I can't help that feel that it's just for effect though. If she wanted to make more of a stand for gay characters then she could have done it more obviously. After all, the books have sold, she's minted.
She could have introduced a gay character with no effort at all, and that would have done far more to help the cause, but I would imagine that her PR team warned her against it.
I agree that her PR team probably warned her against it- would have been nice if she'd been more explicit. Judging on all the hubbub now, she may have decided that the possible uproar over Dumbledore's sexuality would detract from the other elements of the book. Now she's just enjoying the attention.
There have been YA books with gay characters before, obviously, but never one with the immense popularity of the Harry Potter series. That's why this seems like such an important move to me.
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Date: 2007-10-21 08:29 am (UTC)She could have introduced a gay character with no effort at all, and that would have done far more to help the cause, but I would imagine that her PR team warned her against it.
As for "the start" I can't agree, there have been tons of YA books with gay characters. here's some : http://alexsanchez.com/gay_teen_books.htm
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Date: 2007-10-21 02:22 pm (UTC)There have been YA books with gay characters before, obviously, but never one with the immense popularity of the Harry Potter series. That's why this seems like such an important move to me.