One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[kkersey_austin]

Tonks:
> I can 
> see some people putting two and two together and saying that yes, DD 
> was born gay and when he realized it, and it went badly, he chose to 
> be celibate. 

But it makes a *whole* lot more sense (IMO) to say that what "went
badly" for DD was being blinded by love (or infatuation), not being
"born gay".

Not the least because not acting in accordance with one's true nature
seems contrary to at least one theme or plotline in the series, i.e.
Harry's "coming out" as a wizard in spite of the Dursley's attempting
to enforce a sort of magical celibacy on him - but also because the
danger of obsessive love is another recurring theme, going way back to
DD's warning to Harry in front of the Mirror of Erised back in the
first book. 

DD's big mistake was being seduced - intellectually and morally - by 
Grindlewald, *not* being born gay.

JMO, of course.
 
Elisabet