It’s interesting which shows get blamed for lower viewing numbers when this is a widespread problem!

javier grillo-marxuach@okbjgm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

22 episodes yearly on a weekly schedule made american tv global and profitable. how's that "disruption" working out for you, streamers? "long waits between seasons, eight-episode runs, or improper marketing, shows are struggling to find an audience, much less maintain it" gizmodo.com/netflix-show...

Disney has now shelved three episodes featuring storylines centered on transgender characters and gender identity. The episodes, from ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,’ and ‘Win or Lose,’ were either cut from release or have since leaked online.

Non-queer shows are allowed to get as raunchy as they please (see: Bridgerton), but there’s still a squeamishness around depicting queer sex in the US. Our media companies continue to miss out on profit over their refusal to commit to queer stories! We see it time and again. #SaveQueerStories

LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · 7mo ago

“Heated Rivalry” was made in Canada because US execs wanted to tone down the gay sex - www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/heat...

Data continues to show that diverse media is extremely popular. It makes you wonder why it's not being better promoted.

Rudy Fraser@rude1.blacksky.team · 7mo ago

> Films with casts that were 41–50% BIPOC performed the best across several categories, including the highest median global and domestic box office receipts, the largest average theater releases, the highest average opening-weekend rank, and the widest international distribution. Shout out my DEIs

Thousands sign petition demanding renewal of I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl: ‘Representation matters’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/16/bbc-i-kissed-a-girl-i-kissed-a-boy-petition/?utm_content=1773660002&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Thousands sign petition demanding renewal of I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl

Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding the BBC continue to produce I Kissed a Boy and I Kissed a Girl.

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Pixar CCO Pete Docter says they removed gay elements from ‘ELIO’ after finding some parents didn’t want entertainment forcing conversations with their kids they weren’t ready for. “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy.” (via www.wsj.com/business/med...)

This is a great little bit of investigation! Our data reflects the same - despite comparable cost and viewership, queer shows just don’t get as much of a chance. Boots had the numbers and the buzz. Thank you @bernardosim.com ! #SaveQueerStories

Out Magazine@out.com · 9mo ago

Netflix's latest Engagement Report showed relatively strong viewership of the gay Marines series compared with other shows that were renewed. Here are some theories why it was canceled.

Stories like these are why representation is so important. It's wonderful that people are feeling seen and spoken to, and that some folks are feeling inspired to come out because of this show. So glad that it's been renewed! #SaveQueerStories

Attitude Magazine@attitudemag.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“‘I’m still a professional player still and I’m still in the closet'” www.attitude.co.uk/culture/heat...

Statistically not a surprise, but after the buzz this show generated, I gotta say I wasn't betting on a cancellation! #SaveQueerStories

Hanhonymous@hanhonymous.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🤔https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/boots-canceled-netflix-one-season-1236609600/

I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate

It’s almost as though queer shows are popular and in demand by viewers! #SaveQueerStories

SlashFilm@slashfilm.bsky.social · 11mo ago

HBO Max subscribers are practically foaming at the mouth for the next episode of this queer, smutty hockey romance book series turned TV show.

LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched after attacks on queer storytelling https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764447600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched by the Rainbow Project

An archive of LGBTQ+ children's TV shows and films has been launched amid cuts and attacks on queer storytelling.

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If I had to speculate, I’d guess the increase in the number of queer characters, paired with the increased rate of their removal this year, reflects early capitulation to anti-LGBTQ political interests by media companies.

It’s equal parts validating and disappointing to see GLAAD’s data align so closely with our own study’s. We hope our data can provide a comparison between how this trend functions for queer inclusion vs average. These numbers on their own are upsetting. In context, even more so. #SaveQueerStories

GLAAD@glaad.bsky.social · 12mo ago

"Over 84 million American adults say they’re more likely to watch a TV show if it features at least one LGBTQ+ character,” Townsend said. "… This audience has continued to tune in year after year.”

It seems that queer characters are vanishing in groups. Shows with prominent representation often have more than one queer character (some shows, like Our Flag and Heartstopper, have 4 or more). When an inclusive show is canceled, we lose a LOT of representation at once. #SaveQueerStories

41% of LGBTQ+ TV characters not returning in 2026, according to GLAAD's latest Where We Are on TV report newsisout.com/2025/11/41-o...

41% of LGBTQ+ TV characters not returning in 2026, according to GLAAD’s latest "Where We Are on TV" report - News Is Out

GLAAD’s latest Where We Are on TV report shows a 4% rise in LGBTQ+ characters this year, but 41% won’t return in 2026, signaling major losses in queer representation.

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GLAAD’s “Where We Are On TV” report is out! We’ll be sharing out the data shortly, but the numbers are not looking good. #SaveQueerStories

Way back in the pause before this announcement, I said that if Doctor Who and Heartstopper (two cultural juggernauts) were to be canceled, it would be a very grim sign of things to come. Both of these shows have now been reshuffled and defunded. This is de facto censorship. #SaveQueerStories

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 12mo ago

The first Black, explicitly queer Doctor arrived at a period of conservative cultural backlash.

New Deadline article confirms that #OFMD was one of the top three comedy premieres in HBO Max history! 🔗 deadline.com/2025/10/tim-...

They will continue to make lists like these and they will continue to be dominated by shows with prominent queer representation. Our shows deserve proper endings. #SaveQueerStories

Brain Glitches@cinemajules.bsky.social · last yr.

7 Cancelled Netflix Shows That Are Worth Watching" Lockwood & Co Shadow and Bone Archive 81 I Am Not Okay With This Sense 8 The OA Mindhunter collider.com/cancelled-ne...

The upcoming fourth season of Showtime's Yellowjackets will be its last.

‘Yellowjackets’ To End With Season 4 On Showtime

The upcoming fourth season of Showtime's Yellowjackets will be its last.

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Creator of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous responds to backlash over queer kiss scene https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/06/cancel-netflix-jurassic-world-camp-cretaceous-responds-to-backlash-elon-musk/?utm_content=1759886400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Creator of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous responds to queer kiss backlash

The creator of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous has responded to backlash from Elon Musk and others over the cartoon’s same-sex kiss.

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Thank you @bjcolangelo.bsky.social for this article! Queer-inclusive shows like Dead End were already struggling for support, lacking promotion and getting canceled early and more often. We need these narratives and should be supporting them now!

SlashFilm@slashfilm.bsky.social · last yr.

With folks rediscovering the canceled Dead End: Paranormal Park, let's discuss what makes Netflix's animated family show a streaming series worth embracing.

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters. If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

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Our review of cancellations and renewals for 2025 will begin next month!

Netflix is saying goodbye to the queer edition of The Ultimatum, which encouraged cast members to try out other relationships before committing to their own.

'The Ultimatum: Queer Love' canceled after two chaotic seasons

Netflix is saying goodbye to the queer edition of The Ultimatum, which encouraged cast members to try out other relationships before committing to their own.

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The grim aspect of this retroactive outrage is that the fascists already won on this front. These people are getting mad about shows from the '10s and early '20s because there's vanishingly few now. They've already been purged. But fascism can never "win", it always looks backward for more enemies.

Gareth Watkins@garethwatkins.bsky.social · last yr.

This is proof that conservative parents don't spend actual time with their kids (well, we know Graham doesn't). If they did, they'd know that there have been queer characters on Netflix (and Disney, Nickelodeon etc.) for decades. Like, they're only just discovering Dead End Paranormal Park.

They’re talking about Lisa Kudrow’s show The Comeback which is getting a third season a decade later—this could be us, never give up!

Netflix renews sapphic murder mystery The Hunting Wives for a second season https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/15/netflix-renews-sapphic-murder-mystery-the-hunting-wives-season-2/?utm_content=1757956804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Netflix renews sapphic murder mystery The Hunting Wives for a second season

Netflix has renewed The Hunting Wives, the murder mystery drama about gun-toting, MAGA-coded lesbians for a second season.

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