Dumbledore Finally Comes Out in SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE

“What happened is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.”

In 2007, after the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, author J.K. Rowling told the world that she considers Albus Dumbledore to be canonically gay. This statement seemed to displease everyone. The conservative Christian community disliked the idea that the nearly spotless books and films were now questionable material, while the LGBT community felt they were robbed of the dignity of making the beloved character gay in print.

As far as uninformed readers were concerned Albus Dumbledore was just an old man in a funny robe... until now.

After years of staying in the closet Albus Dumbledore finally has his sexual preferences made clear in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

During the film it is revealed that Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald were once young lovers and while they were together they entered into some kind of magical pact that prevents them from engaging in direct combat. [NOTE: It does make you wonder what kind of relationship requires that kind of pre-nuptial agreement, but I digress.]

Jude Law is the third actor to play Dumbledore, with Mad Mikkelson being the fifth actor to play Grindelwald. With a budget of $185 million, this is most likely the largest theatrical release to have both the title hero and the main villain be openly gay.

Some notes for Christian parents trying to navigate this content:

• The Harry Potter books and films contain no LGBT content of any kind, although Dumbledore and Grindelwald are part of that story.
• The two previous Fantastic Beasts films have no apparent LGBT content, but parents wanting to avoid those topics might just as well stop at the final Harry Potter film, with most critics agreeing that the Fantastic Beasts films are not as memorable or enjoyable as the eight Harry Potter films anyway.
• While J.K. Rowling was once considered to be progressive for making Dumbledore gay, she has come under scrutiny in recent years for her stance against biological men who identify as women competing in women's sports and receiving special treatment when committing crimes against biological women. While this does not make her a conservative Christian, it does make it worth noting that Secrets of Dumbledore contains no transgender characters or statements against transgenderism.
• The film is going to be released in China, so it is possible that dialogue and references to any LGBT content will be light and easily edited out for those releases.