Seven clu that 'Potter's' Dumbledore was gay - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY
• J.K. ROWLG REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY
• SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY
• DUMBLEDORE IS GAY, BUT SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN?
• DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY, JK TELLS AMAZED FANS

J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

Here’s a sign of how far the world has e: Some fans are upset that “Fantastic Beasts 2” is not gog to let Dumbledore be openly gay.

Rowlg revealed 2007 that the Hogwarts School headmaster was gay after the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, ” the fal book the boy wizard seri. In 2015, she fend what she said after a fan tweeted her, askg, “I wonr why you said that Dumbledore is gay bee I n’t see him that way.

Rowlg’s reply to cric of gay Dumbledore. Rowlg tweeted back: “Maybe bee gay people jt look like… people?

J.K. ROWLG REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY

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SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY

Now, we're seeg the culmatn of Potter was, at one time one, of the biggt media anchis on earth, and havg a ma character volly exprs romantic feelgs for a character of the same sex should be a huge unfortunately, the anchise has very few queer fans left and even ls queer only are fans disappoted by the lack of any textual queerns any of the books, but Rowlg has also ma herself to an enemy of the LGBTQ+ muny by beg a steadfast and vol TERF over the last several years, spewg anti-trans hate whenever she those still terted seeg Dumbledore and Grlwald's gay adventur, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore premier theaters April 15. 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. ""I always thought Dumbledore is gay, " she said and explaed that the character had fallen love as a young man wh Gellert Grlwald, who later beme a rival.

Rowlg said she had already revealed Dumbledore's sexualy to David Yat, director of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prce, after seeg a scene the script which Dumbledore remisc about an attractn to a young said she crossed out and wrote "Dumbledore is gay" over that sectn of the film versn of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prce, the sixth book the seri, is due for release late next year.

DUMBLEDORE IS GAY, BUT SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN?

"Dumbledore is gay, actually, " replied was ially met wh a surprised silence but ultimately the dience epted cheers for several mut promptg Rowlg to add, "I would have told you earlier if I knew would make you so happy. "I had to wre a ltle note the marg and sli along to the scriptwrer -- 'Dumbledore's gay!

"This is a victory for homosexualy the world over, " one wrote.

"A homosexual liftyle is a harmful one, " she add. And though the story chronicled the last of Harry's adventur, the renewed ntroversy may suggt Rowlg's characters, muggle or wizard, gay or straight, will live on far beyond the end of the seri. Rowlg announced she had always imaged one of the ma characters the “Harry Potter” seri -- Alb Dumbledore -- to be gay.

DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY, JK TELLS AMAZED FANS

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.