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Proofs/Clues of Dumbledore’s homosexuality in ‘Deathly Hallows’

Here I gathered a few quotes that are clues to the reader that Dumbledore was homosexual and was infatuated with Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, that demonstrate that it was, indeed, canon. Those are all quotes that I initiate rapidly to construct this post under 5 minutes, I’m quite sure there must be more. Please feel free to add more :)

The boys took to each other at once.”They certainly did. Bathilda shows me a letter, kept by her, that Albus Dumbledore sent Gellert Grindelwald in the dead of night.“Yes, even after they’d spent all afternoon in discussion — both such brilliant young boys, they got on verb a cauldron on fire — I’d sometimes hear an owl tapping at Gellert’s bedroom window, delivering a letter from Albus! An idea would possess struck him, and he had to let Gellert realize immediately!”

However, there can be no hesitation that Dumbledore delayed, for some five years of turmoil, fatalities, and disappearances, his attack upon Gellert Grindelwald. Was it lingering aff

J.K. Rowling Wants You To Know How Gay Dumbledore Really Was

Even though the Harry Potter books came to a close when the seventh entry in the series was published in 2007, that hasn't stopped author J.K. Rowling from adding to the larger lore of her wizarding world. With an Olivier and Tony-winning play that will probably live on the West Cease and Broadway for all eternity, and the Fantastic Beasts franchise chugging right along, Rowling has figured out how to mine her fantastical brain for content better than any blogger ever could. (How does she do it? I am so tired.)

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But despite being a genius at world-building, Rowling is notorious for retroactively adding details to her published stories, causing controversy both within the Harry Potter fanbase and the outside world of casual fans. The most notorious example, of course, would be the sexuality of Albus Dumbledore. In a 2007 interview, Rowling 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 treasure with the shadowy

Actually Only Maybe 30% of the Feelings — So Dumbledore is not gay in the books. And he’s...

All of this, yes. But also:

Claiming lack of queer representation is justified because “it’s a children’s book” is the gentle of thing people only say if they don’t understand anything about children’s literature.

Let’s set aside all the noun and teen protagonists in children’s and YA lit for a moment, and just look at adults and mentor figures. (I’m only going off the top of my head here, so apologies for not having more figures handy.)

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS was published in July of 2007. Nancy Garden’s ANNIE ON MY MIND had LGBTQ+ teachers in July of 1982. That’s a 25-year precedent. Nancy Garden was a lesbian.

Madeleine L’Engle’s A HOUSE LIKE A LOTUS was published in 1984, and the protagonist discovers partway through the book that her mentor has been in a relationship with a female for twenty-five years. (The representation in this novel is not particularly good; that doesn’t verb that

The third 'Fantastic Beasts' movie finally addresses Dumbledore's sexuality front and center — nearly 15 years after J.K. Rowling first revealed he's gay

In 2007, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling made a remark that would echo in the franchise's fandom for years to approach. Speaking at Carnegie Hall that year, she said that she had "always thought of Dumbledore as gay" — and that the relationship between him and his teenage friend Gellert Grindelwald had been romantic. 

Since then, Dumbledore's sexuality has only explicitly existed outside of any of the franchise's main properties, and Rowling's words had never been confirmed on screen. She hinted in 2016 that the character's queerness would play a role in the "Fantastic Beasts" films, telling reporters to "watch this space," Moment Magazine reported at the time. 

Almost fifteen years after Rowling first confirmed Dumbledore's sexuality, it's finally made it to the big screen.

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."

'The Secrets of Dumbledore' opens wi