Mmm-hm:-
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed that one of her characters, Hogwarts school headmaster Albus Dumbledore, is gay.
The religious right would be up in arms about this, if they weren’t already up in arms about Harry Potter generally.
It doesn’t seem to me like a particularly brave decision to retroactively announce that a character is gay, AFTER the books have been released and made all the money. Can Dumbledore even be considered gay when, as I understand it, absolutely no reference (explicit, implied or otherwise) is made to the fact in the books?
Anyway, look out for some unsettling slash stories to hit a fanfic site near you soon — just as soon as I’ve written them.