How Did Harry Potter Prequel Fantastic Beasts Explore Albus Dumbledore’s Sexuality?(Photo Credit –Prime Video)

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After years of tiptoeing around it, the Fantastic Beasts franchise finally put it out there, plain and simple. It revealed how Albus Dumbledore, the sharpest mind at Hogwarts and the calmest wand in the room, once had more than just a strategic connection with dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. And this time, it was not buried in subtext or left for fans to decode. It was right there in the movie.

Did Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Confirm The Latter’s Sexual Identity?

From the very first scene of 2022’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the truth came out like a spell waiting too long to be cast. Dumbledore opened up during a quiet meeting with Grindelwald. What was once just a rumor between book lines was now part of the actual storyline. And it wasn’t just a vague nod. It was personal. That one conversation spelled out a truth many had long suspected, and the franchise had never really confirmed it out loud.

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Years ago, J.K. Rowling had already waved the wand on Dumbledore’s sexuality. As Metro UK shared, at a live event in New York City in 2007, she told fans that she “always saw Dumbledore as gay.” It created a stir, sure. But the thing was, it never made its way into the movies—not the main series, not even the early Fantastic Beasts films. It stayed backstage, in interviews and headlines. But with Secrets of Dumbledore, it stepped into the spotlight.