Which characters knew DD was Gay?

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 179284

> > Ceridwen:
> > They may care. Gryffindors tend to uphold the prevailing attitude
> > of "good". If it was considered "bad" to be gay in the
> > 1970s/1980s WW, then James and Lily may have cared a great deal.
> > All a person can do is go with what is known at the time, after
> > all.
>
>
> Panhandle:
> I'm not sure if I can agree with "all a person can do is go with
> what is known at the time ..."
>
> <snip>
>
> Good people know right from wrong and if they are brave, like many
> Gryffindors and my mother, will do the right thing, no matter what
> their peers may believe. Otherwise, how can any of us ever progress
> this status quo?

Susan:

I totally agree Jane. There are always people who are compassionate
and caring and "before their time" on issues of prejudice and
oppression....When there started to be serious challenges to holding
African-Americans as slaves in the United States, it was just a few
people. Many people believed that the Bible justified slavery, and
quoted it to support it. Women campaigning for the vote were laughed
at, ridiculed, ostractized, beaten and arrested.

During those times there WERE caring, compassionate European-Americans
who were doing their best to oppose slavery, and there were
sympathetic MEN (after all, eventually the MEN had to vote to allow
women to vote)..

Sirius talks about how Regulus and his parents were all for Voldemort
and the pure blood line, and how lots of people supported his
prejudices against Muggles and non-pure bloods before they realized
how evil he was. Look at the treatment of house elves, goblins,
giants, and merpeople. DD was unusual as a headmaster because he
gave a lot of non-traditional students (werewolves/half-giants) a
chance or second chance.

Susan