The CW's 'Supergirl' has st Floriana Lima (ABC's 'The Fay') as police tective Maggie Sawyer, one of mastream ics first openly gay characters.
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- SUPERGIRL CASTS GAY COP MAGGIE SAWYER
- ‘SUPERGIRL’ ADDS ‘THE FAY’ GRAD AS GAY DC CHARACTER MAGGIE SAWYER (EXCLIVE)
SUPERGIRL CASTS GAY COP MAGGIE SAWYER
“They’re like, ‘So this year Alex is gog to be gay, ’ ” says Leigh. ’ And at the same time bought her ic books that show different [gay] characters, like Batwoman, and showed her all the different stori that she uld hang on to, bought her ffee, sat and jt listened to this girl, and this girl jt sobbed and jt let out. While Alex is a creatn unique to the TV seri, the character of Maggie Sawyer was troduced 30 years ago an issue of Superman, where she quickly beme a trailblazer as one of the earlit openly gay characters mastream ic books.
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One of the first openly gay characters mastream ics, she has long been associated wh Superman tl as a highly skilled member of the Science Police, a divisn of the police partment that als wh metahumans. The CBS-turned-CW seri has tapped Floriana Lima (The Fay) for the seri regular role spired by the gay DC Comics character, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Addnally, Maggie was revealed to be a lbian the Superman tl, makg her one of the first openly homosexual characters mastream ics.