How Supergirl’s Alex Danvers Made a Queer Teen Realize She’s Not Alone
Since Supergirl premiered last year, the character of Alex Danvers has been a role model for young women: badass spy and scientist, loving and supportive sister to Supergirl/Kara Danvers, an integral part of the show’s emotional core. This season, when Alex realized that she was queer and came out to her family, the character has become even more layered, showing even more viewers that they are represented in media.
More than that, Supergirl‘s thoughtful and sensitive arc about Alex coming to terms with her identity helped save a queer teen’s life. Mary Swangin, an employee at an Indiana comic book store, recently shared a touching story about a teenager who came to the store to find more comics with LGBTQ characters–a young woman who had tried to take her own life but who “didn’t want to die anymore” after seeing Alex “be amazing and be queer.”
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It is going to be critical for Hollywood to step up over the course of the incoming regime to help people make these kinds of connections. To understand that none of us are as alone as we all too often think we are. To resist the hate and bigotry that is coming like a wave.
Never again. To anyone.