is seen as gay by author

interesting and provoking announcement

interesting huh

good for her

After reading the seventh book, this makes sense. I guess I assumed that there might have been a relationship between him and McGonagal, but Dumbledore being homosexual makes sense in light of the seventh book.

Hmmm..... yeah I can see - just barely, mind you - how this could be considered a 'current event'.

Hell, Paris Hilton drama was considered a current event.

well the announcement was going on all day

i think i first heard it at about 9 am the 22nd

and many times since

also again just b4 i posted this

and it was on many channels

if it is happening in now time

it is a current event

there have been outrage and support

for this mentioned on many of the reports

and if you read the first post

it is about the announcement

not about the book

so yes it is a current event

a gay wizard.....hmmmmm interesting

Adj - The outrage and the support - as social phenomena whose surrounding dialogue could impact policies - definitely qualifies as news, in my book.

well the ironic thing is

she says she sees him as being gay

she did not say he is gay

so whatever her motives (if any)

she has not said anything as fact

so the social uproar by those complaining

is the thought in their own mind

so basically she has begun a discussion

by saying nothing but her opinion

and if in doing so

she brings the least bit of a drop in discrimination

because of it i think it is great

but maybe she should not judge the headmaster (book)
by its cover

i find it amusing that such a ruckus is being made over

how she sees him

good for her

"i find it amusing that such a ruckus is being made over"

Absolutely! I thought the increase in appearances of normal openly gay characters on network television a while back meant the end to this sillines might be right around the corner.

if it was only as simple as

live and let live

but

Good for her! Why the hell, not?! I think that it was unnecessary to make him gay, but stupid, closeminded people, are so easily aroused. And it's a good point, that she didn't officially make him gay. Considering now that the series is done, no more stories are going to be written in which his sexual preference will make any difference at all. Having such a beloved character like him, turn out gay after the fact definitely is good PR for the Gay Cause though, so to speak. I'm not gay, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the humor in riling up a bunch of bigots, just to laugh at them when they react, so predictably. I suppose she might not of had that intention herself, but it amounted to the same thing. Bravo

I think it was good of her to say so...

I wondered if she was thinking of the gay children or children of gay families who were readers and wanted to make them feel more included...

who knows but it seems like it has sparked some lively debate...

Trader- I agree it seems it should be unnecesary by now but you are in Cali... in the midwest and the south etc. many places it is still a huge big deal to be gay or in an inter racial relationship, etc.