open letter to JKR

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 155620

  I think, as 
> Jazmyn, it's too late for special characters in Book 7 as it has 
quite 
> enough in order to wrap up the series. 

But of course you don't really need a special or new character, there 
are any number of characters who easily could be lesbian or gay whose 
sexual orientation has not been revealed in the books).

According to JKR's interviews, she 
> has no intention to add more "characters" in the final book. Since 
she's 
> said that, this effort may be a very mute point and such desires to 
change 
> the thinking of sections of the world's beliefs about sexual 
orientation 
> could be handled via much more effective avenues than a work of 
fiction.
> 
> Rebecca
>

Oh, goodness, but fiction, movies are a very powerful way of working 
on our imagination. If they are good literature, good films (meaning 
extremely high quality that cause us to suspend disbelief) then they 
have REMENDOUS power to change attitudes because they work on the part 
of us that is feeling not thinking.....There are a ton of examples, 
most recently the DaVinci Code, but books like Gulliver's Travels, 
Gone with the Wind, Stranger in a Strange Land..(I'll make a list if 
anyone is interested).....

Susan

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