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Contents:
- ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
- ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
- BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE
- FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
- POWER RANGERS REBOOT WILL REPORTEDLY MAKE BLUE RANGER GAY
- GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
- ORIGAL BLUE RANGER ACTOR ON GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL: ‘IT’S AWOME’
ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
Origal Blue Power Ranger reveals that he was harassed on set for beg gay * gay blue ranger *
And durg the three-part terview, Yost revealed jt what happened behd the scen when his character was wrten off the show (and sent to live on another pla): Yost actually walked off set one day after beg teased about beg gay.
ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
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. * gay blue ranger *
"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.
BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY, G OUT, AND FDG PEACE
The upg reboot of the Power Rangers will feature some signifint chang, and one of them will reportedly be that the Blue Ranger will be gay. * gay blue ranger *
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.
FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
* gay blue ranger *
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.
Now Yost — speakg to EW as part of an extensive oral history Entertament Weekly’s recent issue celebratg the 25th anniversary of the h Fox Kids seri’ first season — is openg up about g to terms wh his sexual orientatn, why he entered gay nversn therapy, and how his fans have reacted sce he me out publicly. “It’s hard when you have a certa amount of fame and you’re gog through the personal stggle that I was gog through as a gay person, ” says Yost, 49, who has said he was harassed on the Power Rangers set by some crew members bee he is gay.
POWER RANGERS REBOOT WILL REPORTEDLY MAKE BLUE RANGER GAY
David Yost, who left the '90s show after facg harassment for beg gay, wr that the Lnsgate reboot "really stepped up to the plate." * gay blue ranger *
“I put myself through nversn therapy bee I didn’t wanna be gay.
“In the begng, I certaly didn’t want people to know that I was gay. “And now that I’ve e out as a gay person, every day I get msag om gay people around the world that tell me, ‘Thank you for g out and sharg your story bee your story helped me e out. 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. Yost rells overhearg producers and -stars watchg footage of him and throwg out homophobic slurs.
GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
Paramount is reportedly eyeg up Fn Wolfhard to play the Blue Ranger, the anchise's first openly gay lead, their Power Rangers reboot. * gay blue ranger *
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. 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.
ORIGAL BLUE RANGER ACTOR ON GAY REPRENTATN RNN SPECIAL: ‘IT’S AWOME’
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 blue ranger *
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.