'Power Rangers' Reboot Featur The First Openly Gay Movie Superhero Character

Contents:

• THE POWER RANGERS INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO
• ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
• 'POWER RANGERS' REBOOT FEATUR THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MOVIE SUPERHERO CHARACTER
• 'POWER RANGERS' MOVIE INTRODUC GAY SUPERHERO PLAYED BY BECKY G: 'I'M PROUD SHE IS SUCH A STRONG CHARACTER'
• POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST BIG SCREEN GAY SUPERHERO
• ‘POWER RANGERS’ MAK BLOCKBTER HISTORY WH FIRST GAY SUPERHERO
• 'POWER RANGERS' GAY CHARACTER: HERE'S HOW BECKY G'S CHARACTER ADDRS HER SEXUALY
• POWER RANGERS' GAY MOMENT IS A GOOD STEP, BUT A SMALL ONE
• MALAYSIA WILL NOT CENSOR ‘POWER RANGERS’ BEE OF GAY CHARACTER

THE POWER RANGERS INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

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.

POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO

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.

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. 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.

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

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' REBOOT FEATUR THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MOVIE SUPERHERO CHARACTER

↑ 'Power Rangers' Gay Character Storyle: Yellow Ranger Plot Explaed | Hollywood Reporter Tri om the movie. Last year's Star Trek Beyond and Inpennce Day: Rurgence both featured gay characters, and last weekend's Bety and the Beast famoly featured an "exclively gay moment" for supportg character Lefou (played by Josh Gad).

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. 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) 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.

'POWER RANGERS' MOVIE INTRODUC GAY SUPERHERO PLAYED BY BECKY G: 'I'M PROUD SHE IS SUCH A STRONG CHARACTER'

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POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST BIG SCREEN GAY SUPERHERO

Even Disney is fally gettg on the act, troducg Le Fou as beg gay the new Bety and the Beast. David Yost was the origal Blue Ranger, and openly gay.

‘POWER RANGERS’ MAK BLOCKBTER HISTORY WH FIRST GAY SUPERHERO

Warng: The article ntas referenc to homophobia and suici. 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.

'POWER RANGERS' GAY CHARACTER: HERE'S HOW BECKY G'S CHARACTER ADDRS HER SEXUALY

Yost rells overhearg producers and -stars watchg footage of him and throwg out homophobic slurs.

POWER RANGERS' GAY MOMENT IS A GOOD STEP, BUT A SMALL ONE

The emotnal toll Yost alt wh exemplifi what was like for many gay people Hollywood at the time.

MALAYSIA WILL NOT CENSOR ‘POWER RANGERS’ BEE OF GAY CHARACTER

“Everybody thks everybody Hollywood is accepted and s great to be 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. ” However, durg a panel at Power Morphin 2012, Pagter played d clips om behd the scen on the show cludg one that featured a homophobic slur. The harassment Yost faced sent him to a eper darkns and he spent many years tryg to “get rid of” his sexualy, cludg many versns of the horrific “Pray the Gay Away.

While gay character and relatnships, nor a gay actor like Yost, weren’t acceptable on the seri, straight characters and relatnships were.