The Paris Review - Harry Potter and the Secret Gay Love Story - The Paris Review

is sirius gay

Siri Expands Gay, Lbian Channel Offergs

Contents:

IS THERE ANY (NON) EVINCE OF SIRI BLACK BEG GAY?

There’s nothg eher the books or movi that shows Siri Black as havg eher a relatnship or attractn to a guy, nor is there an after-the-fact claratn that he was gay. This was pecially te if you were queer—or, not to put too fe a pot on , if you were me—and had picked up on the secret gay love story that existed between the l of Rowlg’s text. Queer kids, however, were directly affected by the suggtn of a gay love story happeng the background of Harry’s life—and so we noticed .

HARRY POTTER AND THE SECRET GAY LOVE STORY

The straight romance was explic the text; the gay one was not and never would be. In 2007, after the seri was officially plete, she announced that Dumbledore, of all characters, was actually gay the whole time; jt never me up the books.

While Dumbledore and Grdlewald were gay, this wasn’t actually revealed the books themselv. While terpretatns fandom vary, many people thk that Siri would make sense as a gay character.

Many people have poted out that there is a lot of subtext, a mon way to ht at gay relatnships whout makg them non, between their relatnship. Many latched on to the iendship between Lup and Siri Black as the likelit ndidate for a gay relatnship the anchise.

SIRI EXPANDS GAY, LBIAN CHANNEL OFFERGS

(This was before Rowlg announced, after the book seri had nclud, that Dumbledore was gay. Rowlg’s knowledge, told me that [my character] was, fact, gay. So I’d been playg a part like a gay man for que a long time.

He is also known as the creator of the acclaimed documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay the Church and the thor of Live Through This: Survivg the Intersectns of Sexualy, God, and Race.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* IS SIRIUS GAY

The Paris Review - Harry Potter and the Secret Gay Love Story - The Paris Review .

TOP