[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Who is queer?

[Nightbreed]

What is a gay character? The idea that someone would come across "gay" in a
book makes no sense to me. What, should he speak with a lisp, stand with
hand on hip, hold his wrist limply? Dumbledore is an old man and the story
does not focus on him, it focuses on Harry. 

 

When I read "The Deathly Hallows" I remember thinking during the parts about
Dumbledore and Grindelwald that she was making it out more like they were
lovers than friends. I even said so to my wife when I read it, needless to
say I was a bit full of myself when I learned the undertones there were
purposeful. 

 

What I want to know is, how would Dumbledore read gay? Why do we assume that
aside from their choice of partners there would be anything different about
a gay person? Gandalf was portrayed by a gay actor, my favorite author,
Clive Barker is gay and when I listen to the commentary on "Hellraiser" I
don't "hear" a gay man.

 

I certainly didn't think Portia DeRosi (is that spelled right?) was a
lesbian until she was with Ellen.

 

So what reads as gay?

 

md

From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com [mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Kimberly
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 9:08 PM
To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: Who is queer?

 


When JKR released the information that Dumbledore was gay, it made me 
realize something. The story may have started as hers but it became 
"ours". There are descriptions and inferences that JKR has mentioned after 
a story has come out that I just don't infer when I am reading. In her 
mind (and yes I realize it's her story) Dumbledore may be gay but honestly, 
to me, he wasn't gay before she said that and he wasn't gay afterwards. I 
didn't pick up on anything homosexual about him so his character didn't give

me that. Her simply saying doesn't change the life of his character that 
came from the pages and lines of 7 books.

It's truly one of the things I love about books. It can be read and 
interpreted in different ways by different people. The things we pick up 
from a piece of literature are personal to the person reading it.

Kimberly

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com <mailto:HPFGU-Movie%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Mrs. Lex Luthor"
<lexluthorslady at ...> wrote:
>
> I don't think none of them are. Even more so Professor McGonagall.
>

Dear red,

Can you explain, why? 5% of people are gay,lesbian or bisexual.Why
not despide Dumbledore some other characters of the HP Universe? what
do you think about fictional HP stories with queer topics. Do you
know, that in gay HP fans is often a secred love between HP and Draco
malfoy od between HP and Ron. If you see this one, you would believe
it:

And what is with professor Strout or Grabbe and Goyle (maybe they are
lovers?)?

Linda



 



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