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

Contents:

• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED
• SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?
• JK ROWLG IS FACG A BACKLASH OVER THE DUMBLEDORE/GRLWALD GAY RELATNSHIP REVEAL
• SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY
• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? WHY J.K. ROWLG'S NTUAL CHARACTER REVISNISM IS GETTG OLD
• WAS THE CHARACTER OF DUMBLEDORE HARRY POTTER GAY? [DUPLITE]
• WARNER BROS. REMOV ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE’ DIALOGUE ABOUT GAY RELATNSHIP FOR CHA
• J.K. ROWLG REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY
• DUMBLEDORE AND GRLWALD FALLY GET THEIR GAY MOMENT FANTASTIC BEASTS 3
• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? DEPENDS ON DEFNS OF ‘IS’ AND ‘GAY’
• FANTASTIC BEASTS DIRECTOR REVEALS HOW SEQUEL HANDL DUMBLEDORE BEG GAY
• DUMBLEDORE IS GAY, BUT SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN?
• NOT EVEN GAY DUMBLEDORE CAN SAVE ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ J.K. ROWLG’S LATT MS
• WHY DUMBLEDORE BEG GAY IS IMPORTANT

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?

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

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.

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.

JK ROWLG IS FACG A BACKLASH OVER THE DUMBLEDORE/GRLWALD GAY RELATNSHIP REVEAL

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.

SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY

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

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

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

The Harry Potter TV Seri Can Portray Dumbledore As Openly Gay.

WAS THE CHARACTER OF DUMBLEDORE HARRY POTTER GAY? [DUPLITE]

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.

WARNER BROS. REMOV ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE’ DIALOGUE ABOUT GAY RELATNSHIP FOR CHA

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. 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. And nsirg the tle of the film — which refers to some hidn mysteri the past of Hogwarts headmaster and future Harry Potter mentor Alb Dumbledore (Ju Law) — there might be one qutn loomg over this latt “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Fd Them” film: jt how gay is ?

J.K. ROWLG REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY

Followg the publitn of the fal “Harry Potter” novel, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, ” 2007, Rowlg revealed that Dumbledore was gay and that his prr relatnship wh famed evil wizard Grlwald (now played by Mads Mikkelsen), was ed romantic. But now, two movi and wh a much more sympathetic Grlwald, they fally n properly explore Dumbledore’s romantic entanglement wh a very mad rultg film is perhaps gayer than you were expectg, but not nearly as gay as should be.

) And that’s about as emotnally naked (and gay) as the movie are a uple more passg referenc to their relatnship sprkled throughout the very long film. Rowlg first clared that Alb Percival Wulic Brian Dumbledore, Hogwarts headmaster and half-moon-spectacle enthiast, was gay.

DUMBLEDORE AND GRLWALD FALLY GET THEIR GAY MOMENT FANTASTIC BEASTS 3

"But as happens any relatnship, gay or straight or whatever label we want to put on , one never knows really what the other person is feelg. " Below, EW breaks down the Harry Potter anchise's long history of alludg to Dumbledore's orientatn, whout actually pictg him as gay on screen.

Pictur October 2007: Rowlg reveals Dumbledore is gay The thor appeared at Carnegie Hall 2007 to answer fan qutns after the publitn of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When asked whether Dumbledore had ever found love, Rowlg rpond that she "always thought of Dumbledore as gay. She also said that she asked the Harry Potter filmmakers to lete a le the Half-Blood Prce movie where Dumbledore remisc about a girl he once knew: "I had to wre a ltle note the marg and sli along to the scriptwrer: 'Dumbledore's gay!

IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? DEPENDS ON DEFNS OF ‘IS’ AND ‘GAY’

'" March 2015: Rowlg rponds to a fan who says they "uldn't see" Dumbledore as a gay man Years later, Rowlg ntued to reerate Dumbledore's sexual orientatn terviews and onle.

FANTASTIC BEASTS DIRECTOR REVEALS HOW SEQUEL HANDL DUMBLEDORE BEG GAY

When a Twter er told her they uldn't "see [Dumbledore] that way, " Rowlg replied, "Maybe bee gay people jt look like… people? “But as happens any relatnship, gay or straight or whatever label we want to put on , one never knows, really, what the other person is feelg.

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.

DUMBLEDORE IS GAY, BUT SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN?

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. Her first and perhaps most well-known foray to this revisnism was her assertn that Dumbledore, Harry’s beloved schoolmaster, was gay. But by the time the first “Fantastic Beasts” film arrived, gay marriage was legal both untri and society was shiftg leftward.

NOT EVEN GAY DUMBLEDORE CAN SAVE ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ J.K. ROWLG’S LATT MS

“But as happens any relatnship, gay or straight or whatever label we want to put on , one never knows really what the other person is feelg.

WHY DUMBLEDORE BEG GAY IS IMPORTANT

@Kalissar No thank you; I've had more than enough straight people try to tell me that love and sexualy are divorced when to gay people.

The l “I was love wh you” and “the summer Gellert and I fell love” officially make non for the first time the Harry Potter anchise that the beloved Hogwarts profsor is gay and had a romantic relatnship wh the dark wizard. Rowlg surprised fans by revealg Dumbledore is gay back 2007 durg a fan event after the publitn of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Rowlg said she always "thought of Dumbledore as gay" after the fal book me out. 10 years later, Dumbledore is a character the "Fantastic Beasts" movie fans are at a breakg pot when to the perceived refal of puttg an overtly gay versn of Dumbledore on screen.