Is Joel om The Last of Us Gay or Bisexual? Theory Explaed

Contents:

• THE LAST OF US’ GEO GAY LOVE STORY COULD NOT BE MORE TIMELY
• THE LAST OF US PART 2 REVIEW: BURY YOUR GAYS, EMOTNALLY
• IS JOEL OM THE LAST OF US GAY OR BISEXUAL? THEORY EXPLAED
• IS ELLIE GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’?
• IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• ‘THE LAST OF US’ CONFIRMED THAT BILL WAS GAY YEARS AGO

THE LAST OF US’ GEO GAY LOVE STORY COULD NOT BE MORE TIMELY

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

Several more gay characters are sttered among the game’s st, and future episos — and seasons — will see the h characters realized live-actn for the first time. Ellie Image via Nghty Dog That’s right, the lead character The Last of Us is part of the gay muny. The character’s sexualy is hted at the Last of Us gam, and many players termed that he was gay, but players didn’t get nearly the romance the origal that HBO livered wh “Long Long Time.

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Wh Bill and Frank, we were given a portra of love—specifilly gay love—that feels surprisg and urgent. In our own 2023, we are not exactly lackg for media imag of whe gay men.

IS JOEL OM THE LAST OF US GAY OR BISEXUAL? THEORY EXPLAED

For one thg, we see gay sire portrayed all s plexy, but wh a touch as light as a breeze playg through curtas. Bill’s is not a “type” of gay man I n say I’ve ever seen mastream media before, and watchg him slowly reveal and epen that aspect of himself wh Frank’s help—sexually, y (Hollywood: more hairy bear love scen please!

But Bill and Frank create somethg else, a ltle oasis of their own that’s regnizably gay, full of quiet bety and joys the size of new strawberri.

IS ELLIE GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’?

Frank wants to fix up the block and some of the “not stupid” shops—the we and furnure stor, the clothg boutique—bee he hop they might one day have unfected guts (which they eventually do, the form of Joel and Ts), but really bee makg thgs nice, pecially when nicens isn’t valued, is one of the great gay llgs.

IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

As an echo of the gay experience wh AIDS, is, as veteran activist Peter Staley put a Facebook post, a ftg tribute to the “tenr love & bravery gay men summoned when facg ath durg the plague years, cludg those who did so on their own terms. How powerful, then, to see not only a gay uple given an entire hour of a marquee show, but a gay uple who are held up as the keepers of civilizatn, as stewards of bety, as emblems of human digny and possibily. While The Last of Us and Left Behd were both guilty of the bury your gays trope, Part 2 steps up by attackg the soul.

For one, there are a lot of gay characters both the game and the HBO versn as we know for a fact that Bill, Frank, and Ellie are homosexuals. But the thg is that there are fans that also believe that the other ma character uld also be gay or even bisexual. So, is Joel gay or bisexual?

‘THE LAST OF US’ CONFIRMED THAT BILL WAS GAY YEARS AGO

It is unlikely that Joel is gay or bisexual The Last of Us, even though there are some clu that lead to the possibily of him beg gay or bisexual. Even though some fans have seen hts that uld lead to the possibily of Joel beg gay, that is unlikely the se right now bee of the fact that the are merely speculatns. We n’t say for certa that he is gay unls clear facts pot to that possibily.