S/D (Was: setting the cat down

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 2117

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, foxmoth at q... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Susan McGee" <Schlobin at a...> 
wrote:
> 
> > snip
> > Interesting. It's pretty clear that JKR has a blind spot about 
same 
> > gender relationships
> > 
> > snip
> 	I am wondering why you would say this...I thought the 
situation in 
> PoA where Lupin seems to be afraid to even touch Harry and then 
(fast 
> forward)has to leave the school because of  potential scandal and 
> parental outrage was sensitive and  subtle and very moving...Or am 
I 
> reading too much into it? 
> Pippin


Hmmmm...well, I'd like to think you aren't...
I love JKR and don't want this to be seen as critical...
But she shows no sign that she even recognizes same gender
relationships as possible, as an alternative. I've written her a 
letter talking
about the high suicide rate among teenagers who are lesbian and gay, 
and how positive role models go a long way.

Susan