‘Supergirl’ Gay Character Storyle – The Hollywood Reporter

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"It was jt gay," said one fan of a pivotal moment the relatnship between Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor, which never beme explicly romantic.

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SUPERGIRL’S SISTER COM OUT AS GAY, SHOWNNER EXPLAS THIS ‘WAS ALWAYS OUR PATH’

Tonight's episo of "Supergirl" served up a major plot twist that had nothg to do wh the tular superhero or new threats to Natnal Cy. As turned out, the revelatn had to do wh Kara's (Melissa Benoist) adoptive sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), who me out as gay to her new iend (and current csh)… * supergirl sister gay *

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

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As turned out, the revelatn had to do wh Kara’s (Melissa Benoist) adoptive sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), who me out as gay to her new iend (and current csh) Maggie, played by Floriana Lima.

FANS THK SUPERGIRL IS GAY AS SEASON 6 CH CLOSE TO FALE EPISO

Supergirl Season 6 has left fans speculatg that our pe-wearg superhero might be gay ahead of the CW show's fal episo. * supergirl sister gay *

Durg a prentatn at this summer’s TV Crics Associatn prs tour, “Supergirl” exec producer Greg Berlan teased that one of the characters The CW’s quartet of DC Comics seri (“Supergirl”, “Arrow”, “The Flash” and “Legends of Tomorrow”) would be revealed as gay, but fans were clearly not thkg would be Alex. But the biggt ‘downer’ for me this season is the very aggrsive ph the wrers have taken when to homosexualy. One of the ma characters, Alex Danvers – the ‘sister’ of Supergirl – found out she was gay when she fell love wh a lbian female p Natnal Cy.

SUPERGIRL’S SERI FALE COULD HAVE BEEN GAYER

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. * supergirl sister gay *

So the Danvers character me out of the closet, tellg her iends she was gay, and then eventually moved wh the female p. And of urse the wrers ma sure to clu lots of gay drama along the way as this whole scenar played out over several episos.

At this pot I’ve had all I n take of the hollywood wrers forcg homosexualy and liberal polics to Supergirl.

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

Of urse I do know that the ma wrer, Greg Berlanti, is gay.

Kara was romantilly lked to Mon-El at the time, but Zari said she felt the scene "was jt gay. '"Some 'Superrp' fans said they felt the wrers queerbaed them many scen Queerbag, as fed by Lexi, is "the rporatn of apparently gay characters or same-sex relatnships" to visual media, typilly movi or TV shows, "as a means of appealg to gay and bisexual dienc while matag ambiguy about the characters' sexualy.

IS SUPERGIRL GAY THE TV SHOW OR IS IT ANOTHER CASE OF QUEERBAG?

Lexa's ath sparked an outcry among fans and wispread discsns about the harmfulns of the "Bury Your Gays" trope, which LGBTQ characters are disproportnately killed vastatg or trmatic ways.

"It is a shame that after all the years they really end Superrp's story wh 'iends, ' the same word that has been ed on the show, that has been ed by homophobic fans and actors sce the begng to avoid discsg the love of two women, " she wrote an email to Insir after the fale aired. Lisa/@gayandmedcre.

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Fans thk Supergirl is gay as season 6 ch close to fale episo .

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