Blue Power Ranger David Yost on gay reprentatn rnn special Once & Always |

Contents:

• 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
• BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP
• THE JAM W. JON GAY AND LBIAN LERATURE COLLECTN AND FUND

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

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.

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

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.

BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

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

THE JAM W. JON GAY AND LBIAN LERATURE COLLECTN AND FUND

"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. Blue Power Ranger David Yost cled an vatn to rne the origal st, sayg the producers harassed him for beg gay when he was on the show om 1993-1996.