You'll have to tell us someday how your gay mum got together with your dad! Was it hippie experimentation?
The complaints about the outing are making me roll my eyes. I can't think of anything to complain about. JKR never had an obligation to tell us flat-out that Dumbledore was gay, and kudos to her for doing so. Think of what it means to a young person just beginning to understand their attraction to the same sex that a popular book character, perhaps the most powerful wizard in the series next to Voldie and HP, is gay as well. Although things have been looking up for us in the States recently (legal gay marriage in Massachusetts and coming soon to other states), homophobia is unfortunately alive and well here, and I think that the growing presence of gays in mainstream media will do much to sway the tide towards equal rights for all citizens.
And what is the canonical suggestion you're referring to in regard to Draco's homosexuality? As you know, I see subtext everywhere, and I wondered if you caught something I hadn't noticed.
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The complaints about the outing are making me roll my eyes. I can't think of anything to complain about. JKR never had an obligation to tell us flat-out that Dumbledore was gay, and kudos to her for doing so. Think of what it means to a young person just beginning to understand their attraction to the same sex that a popular book character, perhaps the most powerful wizard in the series next to Voldie and HP, is gay as well. Although things have been looking up for us in the States recently (legal gay marriage in Massachusetts and coming soon to other states), homophobia is unfortunately alive and well here, and I think that the growing presence of gays in mainstream media will do much to sway the tide towards equal rights for all citizens.
And what is the canonical suggestion you're referring to in regard to Draco's homosexuality? As you know, I see subtext everywhere, and I wondered if you caught something I hadn't noticed.