I am so happy. There is a gay couple in canon after all.

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 178115

Alla posted this:
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/10/20/j-k-rowling-at-
carnegie-
> hall-reveals-dumbledore-is-gay-neville-marries-hannah-abbott-and-
> scores-more
> 
> 
> "First, the biggest revelation of the night came when Jo revealed 
to 
> her audience the fact that Albus Dumbledore is gay and had fallen 
in 
> love with fellow wizard and friend, Gellert Grindelwald. This, by 
no 
> doubt, elicited the biggest reaction of the evening with many 
> audience members gasping upon hearing the news. So much so, it 
> promoted Jo to say:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "If I had know this would have made you so happy, I would have told 
> you years ago.""


Jen: AHA! It all falls into place now.  Dumbledore's speeches about 
love, references to Gellert's golden locks (not by DD but still), why 
he was diverted from caring for Ariana that summer, and why it took 
so long for Dumbledore to cross Grindelwald when people were being 
killed.  Also, DD was so bereft talking to Harry about Grindelwald, 
and it meant something to him when Harry mentioned perhaps Gellert 
died attempting to keep Voldemort from opening Dumbledore's grave.  
Was it unrequited or not?  Did Dumbledore spend his life like Snape, 
thinking about the great love of his past?  She doesn't say.  I tell 
you what, between this and the Machiavellian/puppetmaster comment, I 
don't have a slot Dumbledore fits in anymore.  He's so far from what 
I read; his story was very different from the trajectory in my mind.  
I thought the comparison was LV/DD, but now it seems JKR was 
interested in comparing and contrasting the actions of Snape and DD.