‘Power Rangers’: David Yost on Why a Gay Superhero Is a Step Forward – The Hollywood Reporter

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We all know that the origal Blue Ranger David Yost is gay, though didn't e out until years after he left the show. Anyone else know or at least heavily spect other actors om the long nng ...

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THE POWER RANGERS INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

David Yost, who left the '90s show after facg harassment for beg gay, wr that the Lnsgate reboot "really stepped up to the plate." * red power ranger gay actor *

When I first moved to Hollywood the ‘90s to be an actor, was still nsired taboo to be gay, pecially if you wanted to be a leadg actor TV seri or film. If you were gay, you certaly were not allowed to make public. I was stgglg so much wh who I was and not wantg to be gay bee of what society was tellg me — that ’s not a good thg, that ’s agast God, that you are somehow different.

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As the Mighty Morph Power Rangers celebrat s 20th anniversary, David Yost, the actor who played the origal Blue Ranger, shar the story of how he overme bullyg Hollywood, suicidal tennci, and a nervo breakdown on the road to acceptg himself as a gay man. * red power ranger gay actor *

There were ments at work that were ma about me terms of beg gay or “beg a faggot, ” and as time went on jt got old and I was tired of listeng to .

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I was dog any and everythg I uld to get rid of beg gay. I n remember lyg bed my first night the hospal, and sayg, “God, if you give me my md back, I will be gay. I remember listeng to my peers talkg about him and sayg really horrible thgs about gay people.

People always ask me, “Wouldn’t be great if there’s a gay character on one of the Power Rangers TV seri?

The more Hollywood puts lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, qutng, tersex characters a film or TV show, helps people unrstand and see that people are jt people. Somehow 's 2017 and the film marks the first-ever superhero movie to feature a gay protagonist character. In the origal Power Rangers seri, Tri was portrayed as straight, but the change is fely receivg posive example, the origal Blue Ranger actor David Yost was openly gay when he took on the role, but end up leavg the seri the late '90s after facg harassment over his sexual orientatn.

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‘Power Rangers’: David Yost on Why a Gay Superhero Is a Step Forward – The Hollywood Reporter .

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