Anyone else get a gay vibe with Billy in the shower?

Yes.

The actor denies it, but he also says Billy isn't racist, and I've heard the creators at least insinuate that he is racist.

The actor (his name has slipped my mind) said that he thinks Billy being gay is wishful thinking by fans, but I'm hardly even attracted to men. The idea of him and Steve getting it on is more weird than anything, to me.

I honestly was starting to think it was an homage to A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, with Jesse and Grady.

If they didn't want him coming across as super gay for Steve (and angry about it), they were doing it wrong.

Although I doubt he'd be straight up gay. He'd probably be bisexual or something, or even just into Steve specifically.

Maybe it wasn't intentional, but it sure seemed gay to me.

Never thought about him being gay, but now that you mention it I can see It now. Definitely picked up on the strong implication of him being racist when he gets mad at his sister saying theres two type of people in the world, "us and them."

He was the typical 80’s bully. They tended to have a lot of unintentional gay undertones. The creators of Stranger Things probably did it on purpose for this reason.

I don’t know about that, but did anyone else get the feeling he was “put off” by flirting with Mike & Nancy’s mother? She’s an attractive woman and was obviously flattered by his “I didn’t know Nancy had a sister” comment, but after the mutual flirtation, when he got back into his car, he had an expression like it had been an act. Let me say right now, that I thought the entire exchange between them was awkward and unnecessary (every other scene in every episode was awesome, so no one get defensive 😉).

No
Hes just a jerk