One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

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Susan:
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> And to the ethnocentric idea that the U.S. is tolerant towards 
> lesbians, and gay men..well perhaps compared to Iran or Africa 
where 
> people are put to death but not compared to Europe or other parts 
of 
> the world. People in Europe are laughing at some Americans about 
> this...


Alla:

Sure, I think we have a lot to work on yet. Although improvements are 
happening as well IMO.

I will say one thing. I come from the country that till maybe ten 
years ago (cannot give you the exact date, am afraid) sent people to 
jail for being gay. No, not for pedophilia, but for two consenting 
adults being caught by someone else having sex, even if in their 
house.

As I mentioned somewhere else, I am pretty sure it is changed now, 
now it is only for pedophilia, I think.

Again, I had not been back for ten years and I do not follow it that 
much, I just heard that on the news few years ago as a big deal, etc.

Guess how shocked I was when I was in law school to learn that there 
were similar laws in the USA till few years ago, that you can go to 
jail just for that.

I was literally staring at the page of the book and thinking, NO, it 
cannot be, it just cannot be.

The country who has such amasing laws and who literally made my 
dreams true in so many aspects cannot send people to jail if they are 
falling in love with the person of the same gender.

They just cannot take a page of the laws in Soviet Union, no way.

Oh, oh and before I get questions, NO I am not gay, absolutely 
straight female, I do not have best gay friends or gay friends at 
all, LOL. Or I guess I should say that I do not have friends whom I 
am aware of being gays, because I am not privy to the details of 
their love life.

I am not in touch with gay community at all, I had couple 
acquintances in law school who were openly gays, but I do not even 
keep in touch with them now, just we went separate ways.

Just the idea that people can be discriminated so horribly because of 
whom they are falling in love with, well makes me very upset.

Alla