A New World

Last week, I saw something I never thought I’d ever see on TV. A character named Alex Danvers proposing to a character named Maggie Sawyer. It was mind-blowing because Alex Danvers is a woman. A heavily-mascaraed, lycra-wearing babe, as is Maggie. Surprising because lesbians on TV used to be perpetual villains doomed to be dead, punished or “cured” and subtext was even a thing. Fascinating because where I sit right now, same-sex marriage isn’t even legal and LGBTQ content is non-existent on local television channels. That I could actually watch a woman proposing to a woman on a TV show while being here is amazing and surreal. Like the impossible occurred. So thank you all who made it possible. You have changed my world completely, whether or not you know it.