish.
Its aim is to promote diverse and non-cliche images in the media and to promote the elimination of prejudice and discriminatory attitudes towards these groups. Both on screen and in the real world.
According to the results of the research this year the audiovisual industry is even more polarizedbecause although diversity increases, the characters that represent it accumulate in only three films and six serials of the total analysed. Here are some bittersweet results that show the big difference between some productions and others.
“Platforms and televisions, we are not quota so there is no gay drama of the seasonwe are not one species”, explains Roberto Enríquez (more bob pop), TV series creator ‘lost faggot’tells the story of her own search for personal and sexual identity.
More ‘queer’ characters, but less women
this LGBTIQ+ representation expands Both in percentage and absolute numbers. In 2021 there were 83 of them. characters belonging to the collective, that is 7.1% of the total. This year the number has increased 106 characters, constituting 9.3% all analyzed.
Cinema is the fastest growing industry In this respect, it continues to portray 35 ‘queer’ characters, compared to just 11 last year. And when it comes serieshighlights the increase in the presence of lesbian women In Spanish fiction, it represents 25.7% of the total LGBTIQ+.
However female representation be again less than man on the big screen and going from 52.5% of last year’s presence to 44.8% East. Moreover series they are a little further from reaching parity, as the presence of women then drops from 44.8% to 44.2%; excluding growing offerings created and managed by women.
Boti G. Rodrigo, Director General for Sexual Diversity and LGTBI Rights, Ministry of EqualityHe celebrated that “post-Almodóvar Spain is a very colorful country”, but said that “equality in the audiovisual world is still not real and effective”. We come from a criterion where the greatest diversity is the neighbor of the fifth.. Over the decades we have had to learn to accept ourselves with such neighbors or wrestle with evil lesbians sentenced to a cruel death (…) we had to learn to let go of ourselves, to live quietly in the darkness of the infamous closet of existence”, confirms Rodrigo.
From the institution, they celebrate the emergence of four people. non-binary characters again this year, which they describe as “great news” despite the lack of intersex or asexual representation.
Misrepresentation of racialized and disabled characters
This is the third year that ODA has included it in its work. with characters disability. Its representation increasesIt jumped from 25 to 38, including 27 in 15 TV dramas and 11 in 5 movies.
There is also a slight increase in its presence. racialized charactersHe Grow from 7.2% to 7.5%%be The most represented Latinos. It is a subject that needs to be analyzed not only according to the appearance of different ethnic groups in a production, but also according to the type of role they play. they contain stereotypes and prejudices that are not very egalitarian.
“On-screen immigrant women are either over-sexualized and always willing, or vice versa, we’re asexual, caring . . . When talking about racism, there are three main narratives, addicted, violent, or about an exotic person.”mint Paula Guerra Cáceres is a social communicator and anti-racist activist.
Source: Informacion
