Just read this while sitting at the reference desk...in a question and answer session in New York author of the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling outed Dumbledore. Asked if Dumbledore had ever been in love, Rowling replied that she had always thought of him as gay and that perhaps he had been in love with his nemesis, the dark wizard Grindelwald, who he defeated in a battle of magic.
I think that this is awesome. Doesn't change the books one whit and doesn't change the characterization of Dumbledore in the novel. I do fear that this does give further ammunition to parents who try to get the books banned from libraries and schools. I can only imagine the claims that will now come out about Dumbledore's interest in Harry and if he should be a school administrator, etc. It would be great though if instead people were able to read the books and see him instead as just a positive role model.
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