Snape: The fact that he exists

[pickle_jimmy]

No: HPFGUIDX 70767

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Trevor Peterson <laxer26 at y...> 
wrote:
> Pooh wrote:
> Having spent alot of time searching the messages one possibility I 
haven't managed to find anyone else raising is that Snape is or is 
perceived to be gay. James may have a prejudice, heightened by his 
denial that one of his friends is gay. I know that the subject of 
Sirius being gay has been raised but it is Lupin who neither 
acknowledges, condones or prevents the bullying. He tries to distance 
himself. 
> 
> I believe that this is because he knows that he has a parallel with 
Snape is some way. It is either the vampire/werewolf thing or that 
they are both gay.
> 
> I'd love to hear if this has occured to anyone else.
> 
> now me
> Do you have any cannon to support your thought that any one in the 
series is gay?  "the subject of Sirius being gay has been raised"  do 
you know how hard it is is to find a girlfriend when you are in 
Azkaban?  And besides, how many couples have we actually seen in the 
series? I can count 5.  Percy's, Ginny's 2, cho and michael, and 
Krum/hermiony.  besides, we cant even tell if Sirius had a girlfriend 
at hogwarts cause we have only seen it once.  Perhaps he was the 
ultimate ladies man.  And for the possibility of Snape being 
perceived as gay, what evidence do you have for that.  JKR up to this 
point has wisely avoided most sexuality, so why would she portray him 
as gay?
>  
> laxer

Pickle Jimmy - in the same vein as Laxer:
After reading the Stephen King review, I was happy to see that he too 
feels Harry has a long literary future. So my question regarding 
Homosexuality in the series is - why would JK do it? Surely it would 
be suicide as a writer to alienate a percentage of your readers by 
including an unnecessary reference to someones sexuality. What 
relevance could it possible have to the plot. I am sure JK suffers 
enough from people with the whole witch, wizard, occult thing without 
opening the gay can of worms.