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# Here's J.K. Rowling's Perfect Tweet About Dumbledore's Sexuality

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## Laura Stampler


Mar 24, 2015 7:55 PM UTC

by 

[Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/)


## Laura Stampler


Mar 24, 2015 7:55 PM UTC

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/) 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/) 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)

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