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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- GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
- WELE THE FIRST OUT-GAY POWER RANGER!
- 'POWER RANGERS' GAY CHARACTER: HERE'S HOW BECKY G'S CHARACTER ADDRS HER SEXUALY
- POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO
GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
Related: A mighty morphg marriage proposal for the gay Power Rangers. A clip om the episo shows the other characters fdg out that their fellow Ranger is gay when she walks off holdg her girliend’s hand. X-Men’s Northstar, the first openly gay character om eher DC or Marvel, was troduced the ics 1992.
Supergirl, which is om openly gay producer Greg Berlanti, jos fellow Berlanti CW shows Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow featurg LGBT characters. Origal Blue Ranger actor David Yost, who is openly gay and left the 1990s Power Rangers seri after facg harassment over his sexual orientatn, praised the new film for s clivens.
WELE THE FIRST OUT-GAY POWER RANGER!
Power Rangers on the heels of Disney’s Bety and the Beast live-actn remake, which Josh Gad plays Disney’s first-ever gay character, LeFou.
In the sci-fi movie world, last year’s Star Trek Beyond revealed that Sulu (played by John Cho the rebooted Star Trek movie universe), was gay. 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 feedback.For 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.
The only superhero that me even close to reprentg non-heterosexualy was Marvel's antihero Deadpool, who intifi as pansexual (however, he never had any non-heterosexual experienc the film).News of the Power Rangers LGBT reprentatn on the heels of Disney featurg s first-ever gay character the live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast. LGBTQIA+ pertas llectively to people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or those qutng their genr inty or sexual orientatn), tersex, and asexual.
'POWER RANGERS' GAY CHARACTER: HERE'S HOW BECKY G'S CHARACTER ADDRS HER SEXUALY
Riley Griff's actor, Michael Taber, stated that he portrayed the character as gay and as "havg a thg" for Chase Randall. Monty's actor, Caleb Bend, stated that he portrayed the character as gay and as havg a csh on Victor Vcent.
↑ 'Power Rangers' Gay Character Storyle: Yellow Ranger Plot Explaed | Hollywood Reporter Tri om the movie. David Yost says he knew he was gay by the time he was the send gra.
POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO
For Yost, the journey to accept himself as a gay man has been filled wh fear, danger, and self-loathg.