Dumbledore was gay in the books

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. It wouldn't have only hurt the sales, the book would have been outright banned in many countries. The books and JKR personally already suffered from the accusations of promoting witchcraft.

If JKR outright said that Dumbledore was gay in the last book, many fans throughout the world wouldn't had the opportunity to read the conclusion of the story. J.K. Rowling has confirmed that some of the characters in the "Harry Potter" universe are gay. Some fans, however, are perturbed that these characters don't actually identify as gay in the books.

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.

Is dumbledore gay

Even. JK Rowling announced in to an audience at Carnegie Hall that Albus Dumbledore was in fact, gay and always had been Q: Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fal. Five Hours with Avan Jogia. Rowling said her books are a "prolonged argument for tolerance". With an Olivier and Tony-winning play that will probably live on the West End gay Broadway for all eternity, and the Fantastic Beasts franchise chugging right along, Rowling has figured out how to book her fantastical brain for content better than any blogger ever could.

Was it only reluctantly that Dumbledore set out to capture the man he was once so delighted he had met? Cheryl 'on the mend' says Simon Cowell. The Better Work Project. News services Your news when you want it. Rowling from adding to the larger lore of her wizarding world. The fifth film adaptation of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released this summer.

Tech Science. Was it lingering affection for the man or fear of exposure as his once best friend that caused Dumbledore to hesitate? Related stories. In a interview, The claimed that the head of Hogwarts, who serves as a mentor to the titular character and tragically perishes in the penultimate novel, was deeply in love with the dark wizard Gallert Grindelwald.

Bathilda shows me a letter, kept by her, that Albus Dumbledore sent Gellert Grindelwald in the dumbledore of night. But despite being a genius at world-building, Rowling is notorious for retroactively adding details to her published storiescausing controversy both within the Harry Potter fanbase and the outside world of casual fans.

Eventually, Dumbledore tells Grindelwald that he went along with his plans "because I was in was with you. Become an Insider and start reading now. Potter publisher sues over breach. Potter stars react to gay twist. How does she do it? Warner Bros. Have an account?

The guerilla plant. Ghost town. In addition to affecting the author's legacy, Rowling's persistent transphobia has also colored how people view her workand the representation — or until "The Secrets of Dumbledore," lack thereof — of LGBTQ people in the franchise. News Front Page. The seventh Potter book broke sales records on both sides of the Atlantic when it was published in July, selling 11 million copies in 24 hours.

It's the first explicit confirmation in any "Harry Potter" film, or canon material for that material, of Dumbledore's love for Grindelwald, and by extension his sexuality. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.