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J.K. Rowling shocks readers with Dumbledore's sexuality
By: Stephen Davis
Posted: 10/22/07
This past Friday, J.K. Rowling dropped a bombshell. Revealing to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall that the wise Hogwarts headmaster and mentor to Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, is gay, Rowling shocked both the audience and the world.
At a stop on her highly publicized open book tour, Rowling read a section of the last book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" before addressing questions from the audience.
One question came from a young boy asking whether Dumbledore ever found true love.
With absolutely no hesitation Rowling replied, "Dumbledore is gay." The audience went into gasps and applause as Rowling continued to explain the mysterious backstory of Dumbledore.
Dumbledore was obsessed with his arch rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he was forced to fight and defeat long ago in a battle between good and bad. Rowling says that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down. Falling in love can blind us to an extent." She went on to explain that Dumbledore's "great tragedy" was his love.
There are no references to Dumbledore's sexuality in the books, but Rowling did say that if you read between the lines in book seven, there are some underlying clues that would give him away. She said that she had to inform the screenwriters of the sixth film of the "coming out" because they had created a semi-love interest with a woman in the film, and Rowling would have nothing to do with that.
After the Q&A was complete, a quick poll was revealed showing mass support for Dumbledore's newfound sexuality.
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