Rowling Says Dumbledore Is Gay

albus/gellert slash, here we come! [and "unrequited" my ***. now we all know why neither of them died when they dueled (either when arianna died, or when albus won the elder wand from grindelwald and got him locked in prison), and why gellert didn't betray albus to voldemort.]

keithbrown: So, your three copies are headed for the trash... why? You liked the books and the character when you read the story. Yet now, because it turns out the character was gay IN THE MIND OF THE AUTHOR, it some how ruins the entire story. Someone you loved, you now hate... for no other reason than the discovery of a fact that does not change, in any way, who that person was to begin with. Do you not see the problem with this?

You hate and fear ideas that don't fit into your ideaology, so much so, that your willing to literally throw out something (or someone) that you once loved because of those ideas. That, my friend, is a travesty.

You may not think it's a travesty; You know in your heart that homosexuality is wrong because the Bible says it. But let me leave you with food for thought... Would you stone your wife to death if she cheated on you? Because the Bible says you should.

omg the entire harry potter series is so realistic and easy to believe that i refuse to believe otherwise. i know witches and wizards and magic are real. I can feel them all around me. i think i may hold some magical powers because i don't think i'm like everyone else. I'm different. i haven't any money, i live with my aunt because my parents died when i was a child. as i read the series, it all seemed so familiar to me. i knew at once that i was not alone, and i can only wait for the day that my "hagrid" will come to rescue. it's not that i don't like my life here, it's just that i feel as though i was meant for a greater purpose. my initials are AB abnd one day, everyone will realize that magic is real. that harry's world is not made up

As a writer, myself, I believe that the writer should do whatever they want with the character. The character's are the writer's creative property. If they want to kill a character, they kill them. If they want to make a character gay, then it's the author's right. I'm sorry, but JK Rowling is a very talented writer, and she's created a whole new world for people to explore. She should be able to think whatever the hell she wants of her charcaters.

I am shocked and appaled. After hearing this news, my 7 year old son (who's faveourite character was Dumbledore) has decided he wants to be gay. Thanks alot JK.

Dumbledore being gay is absolutely ridiculous and quite sad. Such a statement was entirely unnecessary, and seems to be a ploy at backward politcal correctness.
"Oh, you see?! There's been a homosexual in the mix all along!"
Dumbledore's character has been looked up to by young readers since the beginning of the series. Being homosexual, is NOTHING to look up to.

There's never been a single shred of evidence, eh? I guess you never heard of subtext. Like real life, there's always someone you know...that you probably never suspected...who's gay. Many of us choose to remain closeted around the homophobes and bigots that we know because the reaction is, ironically, similar to the reactions here.

Im not surprised the line in DH "Im so lucky to have you Severus" struck me as very odd....this just prooves that DD made that 'deal with the evil' with Severus to keep Sev near him cus he wouldn't get another partner. You know that Severus would have left after the 1st year teaching Potter had he not made that deal with Dumbledore......Too bad really, it also makes you wonder why he was so close to Harry, thats a bit disturbing.

Funny how witches, warlock, gays, transvestites, diviners, mediums, psychics, corporate execs, politicians, writers, pornographers, etc. can bash Christians and make excuses for their lifestyles and that's considered acceptable. If Christians stand up for their beliefs everyone resorts to calling them hate mongers. Jesus never told Christians to hate people but to hate sin and all the lifestyles above and others are full of sin.

Being gay is SO boring! Such an old subject...Who really cares anymore? Can??t we move onto a subject that might matter and make a difference? Instead of this sex preference monotony? Every gay guy thinks everyone is gay anyway...makes them all feel more normal in this whacked out society! And, of course, "homophobics"..."Though protestest too much"...so, what does that tell yah?

Gay isn??t genetic, it??s environmental. Mostly because of strong mothers and absenty fathers....or alcoholic -abusive fathers - probably like poor Mr. Wizard??s family here! Let the gays get over defending their gayness...who really cares? Can??t we move on to something that actually means something? Something that would make this world a better place? Rather than caring about purple robes, costumes or wizards? WHO CARES?

I'm a little disappointed with the reactions to this. Dumbledore being gay is no more or less a publicity stunt than announcing that Neville gets hitched to Hannah Abbott. And obviously this won't cause a bunch of little kids to "decide" to be gay. Firstly, just because you respect a role model doesn't require you to emulate him or her and secondly, because you can't choose your sexuality in the first place.

I for one don't think Dumbledore is gay. I think that the author, J.K. Rowling is an idoit looking for publicity and that all Dumbldore did was make plans for a new government with Grindlevauld. Also, this is for skindthunderbomb, CATS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!!! They are soulless and thus, cannot think, they were probably just itchy and couldn't rub their itchy spot! Anyhow, Dumbldore went through a rough patch, maybe experimented with homosexuallity and then went back to being straight. It is severel months since the book that JK revealed this so I beleive she just did this for publicity. she essentially ruined a great series because she wants to be on the spotlight.

I don't understand why Dumbledore needed to be sexualized. I didn't think that's what these stories were about. It wasn't a point that needed to be brought forward. It definitely didn't do anything to enhance the story. The only point I see in stating his sexual preference is to stir up trouble. Read these posts. She succeeded in that. I've read quite a few threats and name calling in this post. Come on now people.

outsold the bible, lol.

As of April 2007, the first six books in the seven book series have sold more than 325 million copies (Wikipedia). Well I guess that only means her 7th book has to sell 1.7 billion copies, right? She's getting there.
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'binary', perhaps you answered your own question perhaps without realizing it - characterizing Dumbledore as gay is no more (or less) sexualized than indicating that Neville Longbottom later married Hannah Abbott. It's interesting that when we look at the marriage between a man and woman, generally it is not contextualized in terms of either individual's sexuality. Yet, to say that Dumbledore is gay is deemed a sexualization of sorts. Really, gay and sex are not synonymous any more than happy and sex are analagous. The word 'homosexual' did not even exist until the year 1859 and it wasn't because gay people didn't exist before then. It just wasn't demonized until the opposing term, 'normalsexual' was inappropriately coined (by the same researcher in 1859) for the purposes of classification. In the words of the great Shakespeare, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."