racism, sexism and sexual orientation in OoP and the rest of the Potterverse

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 117832


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Schlobin at a... wrote:
> I stand by my prediction (btw) that Lupin and Sirius were lovers 
and/or  
> partners.....

snip.

>  
> Please..before someone gets bent out of shape and says that JKR 
will never  
> include a same gender couple because she doesn't deal with 
controversial issues 
>  like abortion, drug use, pregnancy, and homosexuality...I 
agree..we'll never 
> see  anyone having explicit sex, or talking about safe sex, or 
condom use, or 
> using  drugs...but same gender relationships that are like Molly 
and Arthur's 
> or Cedric  and Cho's are equivalent to mixed gender 
relationships....



Alla:

Well, you won't hear any negativity on this one from me and even 
though I prefer to see Sirius paired with Snape, any gay pairing or 
even HINTS at any gay pairing will make me very happy.:o) Sirius and 
remus would do quite nicely.

And I agree there are hints in OOP, which can be interpreted as 
Remus and Sirius being a couple (them giving a gift to Harry 
together, Remus always being At Grimmauld Place etc.)

I also agree that hints in the movie were even stronger than in OOP 
canon, but we cannot discuss movie in details here unfortunately.

I do hope that JKR agrees with those changes .

We also have the quote from JKR that "Sirius was too busy being a 
rebel to get married" Could it be that she also hints that he was 
gay?

I also agree that we won't see explicit sex or drugs in the books, 
but just as we may see NON-explicit hetero romance on the side, why 
can't we see non-explicit gay romance also?