GLAAD says Spanish-language TV improves LGBT coverage

“Several recent U.S. Spanish-language television shows, such as Univision’s “El Gordo y La Flaca” and Telemundo’s “Decisiones,” and publications such as “People en Español” and “TV Notas,” have shown strong improvement recently in their depictions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

Historically and culturally, GLAAD says, LGBT people and issues have been stereotyped and sensationalized in Spanish-language entertainment shows — including “novelas” (soap operas), the most watched television genre in Spanish-speaking households….”

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