At a time when transphobia is on the rise, it's revolutionary to see a trans woman like Sister Maria embody the kindness that religion often preaches but rarely extends to the LGBTQ+ community. And that's especially true in a story that centres female strength like this across all walks of life.caught up with Daniela Vega to discuss the power of queer storytelling and Sister Maria's big moment inThis content is imported from Instagram.
In the season-one finale, there's a wonderful conversation between your character and Allie where they discuss the power of women in religion and how all holy men ultimately came from women in the first place. Can you talk us through their relationship at this point? I think it's because every single woman can get the power. It doesn't matter if you're trans or cisgender. The only thing that you need to get the power is to be a woman and that power is faith. Faith in the rest of the women.