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.
Contents:
- SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?
- IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED
- DUMBLEDORE AND GANDALF TO MARRY ONT OF GAY-HATG CHURCH
- J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY
- SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY
SO, HOW GAY IS ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE,’ EXACTLY?
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???
"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. 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 ?
IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED
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.
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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 has fally said he's gay out 's been a long, long time g, but there's fally a textually gay moment a Harry Potter movie.
DUMBLEDORE AND GANDALF TO MARRY ONT OF GAY-HATG CHURCH
"Bee I was love wh you, " Dumbledore you have , the gay Harry Potter moment we've been wag 15 years for. Rowlg ma que the motn when she clared that Dumbledore was gay, spe there not really beg anythg the books to dite that. 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.
J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY
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 has nfirmed that some of the characters the "Harry Potter" universe are gay. Some fans, however, are perturbed that the characters don't actually intify as gay the books or movi.
"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 prevly revealed Dumbledore was gay and even rpond to a fan who tweeted they uldn't "see" the headmaster of Hogwarts as homosexual.
SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY
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