The Last of Us Part 2 Review: Bury your gays, emotnally | Stevivor

Contents:

• THE LAST OF US PART 2 REVIEW: BURY YOUR GAYS, EMOTNALLY
• HBO’S THE LAST OF US GETS REVIEW BOMBED AFTER HISTORIC GAY EPISO
• MURRAY BARTLETT SHAR REAL-LIFE SPIRATN BEHD THE LAST OF US’ INIC GAY LOVE STORY

THE LAST OF US PART 2 REVIEW: BURY YOUR GAYS, EMOTNALLY

Given athat female ma characters gam were a rary until que recently, the fact that one of the biggt releas of the year, The Last of Us Part II, stars a gay woman feels like a signifint moment.

HBO’S THE LAST OF US GETS REVIEW BOMBED AFTER HISTORIC GAY EPISO

Ellie is, fact, the first gay star of any blockbter game (die velopers have been ls shy about explorg queer stori) and Ellie The Last of Us Part II.

We journey through much of the game wh her girliend Da (played by Shannon Woodward); we see her experience homophobia and have awkward nversatns wh the people who re about is played by Ashley Johnson – a warm, wry and ngoly shy actor who had numero creds film and TV before landg a role 2013’s The Last of Us. “Playg a lead female character a game is already pretty ol, but the fact that she’s gay is even oler, for me. ”Most often vio gam, if a character is gay ’s bee you chose for them to be so.

MURRAY BARTLETT SHAR REAL-LIFE SPIRATN BEHD THE LAST OF US’ INIC GAY LOVE STORY

Dpe a history of gay reprentatn that go back s – gay marriage was a thg The Sims long before most real-world untri – gam rarely have much to say about what ’s like to be queer real 2013’s The Last of Us, Ellie was a supportg character: the funny, sarstic teenage foil to gff, nflicted, beardy father figure Joel, who transported her across Ameri on a post-apolyptic road trip. “Whenever I’ve met fans at [nventns] there are still some people who ask: ‘Ellie’s not gay, right?