Harry Potter character outed as gay by author.

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series of books, was speaking to a full house of fans at Carnegie Hall yesterday and taking questions. One fan asked if Dumbledore ever had found “true love.” Rowling suprised the audience by saying: “Dumbledore is gay” and revealed that in her imagination he was previously in love with his rival Gellert Grindelwald.

Apparently after a few seconds to think about it the young audience started applauding. Rowling was a bit surprised and said: “I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy.

Rowlings said that one of the film scripts she was shown referred to Dumbledore having been smitten with a female but she made sure the director was informed about how she saw the character.

Rowlings said that she sees her novels as a “prolonged argument for tolerance” and as a plea for fans to “question authority.”

She acknowledges that Christian groups have targeted her as evil, claiming the books promote Satanism and says this will just give them one more reason to dislike her. She doesn’t appeared worried.

A Harry Potter film promotion you aren't likely to see.

First full body nude shot of Radcliffe is out.

Tonight is the night that Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter, bares all on stage in a 10 minute full frontal nude scene that has the internet hopping, fundamentalists fuming and teen-age girls (and some boys) swooning. And here is the first full body nude shot of Radcliffe released. No doubt there will be more due to the wonders of technology.

If you missed some of the previous photos that were released you can see them here and here.