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Dumbledore Is Gay: Rowling

Harry Potter author outs the Hogwarts headmaster in talk at Carnegie Hall

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2007 7:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – "I always thought of Dumbledore as gay," J.K. Rowling confided last night to cheers from a sellout crowd in New York, reports the AP. "If I had known this would have made you this happy, I would have told you years... Read full story »

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