When did we learn dumbledore is gay

J.K. Rowling's long history of discussing—but not depicting—Dumbledore's sexuality

The U. If only the world were more accepting of these things! It's so sad we can do nothing! But at least those relationships exist. Has Rowling committed the classic writer crime of telling and not showing? Rowling taught her readers to embrace an open, progressive society, and a decade later, those readers are try to remake this world in that image.

dumbledore is Gay, and I’m mad

She also said that she asked the Harry Potter filmmakers to delete a line in the Half-Blood Prince movie where Dumbledore reminisces about a girl he once knew: "I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter: 'Dumbledore's gay!

Laughter, pride, anger as author Rowling pushes Potter mentor out of the closet. Albus Dumbledore, a hero of the phenomenally popular Harry Potter series and headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts, is gay. That's right, Harry's mentor and father-figure would prefer a nice wizard to a hot witch any day.