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Contents:

• DUMBLEDORE AND GRLWALD FALLY GET THEIR GAY MOMENT FANTASTIC BEASTS 3
• WHY DUMBLEDORE BEG GAY IS IMPORTANT
• SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?
• DUMBLEDORE IS GAY, BUT SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN?
• J.K. ROWLG WANTS YOU TO KNOW HOW GAY DUMBLEDORE REALLY WAS
• 'ANIMAL FANTáSTIS 3' NFIRMA QUE DUMBLEDORE GAY: "ESTABA ENAMORADO TI"
• J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

DUMBLEDORE AND GRLWALD FALLY GET THEIR GAY MOMENT FANTASTIC BEASTS 3

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.

Dumbledore is fally g out as gay and he is dog so a subtle manner the new Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of 2007, JK Rowlg rocked the world of Harry Potter fans after revealg that she always thought Alb Dumbledore was gay.

WHY DUMBLEDORE BEG GAY IS IMPORTANT

Fans were eply shaken bee nothg the books dited the Hogwarts headmaster beg homosexual bis JK alludg to his once-close relatnship wh the evil wizard Gellert, fally, Dumbledore and Grlwald have got their gay moment on the show when the former nfs his love for the villa. SEE: What happened to Fez Mallatia as rapper reveals he is battlg an illnsScreenshots om Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Dumbledore’s First ArmyDumbledore gets a gay moment Fantastic Beasts 3In a new clip om Fantastic Beasts 3, we see Dumbledore nfsg his love to Grlwald.

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

They fell love wh each other’s ias, and iology and each other, ” he didn’t s well wh fans as Rowlg herself had “explicly” stated that Dumbledore was gay back 2007 after the book seri had been fished. She had mentned that Dumbledore had, fact, fallen love wh Grlwald himself, which end horror when he realized what Grlwald beme, namely the relatnship between Dumbledore and Grlwald only surfaced after the origal books and movi are fished, fans mand more (Image via Nerdist)The fact that Dumbledore was gay was never shown the origal seri and only me to light after the whole adventure had been fished, which explaed why fans were not that disappoted wh the lack of reprentatn the books and movi.

Dumbledore is by no means a perfect character, and pends on the fans to ci what they make of him, but whether they see him as a legend, a hero, a villa or a misunrstood geni, acknowledgement of his homosexualy is an enuragg nod to those who are stgglg wh livg te to their sexualy and genr. While is too soon to tell whether or not the filmmakers are gog to make anythg of , fans are only gog by one small statement ma by the director an Rowlg announced 2007 that Dumbledore was gay, she never once nied eher, and though the statement that ed this ck do volve that announcement, wasn’t actually her who said .

Makg assumptns as well as gettg angry only creat unnecsary tensn and problems wh the they do manage to ignore or dismiss the fact that Dumbledore is gay, then the fans’ right to be angry stands. 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???

DUMBLEDORE IS GAY, BUT SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN?

"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.

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J.K. ROWLG WANTS YOU TO KNOW HOW GAY DUMBLEDORE REALLY WAS

The only thg that uld really be poted to was his allud-to, once-close relatnship wh the evil wizard was seen by some as a great moment for gay reprentatn, but for others, seemed like a p-out - a way to say your book has gay reprentatn whout actually havg anythg gay happen or mentned the text self.

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. 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 ? 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.

'ANIMAL FANTáSTIS 3' NFIRMA QUE DUMBLEDORE GAY: "ESTABA ENAMORADO TI"

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.

J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

Rowlg stated an terview that the Hogwarts Headmaster, Dumbledore, was fact gay.

Many fans emed Dumbledore as a victory gay reprentatn, while others cricized Rowlg’s cisn to reveal this after the seri end. Furthermore, even if Rowlg did tend Dumbledore to be queer om the begng, she did not execute succsful wrg of a gay character.

Moreover, Dumbledore as a gay character enforc the harmful trope of queer characters dyg lovels and alone.