After the outing of Albus Dumbledore, professor and director of Hogwarts school, a fictional character created by writer JK Rowling, author of Harry Potter, a 36-year-old English boy is literally suffering prejudice and discrimination firsthand.
The matter was news in the tabloid The Sun. About a year ago, Paul Croft had the image of Potter's mentor tattooed on his back with the names of his five children next to it. Children are fans of the little wizard.
Paul says that when he arrived at his job he had to hear jokes like “watch your back” or comments like “you heard about Dumbledore”. The Englishman says that at the time she got the tattoo it seemed like a good idea to honor her children and claims that she does not regret the brand, nor does she want to get rid of it”.
Dumbledore's coming out of the closet happened last week, during a debate with the series' author. When asked by a fan whether the wizard had found his true love, the writer revealed that Dumbledore is gay and his great passion was a dark wizard, who he defeated in a battle of good versus evil.
The subject is generating several jokes. There is a parody of the cover of People magazine circulating around the internet in which Dumbledore is on the cover with the headline "I'm gay". On the false cover there is also a call for other "subjects". The little witch Hermione asks if the statement was true or if it was just a joke by (Draco) Malfoy, the characters' antagonist. The story's villain Voldemort also appears on the cover with the words "I already knew".
