GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis tells EW about progress with LGBTQ representation in Hollywood, how the group is trying to guarantee fair representation, and the storytelling at the forefront of the movement.
as a driving force. "The amount of shows that he's creating and the way he's incorporating LGBTQ people into them seamlessly is just magnificent." Superheroic, even.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: GLAAD started as an activism organization, which of course it still does, but the group has been able to have a much more influential hand in storytelling in Hollywood. Can you peg when that transition happened, or was it fairly organic?GLAAD started in 1985, and we started with correcting the record in news and journalism and holding them accountable. But at the same time, we realized we needed Hollywood to be telling our stories to humanize LGBTQ people.
We feel really privileged to be at the table, and have a seat at that table. We used to be invited in because we made such a ruckus and it was a public fight in media because we weren't invited. At any given time, except, obviously, for right this second because production has stopped, we're embedded in at least a dozen productions. That's embedded.
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