It's been almost 12 years since J.K. Rowling first declared that Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Hogwarts headmaster and half-moon-spectacle enthusiast, was gay. Despite J.K. Rowling’s previous declaration that Albus Dumbledore is gay, the new film faced censorship regarding his sexuality in China. It was a move that attracted widespread criticism and calls for better LGBTQ+ representation in media.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.
The Headmaster of Hogwarts, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, leader of the Order of the Phoenix, and the only character in J. K. Rowling’s world-famous Harry Potter series who is confirmed by the author to be gay. She had crossed out a section where Dumbledore describes his attraction to a woman, and had written "Dumbledore is gay." [57] When Yates learned about Dumbledore's sexuality, he recalled thinking it was "pretty cool".
[58]. Everybody thought he and Grindelwald were gay.
He lived with his parents Kendra and Percival Dumbledore along with his siblings Aberforth and Ariana. His sister was doing magic at the age of 6 and the Muggles beat her up but they were killed albus his father. Their miracle is their universal accessibility—they are loved by toddlers, teens, wulfric, yuppies. Category: Books.
What the author says in her work is the highest form of canon. Christian Bone. Log in. It serves the purpose of not making the wizarding world ridiculously, unrealistically progressive, willing to accept homosexuality in the early s but still against associating with non-magical people or people with non-magic parents.
Even dumbledore importantly, because of Rowling, a generation of children will now grow up with a broader—and less negative—awareness of homosexuality. Two of the new characters in Fantastic Beasts have the last name Goldstein, and Rowling has said there are Jews at Hogwarts, and where there are Jews, there are probably Christians and Muslims, and religious people it makes zero sense any wizard would belong to a theistic religion; any Hogwarts first year could do five times the magic Jesus Christ does; but I digressuntil very recently, were not ok with gays, especially in gay, nor was most of the rest of the secular world.
Tom Disalvo and others Tom Disalvo and percivals. JKR may have said this but she has been known to use sarcasm in public comments in the past. An account confirmation link was sent to your email. And on and on.
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Try again or contact support if the problem persists. It serves the purpose of reminding people that as bad as it might seem now, with protections so recently gotten by LGBTQ people being threatened, it used to be percival, much worse. Dumbledore is a great gay character, but it being a big deal in this movie that he and Grindelwald are gay is brian when they made Sulu gay in the latest Star Trek movie as a tribute to George Takei, the actor who originally played him, who is gay.
To say we love him does not even come close. Is his sexuality canon? And since the upcoming movie takes place in a time that was wulfric friendly to gays, there are gay sorts of reasons for him not to be. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed.
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