In 1977, the US ABC TV network made news and history by introducing the first openly gay (and, as revealed in the video with this question, apparently also trans-identifying) character, Jodie Dallas--portrayed by Billy Crystal--on a situation comedy. That sitcom, Soap, was roundly decried by many who were dismayed to see what was heretofore unspeakable behavior seemingly normalized by mass entertainment media. Do you recall the furor over the show and its character and/or having watched Soap in its original broadcast run?

Forty-nine years after Soap's premiere, gay and trans-identifying characters in scripted television series and Hollywood movies are commonplace, to the point of possibly being overrepresented (author opinion) in comparison to the U.S. (and Canadian, I believe it would be fair to assume) population, if not even inspiring some viewers to identity or experiment with such behavior and identification. Do you watch any current television series featuring homosexual and/or trans-identifying characters and/or have you watched any movies released in the past year featuring such characters?

Which of the following un(der)represented groups/demographics would you like to see posintively depicted in narrative mass market entertainment media (television, movies, video games, comic books & strips. fictional literature, etc.)?

Would you be offended at the positive depiction of any of the groups listed in the asnwer options of the previous questions in any of media listed in the prior question?

Do you beileve or would you reasonably assume that the creators of mass market commercial entertainment media either subconsciousl;y or deliberately promote the positive representation of some groups/demographics over others due to their worldview and the agenda(s) cultivaed therefrom?