Love to Matt of the Whomping Willows

[pegkerr]

Love and smooches to Matt of The Whomping Willows. With the recent announcement from JK Rowling that Albus Dumbledore is, in fact, gay, Matt wrote in a recent blog post, "I think the bottom line is that Dumbledore’s sexuality is just a part of his personal being. It’s obviously significant in how he dealt with Grindelwald, but it doesn’t necessarily have any bearing in how he dealt with Harry, Snape, Remus, Draco, Hermione, Hagrid, or anyone else. If we want to spend time analyzing Rowling’s political and social intent — well, she’s confirmed that one of her goals with HP is to promote tolerance." Read the rest here.

A few days later he followed up with another blog in response to fans being angered over this information. He says, "If you believe that Dumbledore’s being gay would lead him to think about/desire/pursue a sexual relationship with Harry during Harry’s years at Hogwarts, then I seriously don’t want you to support my band. I don’t want your money. I don’t want your myspace plays or page hits. I don’t want anything to do with you until you clean up your act . . . Also, I figure this is a great time to announce that the next Wizards and Muggles Rock For Social Justice CD will benefit both the Harry Potter Alliance AND Marriage Equality Rhode Island." More of the entry can be found here.

Rock on, Matt.

Comments

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

That ... is awesome.

[mplsvala.livejournal.com]

Cool beans. Good for Matt.

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

A good stand, and some sucky fans.

Apparently, some people of any sexual persuasion can't keep their behavior within reasonable social bounds (both heterosexuals and homosexuals occasionally hit on underage people, for example; all the way through the very occasional kidnapping-rape-murder scenarios). Very likely even more people have interest *in their heads*, but keep their *behavior* harmless (which is all society can reasonably ask).

The thing is, this problem is essentially *independent* of sexual orientation.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Wow. I just read both posts in their entirety, and I have chills.

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

"A Heart Worth Loving" just came up on my iPod, which reminded me to write and thank you for the recommendation. I can't wait to include it in some Christmas mixes and watch my people first listen to it as a good rock ballad before realizing what it's about. (Don't tell, guys!)

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! I'm so glad that you told me. I LOVE that song, and I've been dying to introduce it with someone, anyone, who would come to love it as much as I do. Thanks for letting me know.