Statistics on Actors

Data specific to actors who play queer characters.

Actors at a Glance

Actors
6,173 Who've played a queer role
Sexual Orientations
16 Distinct orientations tracked
Gender Identities
30 Distinct identities tracked

The Headlines

Who Plays the Roles

Openly LGBTQ+
869

Actors who are openly LGBTQ+, about 1 in 7.

14% of everything we track.

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Trans & Non-binary
445

Actors who are trans or non-binary, roughly 1 in 14.

7% of everything we track.

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Top Sexual Orientations

16 orientations tracked

Heterosexual 3,123 · 50.6%
Unknown 2,181 · 35.3%
Queer 282 · 4.6%
Homosexual 268 · 4.3%
Bisexual 173 · 2.8%
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Top Gender Identities

30 identities tracked

Cisgender Woman 5,416 · 87.7%
Cisgender Man 204 · 3.3%
Transgender Woman 142 · 2.3%
Non-Binary 120 · 1.9%
Cisgender 70 · 1.1%
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