When it comes to transgender and non-binary representation, Hollywood has a lot of work to do.
Days after Mj Rodriguez made history as the first transgender actor nominated for an Emmy in a lead role, GLAAD released their annual Studio Responsibility Index and found that there were exactly zero transgender or non-binary characters in major Hollywood films.
That’s right, zero.
For the fourth year in a row.
By GLAAD’s own estimates, there were zero transgender characters out of almost 400 films released in January 2017. That’s pitiful, especially given the progressive steps forward on TV where there were 29 regular and recurring transgender characters just in the past year.