It caused a bit of controversy when JK Rowling revealed back in 2007 that one of the major characters from her Harry Potter series, Album Dumbledore, was gay.
So much so that someone would occasionally ask her a question about this decision. One such incident happened recently when a fan asked her this question in a tweet that has since been deleted.
“Thank you so much for writing Harry Potter. I wonder why you said that Dumbledore is a gay because I can’t see him in that way.”
The fantasy author, without missing a beat responded in a smart and beautiful way:
.@anakocovic21 Maybe because gay people just look like… people?
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 24, 2015
The fan most probably seeing the logic of the response, then proceeded to agree and praised the author with her reply.
@jk_rowling amazing answer… Yes you are absolutely right. Such an inspiration!!!
J.K. Rowling was praised for her response, but some twitter users thought that the fan’s question were out of line, which led to her deleting all of her tweets. This prompted Rowling to come to her defense ;
A minority of people are rushing to judgement without the facts, so here they are: @anakocovic21 did NOT ask an offensive question!
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 25, 2015
My reply to her question was gentle and her response was very sweet. Read the full conversation here: http://t.co/GYXXWSPfwn
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 25, 2015
Now that is one classy lady!
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