Ilana Glazer, Alan Cumming, Elliot Page and more sign letter demanding better reality TV LGBTQ+ representation

Alan Cumming and Ilana Glazer (Images: @alancummingreally/Instagram/Internet Week New York/Flickr)

Broad City‘s Ilana Glazer, The Traitors‘ Alan Cumming and Oscar nominee Elliot Page, along with GLAAD board members and reality TV icons like Frankie Grande and Peppermint, are leading a call to casting directors and producers of reality television to improve LGBTQ+ representation in the genre.

Grande is a former Big Brother champion and brother to Ariana Grande, while Peppermint rose to fame on Drag Race. Their open letter to the reality TV industry is co-signed by the president of GLAAD Sarah Kate Ellis, as well as a host of TV’s most recognisable LGBTQ+ talent and queer favourites.

The letter states that queer representation in the genre has remained stagnant, despite nearly 10% of all US citizens now identifying as

READ MORE OF THIS POST AT Attitude