J.K. Rowlg rponds to gay Dumbledore ntroversy | CNN

Contents:

• SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY
• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED
• IS THERE ANY TEXTUAL EVINCE TO SUPPORT THAT DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY?
• IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? WHY J.K. ROWLG'S NTUAL CHARACTER REVISNISM IS GETTG OLD
• FANTASTIC BEASTS 3 FAILS DUMBLEDORE BY PEDDLG THE TRAGIC GAY TROPE
• J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

SEVEN CLU THAT ‘POTTER’S’ DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY

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.

IS DUMBLEDORE GAY? ALB' RELATNSHIP WH GRLWALD EXPLAED

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.

So many tim I have enuntered iends who are gay that I never would have predicted. 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.

IS THERE ANY TEXTUAL EVINCE TO SUPPORT THAT DUMBLEDORE WAS GAY?

" 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.

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

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!

FANTASTIC BEASTS 3 FAILS DUMBLEDORE BY PEDDLG THE TRAGIC GAY TROPE

'" 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?

J.K. ROWLG RPONDS TO GAY DUMBLEDORE NTROVERSY

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? 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.