This year has been yet another full of devastating cancellations of sapphic television shows, including First Kill, Legends of Tomorrow, Queer as Folk, and The Wilds. But perhaps one of the most heartbreaking cancellations was Batwoman because of its queer Black representation. In July 2020, The CW made history when it cast Javicia Leslie as Batwoman/Ryan Wilder in Batwoman‘s second season, after Ruby Rose, who had played Batwoman, departed the show. This followed Batwoman’s series premiere in 2019 when Batwoman became the first LGBTQ+ superhero to lead a network TV show. Batwoman did a fantastic job in shaping queer storytelling with this by choosing to eschew the traditional coming-out narrative.
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