DD Gay? or just in JKR's head?

[Karen Lewellen]

No: HPFGUIDX 178502

Can someone explain why this really matters so much?

By his own admission to Harry, DD had things in his life that he 
felt would give Harry cause to not respect him.  Sure Rita hinted.. 
rather loudly truth be told that something there might have been 
sexual. And of course JK actually said I always *thought of him* 
as gay."  Not that he was a flaming drag queen or something.

My thought is...so what?  You cannot live as long as DD did 
without experiencing the highs and lows of being human, no 
matter his ability. Frankly it all, DD's  struggles and Snape's 
too for that matter just adds to the epic nature of the entire 
series in my view.

Also, although perhaps this should go in another post, but did 
anyone ever consider that the narrator is is not flawed, but 
writing at Harry's level of understanding, I. E..the level of 
understanding of the reader given the book you are reading?

Frankly all the focus on what DD did in his private live is 
rather over blown in my opinion. I always thought Gandalf the 
Grey was gay too.

Karen