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Contents:

• J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY
• J.K. ROWLG COMPAR GENR CONFIRMATN TREATMENT TO 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY
• JK ROWLG IS FACG A BACKLASH OVER THE DUMBLEDORE/GRLWALD GAY RELATNSHIP REVEAL
• J.K. ROWLG: ‘FUCK , ALL MY HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS ARE GAY’
• J.K. ROWLG SUGGTS HORMON ARE ‘CONVERSN THERAPY FOR YOUNG GAY PEOPLE’
• STEPHEN KG, MARGARET ATWOOD AND ROXANE GAY CHAMPN TRANS RIGHTS OPEN LETTER

J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

Rowlg published the seventh and fal book the “Harry Potter” seri 2007, she announced that the character of Dumbledore had “fallen love wh” another male character, effectively nfirmg he was gay.

Amidst the ntroversy, was also brought to light that Rowlg’s famo psdonym “Robert Galbrah, ” (her Twter b outright stat, “Wrer sometim known as Robert Galbrah”) is also the name of the psychiatrist who pneered gay nversn therapy. 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.

J.K. ROWLG COMPAR GENR CONFIRMATN TREATMENT TO 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY

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.

JK ROWLG IS FACG A BACKLASH OVER THE DUMBLEDORE/GRLWALD GAY RELATNSHIP REVEAL

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

J.K. ROWLG: ‘FUCK , ALL MY HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS ARE GAY’

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.

J.K. ROWLG SUGGTS HORMON ARE ‘CONVERSN THERAPY FOR YOUNG GAY PEOPLE’

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? Rowlg angered the trans muny on Monday for parg hormone treatment for people seekg to transn genr to gay nversn therapy, fuelg a row over transgenr rights.

STEPHEN KG, MARGARET ATWOOD AND ROXANE GAY CHAMPN TRANS RIGHTS OPEN LETTER

“We are watchg a new kd of nversn therapy for young gay people, ” the thor tweeted on Sunday, referrg to hormone prcriptns for youths qutng their genr inty as the “new anti-prsants.

“The suggtn that anyone would subject a child togenr-changg treatment to avoid them growg up gay orlbian is a slanr on all the rg parents, ” said ChristeBurns, an advote who has mpaigned for trans rights sce the1990s. “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. Rowlg rponds to gay Dumbledore ntroversy.