BINGO!!!! I don't believe she started to make Dumbledore into a gay person until much later and only so she could move into certain circles. Kind of ruins the whole series for some but the rest of the world will applaud. Funny how she didn't announce this until AFTER the last book was well published.
Well, what does it matter if you gain the whole world but lose your soul?
You know what - maybe Rowling is sneakier than we’re giving her credit for. I think Dumbledore has been living a chaste life since his infatuation with Grimblewald, which isn’t to say that he ever carried out that infatuation in a physical sense.
So what we have is a celibate, chaste man who experienced homosexual inclinations. He overcame them as he overcame his lust for power and ruling over others. Maybe Rowling believes that this is how people with homosexual inclinations should live, but she can’t say so straight out. Dumbledore’s love for Grindlewald was a sick love with evil consequences and he GAVE IT UP.
Personally, I wish she had kept this bit of backstory to herself, but Snape’s strategic/mercy killing of Dumbledore bothered me a lot more. That’s just wrong, and no time to atone after.
Well, what does it matter if you gain the whole world but lose your soul?
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A tad melodramatic under the circumstances, don’t you think? We’re talking about a fictional character.