HBO’s The Last of Us expands Bill & Frank’s gay romance om the game - Polygon

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THAT ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAY LOVE STORY IS GROUNDBREAKG

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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.

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.

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 *

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 THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE

" 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. 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.

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