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Contents:
- THAT ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAY LOVE STORY IS GROUNDBREAKG
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
- HBO’S THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE
THAT ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAY LOVE STORY IS GROUNDBREAKG
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * the last of us lgbt *
LGBTQ+ them are not somethg entirely new to The Last of Us anchise, as the first stallment of the seri also showsed a gay NPC and then a very graceful lbian kiss the Left Behd DLC. Bill is gay and had a relatnship wh a man lled Frank, who is later found ad the game, much to Bill's dismay. Unlike Da, Bill tri to hi his homosexualy and ially only refers to Frank as someone he had red for.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
A slew of bills are rollg back recently won eedoms for gay people. Is Ameri ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over aga? * the last of us lgbt *
Bartlett, an openly gay actor whose most famo rol have been as gay characters The Whe Lot, Wele to Chippendal and Lookg, is a well-chosen scene partner. There’s a good chance Bartlett will be playg a gay character: the ia that Offerman’s character might be too blossoms as litely as the pair’s relatnship. As the gam have been adapted for the screen, there has not exactly been a wealth of gay characters to choose mak Bill’s barely-mentned relatnship The Last of Us somethg of an outlier.
Gay storyl on TV, while not ubiquo, are not unheard of.
"If you don’t want to watch the show bee has gay storyl, bee has a trans character, that’s on you, and you’re missg out. " HBO's live-actn retellg of the two-part seri has already troduced and explored arcs wh queer characters Season 1, as episo three spent much of s foc on a gay uple om the first game, Bill and Frank. The episo is notable for s major viatn om the origal story's tale, choosg to give Bill and Frank a 'happier' endg that don't doom Bill and Frank to typil "Bury Your Gays" trop.
HBO’S THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE
The -wrer of the adaptatn, Craig Maz, promised 2020 that Ellie would be gay the HBO Shearon is a eelance ntributor for IGN verg gam and entertament. Acrdg to crics who have seen the show, we're gettg a whole lot more of The Last of Us' gay characters than we thought.The Last of Us follows Joel and Ellie as they travel across a post-apolyptic Ameri tryg to avoid fung-fected zombi. The show is already garnerg high praise for s third episo, which lved ep to a si story wh two gay characters at s re.
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.