Apparently, J. K. Rowling has “outed” one of her Harry Potter characters (Dumbledore) and this merited a mention on CNN.com.
What interested me was how Potter fans deduced Dumbledore might be gay.
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Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past. And explicit scenes with Dumbledore already have appeared in fan fiction.
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