GLAAD and the Black List has unveiled The 2022 GLAAD List, the third annual curated list of the most promising unmade LGBTQ-inclusive scripts in Hollywood that have been hosted on blcklst.com.
In previous years, the GLAAD List included 10 film scripts. This year, GLAAD expanded the list to 12 film scripts and 8 television scripts.
In order to advance efforts to discover underrepresented storytellers, GLAAD and The Black List previously announced the formation of The GLAAD List Founder’s Circle, a group of production companies, studios, and streaming services that are instrumental in driving cultural change and amplifying voices from marginalized communities. Members of the inaugural GLAAD List Founder’s Circle include Berlanti-Schechter Films, Hello Sunshine, Hillman Grad Productions, Netflix, MGM’s Orion Pictures, Ryan Murphy Productions, and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.
With the contributions of theGLAAD List Founder’s Circle, over 100 writers received fee waivers to host and have their material evaluated on blcklst.com as a part of this year’s submission process. Representatives from these companies also participated in an intensive reading and feedback period for all shortlist scripts selected by GLAAD and The Black List, and provided input on which scripts were most promising and most inclusive.
Read the scripts selected for the third annual GLAAD List below.
FEATURE FILMS
BLUE BOY by Nik Dodani
A mischievous Indian-American boy grappling with adolescence thinks he’s the reincarnation of Krishna, the Casanova of Hindu gods.
ELECTRIC HOMIES by Roberto Fatal
In the near future, a queer Latinx curandera reluctantly inherits leadership of their lowrider car club after the club’s founder uploads their consciousness to a new digital utopia that is devastating their barrio.
FIRST LANGUAGE by Josh Feldman
When Ezra travels to The Hague to help a young deaf woman testify against a war criminal, he becomes entangled in a global conspiracy.
I LOVE YOU, MARGOT ROBBIE by Sav Rodgers and Taylor Gates
A teenage trans boy navigates first loves, broken bones, and high school woes with the help of his imaginary friend: A-list actor Margot Robbie.
JORGE IN PARADISE by Andres Perez-Duarte
Jorge, a Mexican teenager, explores his sexuality and passion for tennis as he breaks every rule to win the love of his life.
QUICK QUICK SLOW by Jett Garrison
It’s 1992 and Jesse McAllen’s been kicked out of the military for being gay. Disowned by her small town family, she buses it to Austin, Texas where she’s taken in by two queer men running a gay country and western bar.
THE QUIET KIND by Justin Geldzahler
Hired by an orphan to avenge her parents’ murders, a taciturn bounty hunter barrels into a mystery of white supremacists and land grab conspiracies, only to face the most difficult question — can the strong silent type learn to talk about his feelings?
RE-LIVE, A TALE OF AN AMERICAN ISLAND CHEERLEADER by Rain Valdez and Rachel Leyco
A transgender woman returns to her estranged home island of Guam for her High School Reunion’s “Do Over week” to live out her childhood dream of becoming a cheerleader, but she discovers a different reunion – family.
SILENT SPRING by Elise H. Greven
Biologist Rachel Carson takes on the government and powerful chemical industries as she struggles to write Silent Spring, the book that sparks the creation of the American environmental movement.
WASPS! By Zeke Smith
A video game designer fighting imposter syndrome is dragged along by his mother on a cross-country road trip in which he must break out of his self-imposed limitations to thwart the WASPS (White Anglo Saxon Protestants) who pursue them.
WE ARE OKAY by Karina Ansley
Based on the award-winning novel by Nina LaCour. The winter break of her freshman year, 18-year-old Marin Delaney can’t bring herself to leave her desolate college dorm in upstate New York and go home to San Francisco — but when her estranged best friend Mabel visits, Marin must finally confront the ghosts of her past and the tragedy she fled from.
THE YOUNG PUNKS by Q. Allan Brocka
When a tragic accident suddenly gives a 70-year-old Filipina store clerk sole custody of her rebellious teenage grandson, they manage to forge a bond and move forward with their lives by starting a rock band together.
PILOTS
30 DAYS IN BAYSIDE by Jose Useche
José, a depressed and out-of-work dancer, has lost control of his life. He’s back home in Queens, staying with his supportive – but very Catholic – mother and his alcoholic – but very functioning – sister. Now, he has one month to get over his ex-boyfriend, start telling the truth, and get the f*ck out of Bayside…again.
BADASS by Noni Salma
At the cusp of a precarious episode that turned her into an internet viral sensation, a down on her luck trans woman must team up with her devious friends in hopes of extending this 15 minutes of fame.
THE BARON by W.A.W Parker
Love is a battlefield when a queer Prussian military commander runs into his ex at Valley Forge after being hired to whip the fledgling American Army into shape.
BLACKSEED by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK
When a non-binary adoptee’s 21st birthday arrives with news that they have 6 months to live, they apply to join a life-saving Black town with hideous secrets.
BLAZE by Deborah Puette
In this sexy, soapy drama, a brilliant but struggling Chicago chef lures away the talented protégée of her former partner, igniting a battle for domination that threatens to engulf them all.
FRAUD by Dana Aliya Levinson
Shira Rose Loewenstein, a Jewish trans woman struggling to escape her fucked up family through her side hustle as a credit card thief, is recruited into a dangerous criminal enterprise that is hell-bent on taking down the one percent.
SPESH by Jeff Locker
When a man with lifelong mental health struggles begins to suspect his imagined childhood superpower might be real, he must find a way to secretly develop his ability while trying to maintain his relationship with his first real boyfriend. And when he discovers he might not be the only one who’s special, his world will never be the same.
THE TELL-US-YOU’RE-GAY COMMITTEE by Frank Paiva
Two queer teenagers start an underground support group after their high school’s gay-straight alliance is taken over by straight people.
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