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.
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- SUPERGIRL’S SERI FALE COULD HAVE BEEN GAYER
- IS ‘SUPERGIRL’ CHARACTER ALEX DANVERS COMG OUT AS GAY IN SEASON 2?
- IS ALEX DANVERS GAY?
SUPERGIRL’S SERI FALE COULD HAVE BEEN GAYER
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In Season 2 of Supergirl on The CW, Alex Danvers out as gay after meetg the lbian police officer Maggie Sawyer (Floriana Lima).
Maggie helped Alex realize that she was gay, as well as helpg her e out to her sister and others. Badass Gay. 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.
I was spired by how she navigated life as a queer adult and how she overme her ternalized homophobia.
IS ‘SUPERGIRL’ CHARACTER ALEX DANVERS COMG OUT AS GAY IN SEASON 2?
Leigh currently stars on the CW’s Supergirl as Alex Danvers, the openly gay sister of Kara Danvers.
" The storyle had some negative nsequenc for Chyler too, who said she lost the support for some of her iends by playg a gay character. 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.
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. 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.
IS ALEX DANVERS 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). Although Wn had a pretty ser csh on Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) Season 1, some viewers thk that makg the character gay would be a great move to kill the love triangle between Wn, Kara and Jam Olsen (Mehd Brooks).
Whoever that mystery character is, the cisn to make him/her gay is part of Berlanti’s attempt to make the work’s DC TV universe more genr-clive. 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).