One in six BBC stars ‘must be gay or lesbian or disabled’ by 2020
by Kate Samuelson, Mailonline:
One in six of all on-screen BBC roles must go to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or disabled people by 2020, the corporation’s new diversity targets state.
In a bid to deter criticism that it has been failing to reflect its audience, the BBC has pledged that LGBT and disabled people will each make up eight per cent of all on-air and on-screen roles.
The new targets follow a heated debate in the House of Commons led by David Lammy MP on the issue of the broadcaster’s diversity.
Fifty per cent of all on-screen and broadcasting roles will go to women, who already make up 48.5 per cent of the BBC’s total workforce.
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