dumbledore is gay

I read this article this morning about how Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling had told a room full of kids that her character Dumbledore is gay.

I liked the article. It's written by a gay man, who thinks that it's good if the world sees that respected and loved teachers can be gay because not everyone knows that.

He also says:

This is not a great moment to be a gay consumer of pop culture. In mainstream movies, gay characters are almost nonexistent — we are, once again, the 98-pound weakling who needs Adam Sandler to reassure the straights that we're just plain folks.

One argument the writer makes is that if gay people turned purple over night homophobia would disappear. Why? Because people would realize that they already know and like and trust gay people: their grocer, their teacher, or their niece or nephew. Realizing this, they would no longer be able to hate, or be fearful.

That made sense to me. I told Dan.

His comment: "Black people are black?"

I bet the guy who wrote the article is white, just like me. Only white people overlook the fact that skin color matters. And only people of color will ever point out their mistake. You are lucky if a person of color will point out your mistake.