His feelings initially blinded him to the harmfulness of Grindelwald's anti- Muggle views and caused him to ' his moral compass completely'.

In his youth, Albus Dumbledore fell in love with his best friend, Gellert Grindelwald. Albus DumbledoreĪlbus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald together in 1899 Nora Treadwell, a witch who attended Hogwarts, met fellow female student Priya and married her by the 1890s. Sirona Ryan, the proprietary of the Three Broomsticks Inn in the 1890s, was transgender. Mirabel Garlick, a Herbology Professor at Hogwarts in the 1890s, was attracted to other witches. Simon Talmadge, a Hogwarts student in the 1820s, was attracted to Gwydion Idris after he stood up for him against the bully Mabel. The two witches Nora Treadwell and Priya Treadwell were married in the 19th century, showing that same-sex marriage was legal in the wizarding community of at least some countries at that time. There were many known LGBTQ+ individuals in the wizarding world. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was considered a 'safe place' for LGBTQ+ individuals. Wizarding prejudices were instead concerned with a person's blood status and magical prowess.

While homosexuality often made people the target of discrimination, harassment and violence in the Muggle world, witches and wizards tended to be tolerant of or indifferent toward gays and lesbians. Some orientations are: heterosexuality (attraction to people of the opposite sex), homosexuality (attraction to people of the same sex), bisexuality (attraction to two or more sexes, typically both male and female) and asexuality (lack of sexual attraction or desire). Sexual orientation is a pattern of romantic and/or sexual attraction to other people. Torquil Travers: ' You and Grindelwald were as close as brothers.' Albus Dumbledore: ' We were closer than brothers.' - Albus Dumbledore talking about his relationship with a young Gellert Grindelwald Īlbus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, who were ' closer than brothers'

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