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

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Origal Blue Power Ranger reveals that he was harassed on set for beg gay

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ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL

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

Origal Blue Power Ranger David Yost on gay reprentatn Netflix's Power Rangers rnn special "It's taken a long time to get there, " says the actor, who me out as gay after leavg Mighty Morph Power Rangers 1996. In the begng, I certaly didn't want people to know that I was gay, " he said.

""I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn't wanna be gay. 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.

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David Yost, the origal Blue Power Ranger, opens up about beg harassed on set for beg gay and how fans have been helped by his journey. * power rangers billy gay *

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 .

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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.

BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE

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. * power rangers billy 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.

ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY

If you grew up watchg Mighty Morph Power Rangers, your your unrstandg of the show's behd-the-scen tensns will be forever changed when you watch this movg terview wh the origal Blue Ranger, David Yost ("Billy") which was nducted by Power Rangers fan muny No Pk Spanx at this year's Anime Ftival Orlando 2010. In the terview, Yost reveals that he qu the show bee of the tense anguish and harassment he felt on set as a gay actor. Yost says that his stars were lled to producers' offic several tim and qutned about his sexualy, that the reason he qu the show is "bee I was lled 'f***ot' one too many tim" by the show's "creators, producers, wrers, directors," and that he ntemplated takg his own life. Then, for two years, he participated a program lled "Pray the Gay Away" unr the belief that "God's gonna somehow e down and change you," and then had a nervo breakdown, whereafter he me to accept who he was. * power rangers billy gay *

Many fans of the inic 90s kids’ show Power Rangers may be unaware that David Yost, who played the origal blue Power Ranger, is both gay and a survivor of nversn therapy. Millennial gays growg up the 90s will know Bill Cranston as the blue power ranger, the cute nerdy power ranger we all secretly fancied, played by David Yost.

He scribed how he was harassed on the Power Rangers set by some crew members “bee he was gay”, and said that this was one of the talysts that drove him to enter nversn therapy after leavg the show 1996.

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“I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn’t wanna be gay.

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The scene Yost was referrg to reportedly featur a gay uple, who Mh — the dghter of Yellow Power Ranger Tri — helps fend agast the evil Ra Repulsa and her Putty Patrollers. “Basilly, I jt felt like I was ntually beg told I was not worthy of beg where I am bee I’m a gay person. Warng: The article ntas referenc to homophobia and suici.

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David Yost, who played Billy, the Blue Ranger, knew he was gay while workg on the show and had to take preutns to make sure no one would fd out.

“I said I’m not gonna be gay, I’m gonna foc on my reer. Yost rells overhearg producers and -stars watchg footage of him and throwg out homophobic slurs. The emotnal toll Yost alt wh exemplifi what was like for many gay people Hollywood at the time.

BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE QU THE SHOW OVER HARASSMENT AS A GAY ACTOR

“Everybody thks everybody Hollywood is accepted and s great to be gay.

BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SHOW BEE HE'S GAY

That homophobia me to a head durg productn of the show’s fourth season, Power Rangers Zeo. It was a major step down for the character and Yost feels was part bee many the productn staff believed that bee he was gay he uldn’t be a superhero.

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