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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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. And jt last year, reports were circulatg that the follow-up Power Rangers film was set to clu a transgenr ranger the st and that the Blue Ranger was gog to be wrten as a gay character, though no new velopments on those onts have surfaced sce then. 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.
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.
GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
The anchise is now streamg a rnn on Netflix that, naturally 2023, has to clu gay ntent. Th, as the openly gay actor who plays the Blue Ranger, David Yost, told Entertament Weekly, he’s happy to see a scene featurg a gay uple the new special, clud for no other reason than … featur a gay uple. As EW noted s Wednday article, the actor “has been open about how the homophobia he faced while workg on ‘Mighty Morph Power Rangers’ led him to walk away om the h seri the 1990s.
“I had jt heard that several tim while workg on the show om creators, producers, wrers, directors … 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. SCOOP: I’ve obtaed vio om si Disney’s all-hands meetg about the Florida parental rights bill, which executive producer Latoya Ravene says her team has implemented a “not-at-all-secret gay agenda” and is regularly “addg queerns” to children’s programmg.
If he suffered om homophobic abe durg his time on the origal “Power Rangers” show, I feel genuely sorry for the man; nothg exc the behavr he scrib, if happened as scribed. Warng: The article ntas referenc to homophobia and suici.