UPDATE! (See below.)

We're delighted to spread the word that Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts Academy for much of the Harry Potter books, was gay. Not just merry. Gay.

The revelation came from series creator JK Rowling at an event held at Carnegie Hall on Friday.

The key Q&A:

Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?

 

My truthful answer to you... I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. [ovation.] ... Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extent? But, he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. Yeah, that's how i always saw Dumbledore. In fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I knew a girl once, whose hair... [laughter]. I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter, "Dumbledore's gay!" [laughter] If I'd known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!

Read the full transcript here.

It begs the question - I mean, just look at them - though...


Gay?

 
Gay?

Gay?

UPDATE!

How could I not see this coming? Dumbledore Pride (yes, we've reached the point where there's a URL called Dumbledore Pride) is selling stylin' Ts. Is that a wand in your pocket or...