When Harry Potter author JK Rowling outed Dumbledore
in October, we were a little disturbed. (JK, there's something called
TRUST!) At least she did it in New York, a safe space. And for those of you asking yourselves "how did the disco-dancing Dumbledore got past their gaydar?" it's called wizardry, Einsteins. Anyhoo, now Rowling
herself is coming out-- against homophobia, which she describes as "a fear of people loving, more than it is of the sexual act." Speaking to Student, Edinburgh University's newspaper (which must have a very good journalism department) Rowling said:
"There
seems to be an innate distaste for the love involved, which I find
absolutely extraordinary.The issue is love. It's not about sex. So
that's what I knew about Dumbledore. And it's relevant only in so much
as he fell in love and was made an utter fool of by love."
But Rowling isn't a total prude. She realizes homosexuality isn't just
about the lovin'. And, like
R. Kelly, she "don't see nothing wrong/ with a little bump and grind." Rowling acknowledges that after falling in love, Dumbledore
"lost his moral compass" for the first time. So that's what the Brits are calling it these days.
