'Supergirl' Actrs Chyler Leigh on Her Character Realizg She's Gay - Variety

Contents:

• SUPERGIRL’S SERI FALE COULD HAVE BEEN GAYER
• DAN LEVY'S PARENTS KNEW HE WAS GAY LONG BEFORE HE TOLD THEM — FACTS ABOUT THE EMMY-WNG ACTOR
• IS ‘SUPERGIRL’ CHARACTER ALEX DANVERS COMG OUT AS GAY IN SEASON 2?
• ‘SUPERGIRL’ ACTRS CHYLER LEIGH TALKS ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S REALIZATN SHE’S GAY
• IS ALEX DANVERS GAY?

SUPERGIRL’S SERI FALE COULD HAVE BEEN GAYER

In Season 2 of Supergirl on The CW, Alex Danvers out as gay after meetg the lbian police officer Maggie Sawyer (Floriana Lima).

To make matters worse, I was havg multiple panic attacks a day, which part, stemmed om some of the ternalized homophobia I was facg a new relatnship.

DAN LEVY'S PARENTS KNEW HE WAS GAY LONG BEFORE HE TOLD THEM — FACTS ABOUT THE EMMY-WNG ACTOR

I was spired by how she navigated life as a queer adult and how she overme her ternalized homophobia. Leigh currently stars on the CW’s Supergirl as Alex Danvers, the openly gay sister of Kara Danvers. Alex, an outrageoly smart, effective special agent, and adopted sister to Supergirl, realiz she's gay when she meets police tective Maggie Sawyer (who, the ic book world, is actually Batwoman's partner).

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8% of regular characters on broadst scripted primetime programmg were gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer. Leigh's empathetic, vulnerable performance brgs the story to life—so persuasively that fans have asked her whether she's gay, she jok over the phone. When Alex Danvers me out as gay on 'Supergirl, ' was a huge step forward terms of reprentatn the Arrowverse and a major part of Alex's journey.

IS ‘SUPERGIRL’ CHARACTER ALEX DANVERS COMG OUT AS GAY IN SEASON 2?

It should be noted that the post only nfirms that Leigh is not straight - she has not said whether she's gay, bi, pansexual or any of the number of labels that e unr the LGBTQIA+ spectm - and fans have been asked to rpect her privacy png her sexualy down. Maggie helped Alex realize that she was gay, as well as helpg her e out to her sister and others.

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‘SUPERGIRL’ ACTRS CHYLER LEIGH TALKS ABOUT HER CHARACTER’S REALIZATN SHE’S GAY

Beg gay is not ever an issue on "Scht's Creek. Dan reunted that the fay was havg lunch when his mother leaned over and bluntly asked him if he was gay. "What is new and h on "Scht's Creek" is that portrays gay upl havg the same bad, sad and romantic moments that mark every relatnshipLGBTQ LOVEDan has been showered wh letters om LGBTQ youth about the pivotal scene on "Scht's Creek, " which Patrick, David's romantic tert, out to his parents.

IS ALEX DANVERS GAY?

For many of the viewers, Patrick's g out, and the lovg way his claratn was received was a was surprised to receive dozens of letters om people who had prevly believed gay relatnships were sful and "wrong, " tellg him that they now had a new perspective. ROMANTIC DAN LEVY What is new and h on "Scht's Creek" is that portrays gay upl havg the same bad, sad and romantic moments that mark every relatnship and are ually only picted for heterosexual adms that he is a romantic, but that the last six hectic years wh "Scht's Creek" has left him wh no time or opportuny for meetg anyone, signifint or otherwise, or to lay the foundatns for a relatnship. A signifint character on The CW’s DC TV universe is g out as gay, and ial buzz favors “Supergirl’s” Alex Danvers, played by Chyler Leigh.

A major character on The CW’s DC TV universe is about to e out as gay. ”While Kreisberg and other producers cled to reveal the inty of the character, which show, and whether they were male or female, Greg Berlanti said (via TVLe) after the panel that “’s not a new character that’s been add” — and that ’s not someone om “Arrow” or “Legends of Tomorrow, ” which already feature a gay (Echo Kellum’s Curtis Holt) and a bisexual character (Cay Lotz’s Sara Lance). ”Sce Berlanti mentned that the character “hadn’t been gay” when the show started, a lot of fans thk that might be “Supergirl’s” Wn Schott (Jeremy Jordan).