JK Rowling: Albus Dumbledore Is Gay

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:31 AM EDT

Article Source: Newsweek

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J.K. Rowling, author of the world-wide best-selling Harry Potter series, met some of her American fans Friday night and provided some surprising revelations about the fictional characters who a generation of children have come to regard as close friends.

In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions. One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling as the audience errupted in surprise. She added that, in her mind, Dumbledore had an unrequited love affair with Gellert Grindelwald, Voldemort's predecessor who appears in the seventh book. After several minutes of prolonged shouting and clapping from astonshed fans, Rowling added. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy."

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Wow. Well that's going to touch off a firestorm. All those "Harry Potter is the devil" types are going to be on this like... well.. it'll be bad.

Because heaven forbid our kids read and learn tolerance.

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#1 - Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:32 AM EDT

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Rowling: Dumbledore is Gay.	USA Today	Sun Oct 21	1
JK Rowling says wizard Dumbledore is gay	Reuters	Mon Oct 22	3
J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character	Associated Press	Fri Oct 19	21
DUMBLEDORE'S GAY!!! (I knew it all along.)	Juliet	Sat Oct 20	6
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