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The Advocate

March 18, 1997 by Staff

ER gets a lesbian

Prime-time TV just got it’s 24th gay character. ER’s Dr. Maggie Doyle, played by Jorja Fox, came out to fellow first-year resident, Dr. John Carter, played by Noah Wyle, on the Feburary 6 episode of the hit NBC drama. To coproducer Dr. Neal Baer, who wrote the script, Maggie’s lesbian revelation is no big deal. “We also found out that she’s a vegetarian in that episode and that she collects guns,” Baer told The Buzz. “There are all kinds of stereotypes. I wanted to make sure this person doesn’t fit into any box.” Nor will Maggie lead with her lesbianism, says Baer. “We’re going to play her as a doctor who happens to be a lesbian. If it comes up, it comes up, just like in real life. Maybe someday there’ll be a patient who says ‘I don’t want her touching me.’ That would be an interesting story, because that happens.

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