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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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:o Oh wow…i’m in major shock
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Publicity stunt much? If she was so sure he was gay she would have mentioned it in the novels before. She just didn’t want the publicity surrounding the novels to die, she wanted to buy into another avenue of publicity so more people would buy her books. Don’t get me wrong, I own them and love them, but to use something like this to make more money… shame on you Ms. Rowling.
I think this is really cool. It’s so unusual that you get an author writing for young people who deals with homosexuality in a mature way. I think it takes a bit of getting used to, as other people have said, for sure, but Dumbledore is my favourite character in the series, and in my opinion it isn’t so much of a shock - it’s not like it jars with his personality or anything. I think it really fits, and it’s going to make it interesting for me to read the books again with that a bit more in mind.
I love the HP series, but i think this doesnt make sense. She just seemed to want more publicity :S
I find it hilarious that people are up in arms about this topic. As if being homosexual somehow changes the character, non-existant god some people need to stop living in the dark ages.
The timing of this news for me is HORRIBLE! I am reading the last 100 pages of The Deathly Hallows. I have not once in all 7 books even had an inkling that Dumbledore was gay and I think this is a PR stunt on Rowlings part. I am not against gays, however as a reader I choose what material I am interested in based on certain factors.Had I known up front that Dumbledore was gay I would have chosen not to read them
My teenage son and I read the books together, watch the movies and have many discussions. I would not have chosen these books if Rowlings had been open and honest. Instead she chose to be timid and cowardly. How can this be good news for gays if even she was afraid to bring her characters out of the closet? Personally I think it happened this way because her books are finished and she wanted a grand finale rush to Barnes and Noble.
change spelling of second “Rowlings” above to “Rowling”. My bad ;)
Somehow it just seems as another pathetic attempt to stir up controversial news so as to attract attention back to her books again. -.-
why do people think homosexuality have to go hand in hand with pedophilia? that’s dumbfounds me. I’m glad she said it. people who truly appreciate her and her books should appreciate her honesty, she probably knew she was going to catch some heat from it. who cares is Dumbledore was gay? does that change the character in anyway? good for her.
I also like how whenever someone says “I’m not prejudice or anything, BUT-” the most ignorant sh*t comes out of their mouth
Harry Potter sucks balls
So all those times… Dumbledore was just trying to get to “little” Harry??
i dont think at all that dumbledore being gay is in any way funny….
its the refeltion of changing socciety… how people take things now.. how acceptance has increased.. how we are proud to be gay…. and that there are million other non gays that supports and respects our prefernce…. m so happy and thankful to jkr that she did this..she wrote the most famous.. most read book of the world and the master wizard is gay. it says a lot…
i dont need to advocate alternate sexulaity here…but what i mean is that there we can see a change coming.it wont take much time when for younger generation it would be a lot more easlier to come out of closet.. or to live a normal life.. and not like outcasts.. thanks…
Homosexuality and Pedophelia are NOT the same!!!!!!!! fore god’s sake, you idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As an adult male, do you always fall in love with little girls???? NO, so why should a gay male fall in love with a little boy??? STUPID!!!
That’s horrible!
Dumbledore is like, awsome!
How could you do this J.K.?!
And Yet life still goes on…
So lets all think about this for a second. The Greatest Wizard in the world is gay…whoopie doo…the books are finished, there is no mention of it in the series. and that Sterotypical bullshit of Dumbledore in love with Harry? My Step uncle is gay…does that make me attractive to him? Hell no. It’s even stated that Dumbledore looks to Harry as a son, and seriously who gives a crap if he’s gay…Take this for an example. Lets say your best friend, or your father or your mother or sister in the case dies or maybe they dont. And you find out they are gay…should that mean you should stop loving them..uhh no it does not because they are still the same person…and for gods sake is a freakin book.
And so…life goes on
This changes everything about what I thought Dumbledore stood for! THe relationships that he had with harry snape, and grindy are now skewed. I thought that dumby and harry = his understanding of harry, that snape and dumby = his ability to give poeple second chances, and that dumby and Grindy = his ability to “take over the world” yet being to noble to do so. Knowing that there may have been sexual intentions is sick and changes everything I thought I knew about him.
I personally believe that the people who are throwing out the books and keeping kids from reading them are morons. Kids barely read as it is, and now parent’s are keeping their kids from reading something over a character being a homosexual, even though there’s no mention of it in the books.
Dumbledore Dilemma
I AM SO MAD! SHE IS ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO QUESTION AUTHORITY AND SAYING THAT BECOMING GAY IS COOL! WHAT IS SOCIETY COMING TO? I FEEL LIKE BOYCOTTING THE WHOLE SERIES. MY OPINION OF HER JUST WENT WAY DOWN! THANKS FOR NOTHING ROWLING.
it,s sick he cant be gay… jkr is a sick sick person.
i hate jkr now.. she just made all the books a joke
Ok, here is how I see this. It was nothing more than an after thought… one to make the current crowd happy. I have ALWAYS(and still do) pictured Albus and Minerva as a secret thing. I think at the end, the story will take care of it’s self on this matter. They say that any story is not imagined by the author, but the author is simply a conduit… The story did not ask for her opinion. For now, unless she does something stupid in the movies, or in the encyclopedia I think it will be left to reader interpretation and nothing more. In all honesty, there was no point to bring it up. No good could have came from it. She should have just said “I Don’t Know” when asked. If she thought he was gay, that’s her problem. I really don’t want it crammed down my throat, or the throat of my child. The Bible tells us in several different places that being gay is an ABOMINATION. If God says we shouldn’t do it, should we really be glorifying it?
now that she outed him, i can tell that he is
20: Amy:
It colors all of his relationships, knowing that he might have been attracting to Snape, etc?!?!? What?!?!? Are you attracted to every man you meet? Does your being a natural sexual human being really effect every moment of every relationship you have with every person you meet? And if Dumbledore were hetero, that wouldn’t color every relationship he had with women, would it?
I wish for you that you meet many wonderfully fabulous gay people in your life. They are amazing, real, and not after sex sex sex all the time, as I’m sure you’re not either.
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