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 ...
Contents:
- GAY POWER RANGER ACTORS
- GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
- PARENTS BEWARE: GAY 'POWER RANGERS' STAR BRAGS ABOUT LGBT CONTENT
- BRYAN CRANSTON APOLOGIZ FOR OFFENDG GAY POWER RANGERS ACTOR
- POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO
GAY POWER RANGER ACTORS
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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 seri to be gay? I hope the Asian Power Ranger om the new movie is gay.
GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
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. * gay power rangers actors *
Fabulo villa Black Ln R was fely gay for 's que obv that the actor playg R is fay, if nothg else.
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.
PARENTS BEWARE: GAY 'POWER RANGERS' STAR BRAGS ABOUT LGBT CONTENT
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. “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.
BRYAN CRANSTON APOLOGIZ FOR OFFENDG GAY POWER RANGERS ACTOR
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.
POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO
While gay character and relatnships, nor a gay actor like Yost, weren’t acceptable on the seri, straight characters and relatnships were. Marchand, who was an out lbian at the time, and the other wrers knew a gay Ranger was never a possibily at the time but 2004’s Power Rangers Do Thunr they troduced Hayley, the team’s rint tech expert. We were startg to thk, uld we, any pacy, troduce a gay character on this show?
In an terview wh Den of Geek, Marchand crg at the memory, parg to the famo Hays Co of early Hollywood that effectively banned direct reference or posive portrayal of gay characters films outsi of ep subtext. The memory also provok great tratn om Marchand who knew that many executiv at Disney durg that time were gay but, “ jt wouldn’t have flown.
Acrdg to Bend there ially wasn’t any reactn to him playg Monty as gay sce was “obv” to anyone who’d read the script.