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== [[Literature]] ==

* Dumbledore from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''. Rowling outed him only after the end of the series, and as a result of a fan asking her if he'd ever found love himself. This created widely varying interpretations of her reasons for doing so: while some considered there was [[Ho Yay|subtext]] about it in the last novel, others didn't believe it. There were also some more... [https://web.archive.org/web/20121214031841/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Dumbledore_is_Gay "interesting" reactions.] Another, more private outing occurred before this- during a scriptwriting meeting for one of the [[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]] films, she handed back a script page in which Dumbledore spoke about a girl he "knew" once with a note saying "He's gay!" [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/arts/29conn.html?_r=1 Several] [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025042354/http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/2007/10/23/dumbledore-is-not-gay-taking-stories-more-seriously-than-the-author/ critics] doubted that Dumbledore's sexuality was canon, relating to the [[Death of the Author]] concept. Author [[John Scalzi]] wrote [http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/10/29/what-authors-know-about-their-characters/ a defense of Rowling's decision to reveal Dumbledore's sexuality] in response to a critic.

* Dumbledore from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''. Rowling outed him only after the end of the series, and as a result of a fan asking her if he'd ever found love himself. This created widely varying interpretations of her reasons for doing so: while some considered there was [[Ho Yay|subtext]] about it in the last novel, others didn't believe it. There were also some more... [https://web.archive.org/web/20121214031841/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Dumbledore_is_Gay "interesting" reactions.] Another, more private outing occurred before this -- during a scriptwriting meeting for one of the [[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]] films, she handed back a script page in which Dumbledore spoke about a girl he "knew" once with a note saying "He's gay!" [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/arts/29conn.html?_r=1 Several] [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025042354/http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/2007/10/23/dumbledore-is-not-gay-taking-stories-more-seriously-than-the-author/ critics] doubted that Dumbledore's sexuality was canon, relating to the [[Death of the Author]] concept. Author [[John Scalzi]] wrote [http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/10/29/what-authors-know-about-their-characters/ a defense of Rowling's decision to reveal Dumbledore's sexuality] in response to a critic.

** Apparently, the script-incident actually provoked Rowling into stating this. There's also a rationale: He kept out of romantic relationships and such because he once fell for a man and neglected his family, resulting in horrible consequences and the death of his sister. Essentially, Dumbledore is gay, but a [[Celibate Hero]]. This is also why Dumbledore isn't a case of [[Bury Your Gays]]: he died not as a direct result of being gay, but to help his proteges.

*** This man he fell for was [[Evil Overlord|Gellert Grindelwald]], who was the Wizarding World's equivalent of [[Adolf Hitler]] (and possibly the secret [[The Chessmaster|puppetmaster]] behind the real Hitler). That would probably scare ''anyone'' into a lifetime of celibacy!