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

[allthecoolnamesgone]

No: HPFGUIDX 178127

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lee Kaiwen <leekaiwen at ...> 
wrote:
>
> dumbledore11214 blessed us with this gem On 20/10/2007 12:27:
> 
> > What Magpie said I can accept if transcript turns out to 
>  > have the *unrequited* part, although
> > even then DD and Grindelwad can still be gays, no?
> 
> It depends on what argument we're making. To say that a homosexual 
DD is 
> not inconsistent with canon is probably true. To say that he WAS 
> homosexual based on a couple of ambiguous passages that *could* be 
> interpreted suggestively is a very weak argument at best. 

Puts head in hands and groans. Why did we need to be told that 
Dumbledore is gay? Is it at all relevant to the story as written? The 
only point that can I think be made is that it influenced the delay 
in confronting and defeating Gelert. It probably also fed into 
Dumbledore's guilt complex over his sister's death as well. We don't 
get any indication in the books of how acceptable homosexuality was 
in the WW so it is impossible to judge whether fear of 'outting' by 
Gelert kept Dumbledore inactive against him.

allthecoolnamesgone