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Don't know, there WAS a gay romance in the original one but the partner was dead before you get there as I think he got bit and hung himself than turn.
Gotcha. I remember the critics raving over that episode
Adding on to SoctaticMethod1's post, it's almost non-existent. The man in question mentioned offhandedly in vague terms that he's not straight, and then dies off-screen later. It's the faintest whisper of gay, and is completely irrelevant to any story that happens with the character otherwise.
The show writer/director guy admitted on twitter that he purposefully wasted an entire episode of the TV show to force in an irrelevant gay fantasy because no one would have seen it or watched it otherwise, and anyone objecting to it is the usual litany of -isms and -phobes. Even more unrealistic is that these two lived in a magical neighborhood with unlimited water, electricity, and zombie- and raider-repelling traps for YEARS. The whole episode is offensive beyond just the overt homosex narrative.
Sounds pretty standard for current year and entertainment. Dont think a heterosexual romance that is barely whispered in the game would get this kind of attention
Hilariously LGBTs would be least likely to survive any apocalyptic event. More than half of gays have some intestinal disease, like a third have an auto immune disease, and something like 3/4 of them have some chronic STD. They require constant medication just to not die.
And that's just the plain ole gays. Add in the T,etc and you stack on mental illness, suicidal tendencies, violent outbursts, gashes, hormones etc.
Post apocalyptic event would basically revert the US back to majority straight, majority Christian, majority White as only those groups have the cohesive, preparedness, health, and resources to survive more than two months.
If there ever was a spark between the two guys in the game, it was long dead by the time you actually get there. Bill was such a tremendous asshole that his buddy couldn't put up with his shit for another day, so he took off, got bit by infected, and hanged himself, but not before leaving a note telling Bill how much he hated him.
It was absolutely not the lovey-dovey romance the HBO shitshow turned it into (and devoted an entire episode to). But this is current year and we're not allowed to show gays in a negative or even nuanced light, and they have to be shoved down your face.
technically, there's another one, if you get the DLC... (spoilers ahead skip the part with the hyphens if you don't want it spoiled)
Ellie and this other girl whose name escapes me sneak into an abandoned mall so one of them (i forget which) can show the other a surprise, and there's a short kissing scene.
end of spoilers
it's been a while, but if memory serves, it was kinda cutesy/puppy love-ish.
I had the game for a while and then traded it in when I learned you are forced to be a lesbian. I guess at that point I had reached my limit of lgbt representation