It's official: Albus Dumbledore is gay. In the greatest piece of "who really thought that much about it," J.K. Rowling outed the old wizard on the final stop of her book-reading tour the other night.Here's part of the Associated Press article.
[Rowling] was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love."
"Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.
She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards.
"Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."
Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."
To tell you the truth, I never thought anything about it. I just assumed that Dumbledore was an old guy who decided to follow his magical path, and that love just never came his way. Rowling's right; now I see how the falling out with Grindelwald was so much more a betrayal.
Here's more from the article.
Rowling, finishing a brief "Open Book Tour" of the United States, her first tour here since 2000, also said that she regarded her Potter books as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority."
Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.
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