David Yost, who left the '90s show after facg harassment for beg gay, wr that the Lnsgate reboot "really stepped up to the plate."
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- ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
- WELE THE FIRST OUT-GAY POWER RANGER!
- 'POWER RANGERS' REBOOT FEATUR THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MOVIE SUPERHERO CHARACTER
ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
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. 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.
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.
WELE THE FIRST OUT-GAY POWER RANGER!
Beyond a nfirmatn that green is undoubtedly the gayt lor, fans are given an troductn to Izzy Garcia’s romantic life the thirteenth episo of the show. Sure, 's dark and grty, but that's not the only way the film is signed to nnect wh 2017 dienc: 's also the first to feature an openly gay superhero.
Learn more about how Lnsgate is troducg the first gay Power Rangers character below. Discsn about diversy and cln has been rampg up a big way Hollywood over the past uple of years, so 's promisg to see studs cludg gay characters big $100 ln-pl budget blockbters. Even Disney is jog the party; as you've undoubtedly heard, LeFou is gay the new Bety and the Beast (a reveal that uld have been handled more elegantly, but at least was well-tentned).
Hopefully, this is jt the latt step on the path toward gay characters beg clud major movi often enough that 'll bee monplace and we'll no longer even need to wre articl like this one.
'POWER RANGERS' REBOOT FEATUR THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MOVIE SUPERHERO CHARACTER
If this film treats Tri as an outst solely bee of her sexualy, that uld add to the already-tired trope that beg gay tomatilly means there's somethg wrong wh her. David Yost, the actor who starred as Billy, the origal Blue Ranger, the TV show and movie, is openly gay and actually end up leavg the show bee of harassment he received due to his sexual orientatn.
When I first moved to Hollywood the ‘90s to be an actor, was still nsired taboo to be gay, pecially if you wanted to be a leadg actor TV seri or film.