OlderDumbledore is Gay!
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling outed Hotwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore at last night’s talk at New York City’s Carnegie Hall.
A young fan asked during the Q&A if Dumbledore finds true love and Rowling responded, “Dumbledore is gay.”
The audience gasped, some burst into applause, others gave a standing ovation.
Added Rowling, “Dumbledore fell in love with rival Gellert Grindelwald… Don’t forget, falling in love can blind us. [He] was very drawn to this brilliant person. This was Dumbledore’s great tragedy… In fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I knew a girl once, whose hair… [laughter]. I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter, “Dumbledore’s gay!” [laughter] If I’d known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!”
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wow loving the fact that he is gay it just changes everythimg…=)
Well… wasn’t it obvious?
He was nice, polite, cultured, had a wacky sense of humor, weird collections, was wicked smart, extremely flamboyent…
Of course he was gay!!!
And he was awesome. Love him.
And to all you… people, who now look at his relationship with Harry differently… well, that’s just idiotic. Being gay doesn’t mean you’re attracted to EVERYONE and ANYONE at ANY age that have the same body parts as you. If you think that it’s that way, maybe you’re the one having a problem.
Having read J.K. Rowling’s rationale I find that it does make sense. I don’t have a problem with it and as I said before it doesn’t my change my opinion of the books or the character of Dumbledore one bit.
Whether Dumbledore is gay or not, it doesn’t really matter because it doesn’t even affect the story. They don’t even talk about his personal relationships much, hence no one knowing he was gay. hahaha.
im not upset at all, and as a big big fan of the books i´m interested in everything she (JK) can tell us :) and like me, a LOT others, we just love to know what´s going on with the characters even after the end of the series, so he was gay, god for him! whatever… i am a geek? u beat! hehe
I THINK SHE JUST THOUGHT OF IT. SPUR OF THE MOMENT. DAMN, WHAT A WAY TO GET MORE PUBLICITY.
He doesn’t find true love because he died, I thought that was obvious O_O! And being gay doesn’t prevent you from finding “true love”.
I thought it was obvious in the 7th book. I just assumed he was gay and in love with Grindelwald. Sending him letters in the night after having spent the whole day together? Her announcement isn’t a surprise to me. What is shocking to me is that there are still so many homophobes amongst us. I’m straight but I have gay friends and I don’t find gay couples any different from heterosexuals. If anything they seem to understand each other better, being of the same gender and all. It’s not all about s-ex and fyi, straight couples have a-n-a-l s-ex too.
hm, i can understand the joy of slashers, but personally i don’t find it that funny or seriously cool. i have absolutely nothing against gay, but as far as it’s children’s book, right? i wouldnt like my kid to learn about this at the age of 7 or 8 (and i see there was a lot of fans of this age in this meeting).
Seriously it sounded like trying to please fan fiction writers. At least she could have used some other common words to describe that he had a crush on the other guy.
wait…so the character is gay? or the actor?
I thought they were just friends… But he doesn’t tell Harry he was in love with Gellert, does he ?
Overwise I won’t juge ! But I always wanted him and McGonagal to be in love… Well I guess that can’t happend =p
oh my god.
lolol i think it was a joke people
OMG!!
I NEVER EVER IMAGINED!!
OWO!!
TANKS JARED..
I LOVE HARRY POTTER’S SERIES
SERIA BOM TER ESSE SITE EM PORTUGUES SABE..
OU EM ESPANHOL..
KISSES!
BYEBYE
what? Is Jo crazy?
haha how awesome is that??!!!
I think that’s great! :) I don’t think him being gay changes anything, it just promotes tolerance! And that is really needed. I am a big fan of her books and wait for more details she can tell us. :)
If you are upset, then you are homophobic on some level. It is silly to think Dumbledore’s sexuality “coloured” his choices or relationships. Is McGonagall in love with Voldemort because they’re both straight? Does McGonagall’s heterosexuality “colour” her relationship with Harry, her motivations her actions? Don’t be silly. It is obvious that JK went to great lengths to have the students of Hogwarts represent so many minority groups — but where are the gay students? None. So, now we have a gay Headmaster. Awesome. Part of homophobia is making gays invisible and removing them from culture. This puts them smack in the middle - actually at the forefront. Awesome!
AAAAAAANNNNDDD millions of girls’ dreams are crushed
WE WANT ZANESSA!!!!
——-Hehehe——
Don´t know who said this, but “Wouldn´t want my child to find out in a children book”—-like it´s a disease or something.
If anyone understands then it´s the children.
That way they won´t be affected by grown-ups….
I knew there was a reason why I never liked those stupid books. She is the most over rated writer, ever.
I find it repulsive that people are unable to make the distinction between pedophilia and homosexuality. They fact that he is gay does not need to imply his relationship as a father figure is in anyway perverse. Pure ignorance. The majority of pedophiles are heterosexual men! Look at statistics - don’t make them up.
She was obviously apprehensive about divulging this (the TIME article gives further details). But she was answering a question truthfully, as she had created it in her mind. And saying that she has gone nuts for realistically placing a gay individual in a novel of many, many characters is hardly justifiable. Those who think there she should have had no gay characters are the delusional ones.
One of the main thematic messages of her books are tolerance and this just takes that one step further for a generation that is ready to accept her message, even if the immature ‘adults’ here on this board are not. Sorry, but the world is changing and most a lot of you here need to get over it and find the faults in yourselves and not others.
When I read this I was like: “I KNEW IT!!!” lol
When you read the backstory of Dumbledore in book7 and how he used to adore Grindelwald, you’d know right away he’s gay! haha
But I love Dumbledore all the more because he ships H/Hr!!! Yay!
This just makes me even more proud to be a fan of JKR. I think she is an amazingly courageous woman (it will be a great day when one doesn’t need so much courage to talk about homosexuality), and she has inspired so many people. So many more children spend time reading because of her books, and now those children are learning amazing lessons about tolerance. People should not be so afraid to discuss homosexuality with children. It is just another part of life, it doesn’t hurt anyone, and it is not something to be feared. Come on people, grow up!
Kudos to Michelle for a well-written argument. I am in full agreement, and I won’t waste time trying to put it better than you did.
Slash shippers everywhere are celebrating. Heh.
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