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.
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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. 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 .
I was dog any and everythg I uld to get rid of beg gay.
GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
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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.
GAY POWER RANGER ACTORS
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.