[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by vin13ish

How come there no Gay character in Super Sentai show? Why? What happen if Red Ranger was gay?

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Originally Posted by Monsoon

Maybe don't ask that question on a forum full of shippers

(Not saying this forum is full of shippers) is

Since someone else brought it up...

You know, I've always suspected that there was some gay subtext going on with Kazu/Kirinranger from Dairanger. He's depicted as sophisticated, handsome, sensitive, fashionable, and well-groomed; he's a women's hairstylist with a penchant for dancing who ran away from his repressive country family at the age of 15 to try to make it in the big city; and despite there being ladies who are really into him, he never responds to their attention. He also helped Kameo come to terms with his "identity issues" after discovering he was really Daimugen.

Like, it's never explicitly called out, but the character possesses a lot of the classic elements of the queer narrative. Dairanger also came out around the same time Toei was experimenting with gay romance over on Sailor Moon. So... I don't think it's that big of a stretch to draw certain conclusions.

Disclaimer: As a gay man in his 30s, I'm admittedly quite accustomed to searching for queer representation where it may not actually exist...