Is Dumbledore gay? Why J.K. Rowlg's ntual LGBT character revisnism the 'Fantastic Beast' anchise is gettg old for Harry Potter fans
Contents:
- J.K. ROWLG REVEALS DUMBLEDORE IS GAY
- J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY
- SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY
- IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? WHY J.K. ROWLG'S NTUAL CHARACTER REVISNISM IS GETTG OLD
- 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
Harry Potter thor J.K. Rowlg has revealed that she nceived of one of the major characters, Hogwarts school headmaster Alb Dumbledore, as gay. * dumbledore is gay interview *
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.
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. * dumbledore is gay interview *
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!
'" 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
""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.
IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? WHY J.K. ROWLG'S NTUAL CHARACTER REVISNISM IS GETTG OLD
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? Rowlg has nfirmed that some of the characters the "Harry Potter" universe are gay.
IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED
Some fans, however, are perturbed that the characters don't actually intify as gay the books or movi. Rowlg prevly revealed Dumbledore was gay and even rpond to a fan who tweeted they uldn't "see" the headmaster of Hogwarts as homosexual.
"Maybe bee gay people jt look like... Many wish the characters actually intified as gay the books and movi Rowlg created, not jt her md.
Rowlg Confirms Some Characters Her Books and Movi Are Gay Everywhere Except the Books or the Movi, " another Twter er wrote. Rowlg Confirms Some Characters Her Books and Movi Are Gay Everywhere Except the Books or the Movi Eric D.
SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?
’s performative activism that allows her to prent herself as progrsive while keepg her films ‘fay iendly’ for the bigots that would undoubtedly kick off at the prence of a gay character— lra (@lraw97_) March 17, 2019. 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. 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.