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.
Contents:
- THE POWER RANGERS INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
- WELE THE FIRST OUT-GAY POWER RANGER!
- GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
- ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
- POWER RANGERS' GAY MOMENT IS A GOOD STEP, BUT A SMALL ONE
- POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO
THE POWER RANGERS INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
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Related: A mighty morphg marriage proposal for the gay Power Rangers.
ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER DAVID YOST ON GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX'S POWER RANGERS RNN SPECIAL
David Yost, who left the '90s show after facg harassment for beg gay, wr that the Lnsgate reboot "really stepped up to the plate." * any power rangers gay *
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. Somehow 's 2017 and the film marks the first-ever superhero movie to feature a gay protagonist character. In the origal Power Rangers seri, Tri was portrayed as straight, but the change is fely receivg posive example, the origal Blue Ranger actor David Yost was openly gay when he took on the role, but end up leavg the seri the late '90s after facg harassment over his sexual orientatn.
WELE THE FIRST OUT-GAY POWER RANGER!
The only superhero that me even close to reprentg non-heterosexualy was Marvel's antihero Deadpool, who intifi as pansexual (however, he never had any non-heterosexual experienc the film) of the Power Rangers LGBT reprentatn on the heels of Disney featurg s first-ever gay character the live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast.
GO, GAY POWER RANGER!
X-Men’s Northstar, the first openly gay character om eher DC or Marvel, was troduced the ics 1992. Supergirl, which is om openly gay producer Greg Berlanti, jos fellow Berlanti CW shows Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow featurg LGBT characters.
Origal Blue Ranger actor David Yost, who is openly gay and left the 1990s Power Rangers seri after facg harassment over his sexual orientatn, praised the new film for s clivens.
ORIGAL BLUE POWER RANGER REVEALS THAT HE WAS HARASSED ON SET FOR BEG GAY
Power Rangers on the heels of Disney’s Bety and the Beast live-actn remake, which Josh Gad plays Disney’s first-ever gay character, LeFou.
In the sci-fi movie world, last year’s Star Trek Beyond revealed that Sulu (played by John Cho the rebooted Star Trek movie universe), was gay.
POWER RANGERS' GAY MOMENT IS A GOOD STEP, BUT A SMALL ONE
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.
POWER RANGERS INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CEMATIC SUPERHERO
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.