So, How Gay Is ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,’ Exactly?

Contents:

• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED
• SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?
• J.K. ROWLG REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY
• J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY
• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? WHY J.K. ROWLG'S NTUAL CHARACTER REVISNISM IS GETTG OLD
• J. K. ROWLG AT CARNEGIE HALL REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY; NEVILLE MARRI HANNAH ABBOTT, AND MUCH MORE
• SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY

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.

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

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?

J.K. ROWLG REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS 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. 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. ” However, Fantastic Beasts never explicly ma clear Dumbledore is gay. Why Fantastic Beasts Don't Explicly Confirm That Dumbledore Is Gay.

J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

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

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?

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

Rowlg first clared that Alb Percival Wulic Brian Dumbledore, Hogwarts headmaster and half-moon-spectacle enthiast, was gay. "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.

J. K. ROWLG AT CARNEGIE HALL REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY; NEVILLE MARRI HANNAH ABBOTT, AND MUCH MORE

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!

'" 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. When a Twter er told her they uldn't "see [Dumbledore] that way, " Rowlg replied, "Maybe bee gay people jt look like… people?

SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY

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.

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.

""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.