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Oct 21, 2007 11:09

I love it here, don't get me wrong, but sometimes it gets hard. People here are homophobic. And there is really no denying it either. I tried for a bit, just because intolerance of any sort makes me REALLY uncomfortable, but I can't anymore. When at the breakfast table, you find out your friends are highly disappointed that Dumbledore is gay, it's ( Read more... )

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hologrammatical October 21 2007, 17:37:08 UTC
Oh nooo, Mia!! There must be happy open people in Scotland!! There has to be! Scotland's too ridiculous not to have them (granted, I have never actually been there...but I watch a lot of Highlander? Maybe that counts for something? ^^)
But...is there any kind of LGBT group on campus? Or at another college nearby (if there is one?)

ALSO!!! Dumbledore, Dumbledore...I totally KNEW those letters he and Grindlewald were writing back and forth were indicative of something deeper, dangit!! Except...then I thought that was just my brain slashing everything...constantly..BUT BWEEEE!! I WAS RIGHT!!! *ships* now if only she'd go ahead and make Remus/Sirius canon too

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castle_building October 21 2007, 23:17:17 UTC
Yeah, there are. I was just having a moment of angst, really. There are AWESOME people here, and I love them and their AMAZING accents.

Haha, yeah. It makes total sense. I take pleasure in thinking about all the crazy religious people who already hated the books adding this to their lists. :P I just hope there aren't too many people who go down the thought process of getting being gay confused with being a pedophile... because it is a common misconception, unfortunately. :( I don't want anyone to have Harry and Dumbledore's relationship ruined.

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hologrammatical October 28 2007, 15:21:54 UTC
Yeeah...But heh...I think JKR was already mocking those people when she wrote that chapter with that article on Dumbledore's life..where Rita Skeeter was speculating on the "healthiness" of his relationship with Harry...And Harry was all "WTF oO;;"

YAY JKR *^^*

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