--- description: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling got a little sassy on social media title: J.K. Rowling Gets Real About Dumbledore image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's J.K. Rowling's Perfect Tweet About Dumbledore's Sexuality by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 7:55 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 7:55 PM CUT Whether she has 896 pages or 140 characters, J.K. Rowling always finds room to spout infinite wisdom. On Tuesday, a fan tweeted to the [social media-friendly](http://time.com/3732203/the-30-most-influential-people-on-the-internet/ "undefined") writer to ask about Dumbledore being gay, which was revealed after Rowling finished the Harry Potter series. “I wonder why you said that Dumbledore is a gay because I can’t see him in that way,” Ana Kocovic said. Rowling’s response was short, sassy, and spot on: > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/580414479604822016) The fan responded positively to Rowling’s answer: > [](https://twitter.com/anakocovic21/status/580415134969008128) This isn’t Rowling’s first time talking about LGBT issues in the wizarding community on Twitter. When a fan [asked](http://time.com/3640133/lgbt-students-hogwarts/ "undefined") if Hogwarts was a safe place for LGBT students in December, Rowling responded by tweeting an image made by the Youth Project, based in Nova Scotia: > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/544998416414412801) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3756860/jk-rowling-harry-potter-dumbledore-gay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3756860/jk-rowling-harry-potter-dumbledore-gay/"},"headline":"Here's J.K. Rowling's Perfect Tweet About Dumbledore's Sexuality","datePublished":"2015-03-24T19:55:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:59.516Z","description":"The author often tackles LGBT issues in the wizarding community on social media","url":"https://time.com/3756860/jk-rowling-harry-potter-dumbledore-gay/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","viral","twitter","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3756860/jk-rowling-harry-potter-dumbledore-gay/","name":"Here's J.K. Rowling's Perfect Tweet About Dumbledore's Sexuality"}}]}] ```