Rowling says Dumbledore is gay

[marion11111]

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> magpie:
> I've gotta defend at least one of her publishers--Arthur Levine of 
> Arthur Levine books would never have a problem with a gay character. 
> His imprint has books that feature them certainly. 

marion11111:
But does Arthur get to solely call the shots?  As a children's 
librarian, I'm not aware of any books with this level of readership or 
public-mania or whatever-word-I'm looking-for that have a gay main 
character.  Actually, I can't think of any books with this level of 
mania that *don't* have a gay main character.  In fact, I can't think 
of any other books with this level of mania at all, so I guess my 
argument falls flat.  But the point is, Dumbledore being gay in a 
Harry Potter book is not like a gay character in King and King or 
Tango makes Three or Rainbow High or Boy meets Boy, etc. The Potter 
books are just such a different beast, that I would imagine there 
might be *discussions* with the editors/publishers/whoever.