Comments on: Thoughts on Rowling’s Revelation that Dumbledore is Gay

By: On Dumbledore and Sexuality « Will God keep gumtrees?

On Dumbledore and Sexuality « Will God keep gumtrees? — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:42:33 +0000

[...] December 11, 2007 by andrewerrington Alastair has posted a wonderful reflection on J. K. Rowling’s revelation that Dumbledore is gay. Here’s a sample: Undoubtedly we are sexual beings, but our sexuality belongs, I believe, within bounds. There are parts of life that should be non-sexualized. This is part of what concerns me about many of the things associated with the ‘outing’ or ‘coming out’ of homosexuals. By defining the person too much in terms of their sexuality, sexuality in general is brought out of the contexts in which it belongs and starts to invade every area of life. I don’t like being called ‘heterosexual’ for a host of reasons, but one of these reasons is that, although I do possess a sexual nature, it is not something that I believe belongs in most contexts of discourse… [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:35:41 +0000

Thanks Alastair. This is a really great post.

By: Dumbledore as gay « VIRTUOUS WIZARDRY

Dumbledore as gay « VIRTUOUS WIZARDRY — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:21:34 +0000

[...] November 7th, 2007 I must admit that J.K. Rowling’s revelation that Dumbledore is/was gay is a bad thing. Not necessarily the fact that he’s gay, but the fact that these kind of revelations cheapens the novels. Alastair over at the alastair.adversaria blog has some interesting thought on this. I recommend a read. Here is some excerpts: I can’t say that I am especially surprised by this revelation. I am, however, disappointed. Revealing such details about characters outside of the books cheapens the books themselves. (…) In an important sense the books ceased to be Rowling’s on the day they were published. The printed books are the canon; we have no desire for an authoritative oral tradition interpreting the books for us. I preferred it when such issues as whether Neville Longbottom would get married or whether Dumbledore was ‘gay’ were open questions and we were left with ambiguities concerning which we could make up our own minds. (…) [...]

By: Al

Al — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:30:14 +0000

No, I hadn’t. Thanks for bringing them to my attention.

By: Tim Enloe

Tim Enloe — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:37:22 +0000

Alastair, have you seen these articles about the issue? 1, 2, 3

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:32:43 +0000

Great thoughts here, Alastair. You saved me a blog post (I’ll just link to yours). Thanks.