When was dumbledore made gay

His sensitivity. Best wizard in the world! And in the end, the fact that we never would have guessed is what makes Dumbledore being gay so real. Deborah Netburn covers faith, spirituality and joy for the Los Angeles Times. His name. Even. Get the Indie Focus newsletter, Mark Olsen's weekly guide to the world of cinema.

Hollywood Inc. De Los. Times Everywhere. Like the LGBT community that has time and again used its own oppression to fight for the equality of others, Dumbledore was a champion for the rights of werewolves, giants, house elves, muggle-borns, centaurs, merpeople -- even alternative marriage.

Albus Dumbledore's sexuality was confirmed by J.K. Rowling inrevealing that he had a romantic relationship with Gellert Grindelwald. His sexuality and romantic history with Gellert Grindelwald is explored in more depth in the Fantastic Beasts movie spinoff franchise.

The Potter-verse was thrown for a loop when author J.K. Rowling announced she had always imagined one of the main characters in the “Harry Potter” series -- Albus Dumbledore -- to be gay. Here’s a sign of how far the world has come: Some fans are upset that “Fantastic Beasts 2” is not going to let Dumbledore be openly gay.

So many times I have encountered friends who are gay that I never would have predicted. Yes, the iconic wizard is gay, according to author J. K. Rowling—although the original Harry Potter book series doesn't explicitly say this.

Even his most selfish moments in pursuing the Deathly Hallows were motivated either by his feelings for Grindelwald or his wish to apologize to his late sister. His openness.

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October Rowling reveals Dumbledore is gay The author appeared at Carnegie Hall in to answer fan questions after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Fantastic Beasts movies did not explicitly confirm Dumbledore's gay identity, disappointing some fans who were hoping for more representation.

His historical parallel. The upcoming Harry Potter TV series on Max may have an opportunity to properly portray Dumbledore as openly. The fact that so few of us realized he was gay. And, of course, a popular thought among many scholars is that the maestro Leonardo was gay.

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His fashion sense. The Potter-verse was thrown for a loop when author J. But could anyone have seen this coming? Did Rowling leave any clues in the book? To find out we called Andrew Slack, head of the Harry Potter Alliance, an organization that uses online organizing to mobilize more thanHarry Potter fans around social justice issues, drawing on parallels from the book.

Dumbledore is the personification of this.