The problems with DD being gay

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 178288

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Lambert 
<anigrrrl2 at ...> wrote:
>
> delwynmarch <delwynmarch at ...> wrote:          Katie wrote: 
> > So, every teenager that falls in love with another teenager is 
going 
> > to be a pediphile? 
> 
> Del replies:
> I never said anything like that. Especially since I wasn't even
> talking of pedophilia anyway.
> 
> <<<SNIP>>>
>   > I see absolutely NO evidence in canon that DD was EVER 
attracted to
> > young boys.
> 
> I agree. But then nobody in this thread ever argued anything of 
that
> sort, so I'm not sure why you're even mentioning it. My own posts 
deal
> with ephebophilia, the love of teenage boys, not pedophilia, which 
is
> the love of young boys. Not the same thing at all.
>   ***Katie replying:
>   Well, to me, that's splitting hairs. If an old man is digging on 
a teenage boy, that's just as gross and creepy as digging on a 10 
year old. They're both children, regardless of their ages. So, IMO, 
it is a very similar thing, if not exactly the same thing. And I see 
no evidence that DD dug teenage boys, either. 
> 
> > And to say so, IMO, really denigrates the character and 
> > the story. 
> 
> Does this help you understand how people who think there is 
something
> wrong with homosexuality feel about the revelation that DD is gay?
> Whatever you think of their opinion that homosexuality is wrong, 
that
> doesn't change how they *feel* about the character and the story 
now.
>   ***Katie replying: No, it doesn't help me understand, because 
since one of the major themes in HP is bigotry and how bad bigotry 
is, I am suprised that anyone who loves HP thinks homosexuality is 
wrong. I find that upsetting. I guess I am just naive. 
> 
> I am just sorry that JKR wasn't courageous enough to make DD gay 
in canon, instead of this backpedaling stuff in interviews.  KATIE
> 
> 
>   ***Katie replying to her own post:
I apologize if I sounded harsh. Gay rights are a very sensitive 
issue for me, as my beloved father is a gay man, of whom I am very 
proud.

 Maybe I should excuse myself from his discussion...for now, I will 
simply say that DD's being gay doesn't change my view of him, either 
positively or negatively. 

He is who he always was - kind, loving, trusting, naive, imperfect, 
and entirely beloved by me. I will leave my comments at that, for 
now.KATIE
> 
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