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Harry Potter   author J.K. Rowling suggested that the series' new prequel film   Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them   will feature a same-sex relationship between prominent characters. In 2007, Rowling said she always viewed Albus Dumbledore , the wizarding school's wise, gifted headmaster, as gay. Dumbledore is a Gandalf -like character and mentor to the series' protagonist. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them  will feature Dumbledore "as a younger man and quite a troubled man," Rowling said at a press conference on Thursday. "As far as his sexuality is concerned ... Watch this space." "He wasn't always the sage," according to Rowling, "We’ll see him at that formative period of his life." She said there will be "lots to unpack" in Dumbledore's youthful friendship with one of his contemporaries, who later turns evil. Rowling suggested the sequel to  Fantastic Beasts   and Where to Find Them

The Heroes of Olympus (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The fourth installment of the popular young teen literature series   The Heroes of Olympus   features a protagonist coming out as homosexual. Rick Riordan’s   House of Hades   is part of the mythological fantasy adventure series that forms a sequel to the   Percy Jackson & the Olympians   series. According to online reviews , the 2013 book, which remains popular among children and in schools, is riddled with crude humor . Readers   learn   in   House of Hades   that Nico , a 14-year-old demigod, identifies himself as gay and has romantic feelings for another male character. Pro-LGBT online reviews   hail Nico as a “positive representation of a gay person in fiction,” “one of the most central, important and powerful heroes in the stories,” and “one of the most popular characters among readers.” Fan sites   indicate   he later enters a relationship with another male character. Scholastic lists the book   as appropriate r

English: J.K. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at the Easter Egg Roll at White House (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) J.K. Rowling , author of the controversial Harry Potter children’s book series , confirmed by way of a tweeted response to a fan's question that homosexual students would most certainly attend her fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . When a Harry Potter fan asked if “it's safe to assume that Hogwarts had a variety of people and it's a safe place for LGBT students”, Rowling  tweeted , "but of course." Along with this response Rowling posted a rainbow-trimmed picture with the words, "If Harry Potter taught us anything it’s that no one should live in a closet."T  his is the second time Rowling has informed her fans that homosexuality was a normal part of her stories aimed at children. At Carnegie Hall during her 2007 US book tour, in response to a question by a fan, Rowling announced that