Is Dumbledore gay? Why J.K. Rowlg's ntual character revisnism is gettg old

Contents:

• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED
• SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY
• SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?
• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? WHY J.K. ROWLG'S NTUAL CHARACTER REVISNISM IS GETTG OLD
• DUMBLEDORE AND GRLWALD FALLY GET THEIR GAY MOMENT FANTASTIC BEASTS 3
• J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED

Rowlg first clared that Alb Dumbledore is gay, the new Fantastic Beasts movie has fally ma non. The Harry Potter thor first ma headl 2007 when she revealed that she "always thought of Dumbledore as gay, " speakg to fans at a post-publitn event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. On one hand, 's surprisgly rehg to see a mastream tentpole movie wh a nonilly gay tle character — pecially one who acknowledg his sexualy on screen.

Rowlg over the years, cludg Alb Dumbledore's sexual orientatn – so, is Dumbledore gay, and what is his relatnship wh Gellert Grlwald? Outsi the movi, Rowlg answered the "is Dumbledore gay? When Alb Dumbledore Was Confirmed To Be Gay.

Those spicns were nfirmed 2007 durg a readg of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prce at Carnegie Hall, where Rowlg was asked if Dumbledore ever fell love, and she replied that she “always thought of Dumbledore as gay” even revealg that Dumbledore had been love wh Gellert Grlwald.

SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY

Rowlg even shared that a le the early script for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prce had Dumbledore sayg he “knew a girl once, ” and she had to add a note on the marg lettg them know that Dumbledore is gay. Why Dumbledore Wasn't Confirmed As Gay In Harry Potter Movi Or Books. Rowlg's rponse to "is Dumbledore gay?

While some praised that a big character the children’s book seri was gay, others qutned Rowlg’s cisn to nfirm the spicns of fans after the book seri me to an end and Dumbledore died, th leavg no chance for the exploratn of Dumbledore’s sexualy… unls there was a prequel seri of some kd.

SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?

” However, Fantastic Beasts never explicly ma clear Dumbledore is gay. Why Fantastic Beasts Don't Explicly Confirm That Dumbledore Is Gay.

However, the film qutn never explicly stat that Alb is gay.

IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? WHY J.K. ROWLG'S NTUAL CHARACTER REVISNISM IS GETTG OLD

The Harry Potter TV Seri Can Portray Dumbledore As Openly Gay. When lookg at the qutn "is Dumbledore gay?, " there is a new chance to answer . This uld also allow to portray Dumbledore as openly gay om the start and not have to hi his sexualy to ter to a more fay-iendly prentatn, as the Fantastic Beasts movi did.

This is not to say that the new prentatn has to be explic or tense, as Rowlg lled , but n show that Dumbledore is gay whout any need for ambiguy. The answer to "is Dumbledore gay? Rowlg revealed Dumbledore is gay, "Harry Potter" fans fally saw that backstory play out onscreen the third prequel spoff "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

DUMBLEDORE AND GRLWALD FALLY GET THEIR GAY MOMENT FANTASTIC BEASTS 3

That he's gay???

"I love so much how they're handlg Dumbledore beg gay... " "I always saw Dumbledore as gay, " Rowlg said rponse to a fan qutn about Dumbledore's love life.

J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

Rowlg announced she had always imaged one of the ma characters the “Harry Potter” seri -- Alb Dumbledore -- to be gay. Slack is credibly fluent “Potter” textual analysis, and we knew that if anyone uld predict Rowlg’s curveball, would be COVERAGE: Harry PotterSpeakg om his home Boston, Slack said he hadn’t gused that Dumbledore was gay, but hdsight, he was able to pot to specific character tras of the Hogwarts headmaster that might have dited his sexual orientatn. Below he tells seven textual clu that Dumbledore was gay.

And, of urse, a popular thought among many scholars is that the matro Leonardo was gay. The fact that so few of realized he was gay.

“No matter how many ‘clu’ I n put down that Dumbledore was gay, no matter how many lns of people have read the books aga and aga, Rowlg surprised even the most die-hard fans wh the announcement that Dumbledore was gay. And the end, the fact that we never would have gused is what mak Dumbledore beg gay so real. So many tim I have enuntered iends who are gay that I never would have predicted.