Which characters knew DD was Gay?

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 179223

> "Hagrid" <aussie_lol@> wrote:
> [huge snip]
> > What about others? -and would that change how we view the
> > story? ... Mad-eye Moody, McGonagall, Tom Riddle (Slughorn in
> > HBP said Tom had a way of finding out information), Slughorn,
> > Snape, Hagrid, Mdm Pomfrey (allowing DD to sit with unconscious
> > Harry in PS/SS), Fudge, and also ... did the Chocolate Frog
> > Card writers know?
>
> Shaunette now:
>
> Are you saying that a gay Dumbledore should not be left alone
> with an unconscious Harry, but a straight one alone with him
> would be fine? That Mdm Pomfrey would (or should) take this into
> account (if she knew)?

Susan:

Hmmmm..given that the vast majority of child rapists/child molesters
are men molesting girls...if DD were STRAIGHT, then he probably
shouldn't have been allowed to sit with unconscious Hermione? Hmmm?
Is that the argument?

First, we don't know that the WW parallels the RW...so we don't know
that DD grew up in an outrageously homophobic society -- one that
might assume that because he was gay he was not to be trusted with
sleeping boys....it might have been an enlightened society that
understood with great clarity that gay people are not child
molesters..that there are child rapists/child molesters, the vast
majority of whom are men...most molest girls, some molest boys, but
they are child rapists/child molesters...they are not heterosexual
nor gay/lesbian in their orientation....and in fact some child
rapists (mostly men) target both girls and boys......(The vastly
smaller number of women who are child molesters mostly seem to
target boys, although of course woman/girl child rape has happened...but it is statistically insignificant).

If it did parallel the RW, it is quite possible that DD's parents
had no clue he was gay........
There is absolutely no canon evidence to suggest that the Muggle
Boys targeted Ariana for any reason except that which Aberforth stated - that she was doing magic. However, I supposed one might speculate that they, acting out of prejudice and hatred of someone who they suspected was gay, might have terrorized and assaulted his sister. In the RW, lots of kids are terrorized and assaulted about gay issues, some of whom are perceived to be gay and aren't.

Susan