[HPforGrownups] Canon citation requested (was Re: The problems with DD being gay

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 178472

From: juli17 at aol.com
>Skipping the whole pedophile/teenageboyophile (whatever it's called)  
>bit--which I find
>completely nonsensical, as I see not a shred of evidence in canon that  
>Dumbledore's
>leniency with certain students is anything other than mere  fondness of an 
>adult for a 
>child under his guidance--a lot of posters are arguing that there was never  
>any canon
>that supported Dumbledore being gay. My question to those who protest based  
>on this
>argument is...Please state the canon that supported Dumbledore being  
>straight.

There are numerous character details in the books which have no relevance whatsoever to the plot. For example, while we assume the Patil twins are of Indian descent from their last name, their ancestry has no effect on the story whatsoever (nor is the fact that they are twins; the fact that they are sisters has only the most minor effect on the story). For all we know, they are incestuous lesbian lovers, as well (there is certainly as much evidence of that as there is that Dumbledore is gay).

Bart