My memoir hits the shelves on Tuesday, May 1st, and I am SO DARNED EXCITED FOR YOU TO READ THIS BOOK! Before I sat down to write the first draft, I got myself a tattoo on the back of my left hand. It says “I must not tell lies.” So, A Queer and Pleasant Danger is the truth of me. —Kate Bornstein [Is A Queer and Pleasant Danger—this is her blog] KB is awesome and my tattoo buddy. Check out her memoir — I plan to. I find it interesting that as queer individuals we both got this Harry Potter tattoo for personal, but very different reasons. I look forward to learning about this, and much more.

My memoir hits the shelves on Tuesday, May 1st, and I am SO DARNED EXCITED FOR YOU TO READ THIS BOOK! Before I sat down to write the first draft, I got myself a tattoo on the back of my left hand. It says “I must not tell lies.” So, A Queer and Pleasant Danger is the truth of me.

—Kate Bornstein [Is A Queer and Pleasant Danger—this is her blog]

KB is awesome and my tattoo buddy. Check out her memoir — I plan to. I find it interesting that as queer individuals we both got this Harry Potter tattoo for personal, but very different reasons. I look forward to learning about this, and much more.

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jediwizardhobbit:

I’m kind of hoping, even though it’s not HP, that in her book that’s coming out this year there is a gay couple. She’s already said she’s a supporter and she is going to have SO many people flocking to buy the book. It’s a HUGE opportunity.

^ Brain twins, haha.

(Source: rereadingharry)

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Dan Radcliffe says he’s “very likely” to take on gay role in film next year.

I would watch that movie every day. And probably cry.

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pyrotechnicolour: rereadingharry: thiswigwasmadeforwearing: rereadingharry: justcallmeamuggle: rhianpanda: The 2 boys in the back ground <3 HARRY POTTER SUPPORTS GAY PRIDE Beautiful!! Just gay people, walkin’ arm in arm through the GREAT HALL. In front of everyone. Awesome.  Not only is that a girl’s haircut, on the right, she’s also wearing a skirt… Blast! That one sunk quickly. What do you think, folks? Can we argue that haircuts and outfits are superficial and therefore inconclusive? Are we already willing to go down with this darn ship? THOSE TWO BOYS IN THE BACK ROUND OF THIS SHOT ARE MY OTP!!!  That’s the solidarity I’m looking for! Look, we may not have much canon to fight back with, but we have eachother! We sail with pride!

pyrotechnicolour:

rereadingharry:

thiswigwasmadeforwearing:

rereadingharry:

justcallmeamuggle:

rhianpanda:

The 2 boys in the back ground <3

HARRY POTTER SUPPORTS GAY PRIDE

Beautiful!! Just gay people, walkin’ arm in arm through the GREAT HALL. In front of everyone. Awesome. 

Not only is that a girl’s haircut, on the right, she’s also wearing a skirt…

Blast! That one sunk quickly. What do you think, folks? Can we argue that haircuts and outfits are superficial and therefore inconclusive? Are we already willing to go down with this darn ship?

THOSE TWO BOYS IN THE BACK ROUND OF THIS SHOT ARE MY OTP!!!
 

That’s the solidarity I’m looking for! Look, we may not have much canon to fight back with, but we have eachother! We sail with pride!

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abbyleaf101: rereadingharry: thiswigwasmadeforwearing: rereadingharry: justcallmeamuggle: rhianpanda: The 2 boys in the back ground &lt;3 HARRY POTTER SUPPORTS GAY PRIDE Beautiful!! Just gay people, walkin’ arm in arm through the GREAT HALL. In front of everyone. Awesome.  Not only is that a girl’s haircut, on the right, she’s also wearing a skirt… Blast! That one sunk quickly. What do you think, folks? Can we argue that haircuts and outfits are superficial and therefore inconclusive? Are we already willing to go down with this darn ship? I will never go down with this ship! I have boy’s haircut, and maybe he’s genderqueer? Or making a point? (Or wearing very lose trousers…) Yes, I&#8217;m not sure about the skirt &#8212; it looks like a skirt, but it could be trousers &#8212; we&#8217;ll have to review the DVD for a clearer image. As for the haircut, well, the only different between boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; cuts is that girls&#8217; cost more (at least here they do). I think we could argue that any character in HP might be gender queer, since that is as invisible as any kind of queerness.

abbyleaf101:

rereadingharry:

thiswigwasmadeforwearing:

rereadingharry:

justcallmeamuggle:

rhianpanda:

The 2 boys in the back ground <3

HARRY POTTER SUPPORTS GAY PRIDE

Beautiful!! Just gay people, walkin’ arm in arm through the GREAT HALL. In front of everyone. Awesome. 

Not only is that a girl’s haircut, on the right, she’s also wearing a skirt…

Blast! That one sunk quickly. What do you think, folks? Can we argue that haircuts and outfits are superficial and therefore inconclusive? Are we already willing to go down with this darn ship?

I will never go down with this ship! I have boy’s haircut, and maybe he’s genderqueer? Or making a point? (Or wearing very lose trousers…)

Yes, I’m not sure about the skirt — it looks like a skirt, but it could be trousers — we’ll have to review the DVD for a clearer image. As for the haircut, well, the only different between boys’ and girls’ cuts is that girls’ cost more (at least here they do). I think we could argue that any character in HP might be gender queer, since that is as invisible as any kind of queerness.

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thiswigwasmadeforwearing: rereadingharry: justcallmeamuggle: rhianpanda: The 2 boys in the back ground &lt;3 HARRY POTTER SUPPORTS GAY PRIDE Beautiful!! Just gay people, walkin’ arm in arm through the GREAT HALL. In front of everyone. Awesome.  Not only is that a girl’s haircut, on the right, she’s also wearing a skirt… Blast! That one sunk quickly. What do you think, folks? Can we argue that haircuts and outfits are superficial and therefore inconclusive? Are we already willing to go down with this darn ship?

thiswigwasmadeforwearing:

rereadingharry:

justcallmeamuggle:

rhianpanda:

The 2 boys in the back ground <3

HARRY POTTER SUPPORTS GAY PRIDE

Beautiful!! Just gay people, walkin’ arm in arm through the GREAT HALL. In front of everyone. Awesome. 

Not only is that a girl’s haircut, on the right, she’s also wearing a skirt…

Blast! That one sunk quickly. What do you think, folks? Can we argue that haircuts and outfits are superficial and therefore inconclusive? Are we already willing to go down with this darn ship?

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ampersandstringquartet:

Homonum Revelio: chaoticwhim: rereadingharry: unkewlioso: oppressionisyucky: I feel…

mareadriaticum:

ampersandstringquartet:

chaoticwhim:

rereadingharry:

unkewlioso:

oppressionisyucky:

I feel like making Dumbledore THE ONLY GAY CHARACTER and also making him have to be super in the closet and live alone forever sends a horrid message if we’re all being frank here.

It was also the 90s; if JKR…

Also, a little silly thing that someone’s probably already mentioned; throughout the books Dumbledore had problems with ‘those crazy people interfering with our school’. They flipped their shit about Remus teaching and about the Chamber of Secrets and all sorts of weird things - I was always under the impression that had he been an openly gay headmaster the conservative wizards would have scooted their kids away from Hogwarts as fast as they could.

Muggle headteachers worried enough about that in the 90s.

Section 28 (a section of the Education Act that prevented schools from promoting homosexuality and which school management often interpreted as preventing the discussion of homosexuality) might not have been in force in magical schools but that was certainly the educational climate in the UK back then. Things aren’t perfect now but the repeal of Section 28 during the first Blair government has at least made that better.

I was at school in Britain in the 90s, and we had our fair share of Umbridges around…

Yeah, I was thinking about the Muggle equivalent (not just in relation to the book but the story; not just about censorship of the series but of how we relate to JK’s world) and even now I’m pretty sure that a headmaster of a similar structure to Hogwarts (even on a smaller scale) in the Muggle world would never be openly gay or queer in any way at least without big repurcussions.

Living the cynical life 2011.

^^This is an interesting addition. We don’t really know what attitudes the wizarding world had towards homosexuality — JKR has made opposing statements about it. 

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Yes. Gay as cauldron full of Cornish pixies. Or something.

Yes. Gay as cauldron full of Cornish pixies. Or something.

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That uncool moment when pointing out gay subtext earns the response “Not everyone is gay, ok?”

No, obviously not. If they were, I wouldn’t have to search out subtext for my sanity.

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Alfonso Cuarón told him to play the character as if he were a ‘gay junkie.’ Only when Thewlis realized his character ended up with Nymphadora Tonks, a woman, did he have to, in the words of Moviefone, ‘reign in his gayness.’"
—David Thewlis Accidentally Made Harry Potter Professor Lupin A Gay Crackhead / Queerty

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“The Harry Potter series feels like home. On my eleventh birthday, I stayed up all night waiting for my Hogwarts acceptance letter, but nothing came.” — Chris Colfer (Marie Claire)

“The Harry Potter series feels like home. On my eleventh birthday, I stayed up all night waiting for my Hogwarts acceptance letter, but nothing came.” — Chris Colfer (Marie Claire)

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Examining a photo of Daniel Radcliffe in Cineplex Magazine.

  • V: He's so hot.
  • Me: Is he?
  • C: No.
  • Me: It's hilarious how much girls disagree on who's attractive. It fascinates me. Boys, we don't disagree as drastically.
  • V: I didn't used to think he was, but suddenly...
  • Me: Well, he did get the jaw just recently.
  • V: I just realized you said "we."
  • Me: I know! It sort of popped out.
  • C: I just hate his face.
  • Me: See, I love his face.
  • C: Maybe that's the problem. He's too feminine.
  • V: He's not! He has facial hair!

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Wolfstar is my OTP 4eva (in any fandom), but that doesn’t mean I hate or resent Tonks.

becauseproperteaistheft:

Hurrah for queering relationships!  Not everyone subscribes to a monogamous, heteronormative/homonormative view of love!

Hey! Good point. Relationships don’t follow rules. 

(Source: bummmercamp)

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i seriously think jo rowling unconsciously wrote harry gay…

chels-snape:

living-death:

…or bi… or something. he just can NOT be 100% straight.

i.e. he’s not affected as much by fleur as ron seems to be… ron walked up the stairs to the girl’s dormitory first so it changed to a slide before hary could go on… harry doesn’t really check out girls/woman… etc.

Totally agree. I just don’t think gender and physical sexuality are as important to Harry at what goes on in the heart and mind. His attraction to Ginny wasn’t based on her pretty face or rockin’ bod, but on her “blazing look”.

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