1975: LAPD Chief of Police Responds to LA Pride Invitation: I’d Rather Support “Gay Conversion Week”
In 1975, LAPD Chief of Police Edward Michael Davis responded to an invitation to participate in Gay Pride Week in Los Angeles by saying he’d “much rather celebrate ‘GAY CONVERSION WEEK’.”
The photo was posted to Facebook by Kerry Bailey with the caption:
“Cleaning up the LA Pride office in prep for this year’s festival and came across this.”
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Original Blue Power Ranger reveals he was harassed on set for being gay
David Yost, the original Blue Ranger on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series, reveals that he was harassed for being gay in an interview with No Pink Spandex.
“I walked off set one day during the middle of lunch […] because I was called ‘faggot’ one too many times. I had just heard that several times while working on the show from creators, producers, writers, directors…”
He talks about his his difficulty on the set, his reasons for leaving the show and his difficult life after leaving the show. Yost’s co-stars were called into producers’ offices to be asked about his orientation.
Yost describes his experience with ex-gay therapy after leaving the show and how unsuccessful it was.
(via Chukwuma Morah)
In 2007, leaders of the controversial Exodus International came out as gay or lesbian and issued a public apology for their roles in Exodus and for “teaching a lie.”
