Study: Another straight year for gay characters

September 24, 2007 Bonnie Somerville's bisexual Caitlin Dowd on ABC's drama "Cashmere Mafia" -- the number of portrayals of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on scripted network series declined for a third straight year, according to the annual "Where We Are on TV" study by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "Brothers," executive produced by gay writer-producer Greg Berlanti, is singled out as "the bright spot on primetime network dramas" with its three gay or bisexual characters. "While we acknowledge there have been improvements made in how we are seen on the broadcast networks, most notably on ABC, our declining representation clearly indicates a failure to inclusively reflect the audience watching television," said GLAAD president Neil Giuliano.

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