What is this about Dumbledore being gay?

Answer 1

JK Rowling media hype. Paris HIlton took her off the front pages - she fought back.
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Pax - C

Answer 2

I personally feel that there is no harm or wrongin Dumbledore being a gay:
Firstly because he is nothing but a fictional character and the creater of this character has full authority to do whatever she wants to do with him.
Secondly, it is good that Joanne Rowling announced Dumbledore is a gay as it will make children all around the world a bit more receptive of 'gays'. Being a gay is not something by choice but a hormonal disbalance. Many people are against the gay community or regard them as outcasted, with JK announcing Dumbledore a gay, who is a very loving and accepted character the world will probably be a bit more sympathatic and receptive towards gays

Answer 3

JK Rowling said that Dumbledore was gay at some tour conference she was on.

Why?

Publicity. She must be in the limelight. To keep Harry Potter in the spotlight. To aggravate Christians even further, so she thinks. To be political correct. To embrace the gay community, AFTER the fact. To sell more books. To make fans eager to buy her HP encyclopedia. And the list goes on.

Answer 4

I don't think that JKR has an agenda, or is seeking more publicity. I think it speaks to the popularity of the series and the amount of emotional energy that fans have put into the books, that it became a big story.

According to the story I read, she had told the writer of the screenplay for HBP that Dumbledore was gay because there was mention of a female love interest in the screenplay and she had to set them right. Having done that, she might as well have made it public, since it would have eventually come out anyway--she could control when and how it was done. and in any case, this story came out because she was directly asked if Dumbledore loved anyone.

Throughout the series, we know Dumbledore as a tireless and seemingly single-minded fighter against Dark Wizards (at least from Harry's perspective; we do have to remember that Albus is also a great teacher, an alchemist, and important theoretical Wizard--remember the tools and instruments he made himself). But how did Albus become that way?

We learn much about this in DH, with Arianna's story, Aberforth's story and the story of the friendship between Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. In reading DH, it was clear that Grindelwald seduced Dumbledore on a number of levels; intellectually, ideologically, and, by JKR's new revelation, emotionally. We don't know if that seduction was sexual as well, and I'm not sure it is important for us to know.

The revelation completes the picture for us of a man who felt betrayed, injured by one he loved, ashamed at how far he went from rational thought and behavior, how far he really was from what he thought he was.

The up shot is that we now know more completely Dumbledore's motivations for fighting Dark Wizards--his shame at his own tangential contribution to Grindelwald's career, his reluctance to fight him, and, when Voldemort rose, his determination to not to repeat his prior mistake of inaction and to fight Voldemort from the start.

So in summery, It was part of the way JKR viewed Dumbledore and understood him. I don't think it was something that would have come out voluntarily--more likely something that would have made a scholarly article 50 or 60 years from now after she was gone and literary scholar had access to her full notes (assuming she left them to be investigated).

BTW, there is some inkling of this in DH, where Rita Skeeter talks about devoting a chapter in her book about Dumbledore to the Dumbledore/Harry relationship. This is not to say that there was anything improper--but that JKR did put out a hint.

wl

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10...

Answer 5

Rowling revealed in a question/answer session with fans that she always thought of Dumbledore as gay. In fact, she's so firm in this that she told scriptwriters when they attempted to write past relationships with women in their scripts. She's not so firm that she actually revealed this in the books, which is rather disappointing. I mean, was she trying to keep the sort of religious people who burn her books from, like, actively hunting her down?

Answer 6

What does his sexuality have to do with the plot? I suggest you use the Internet that you have at your fingertips and find out for yourself.

And attempting to be witty by saying Rowling is trying to seek out more media coverage than Paris Hilton is just plain old dumb in my opinion. But otherwise, I must admit that I respect the majority of your answers and your consistent honesty, Hellecat.

Answer 7

nothing, its just that.