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Ryan Murphy is initiating an effort to expand diversity in Hollywood to include more LGBT people, women and people of color, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

Murphy was spurned into action after hearing former publicist Nanci Ryder’s speech at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast, where she said Hollywood had a “gender problem.”

“Nanci said, ‘People in power, you have a position and responsibility to change the industry,’ and I thought, ‘She’s right,’ “Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter.

Murphy, show runner for “Scream Queens,” American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story” has decided to create inclusion for minority groups by having 50 percent of his director positions filled by women, people of color or members of the LGBT community.

According to the Directors Guild of America, women are 16 percent of directors in T.V. and minorities are 18 percent.

Young people will also be given more attention. Murphy’s plans will have outreach at colleges and universities for potential internship and shadowing opportunities. He plans to have a database of names and contact information that he can share with other show-runners.

“The industry has always been about, you come to us,” Murphy says. “There’s not a lot of effort and inclusion, and I’m saying, ‘No, we’re going to go to you.’”