J. K. Rowling: 'Hogwarts would have been a safe place for LGBT students'

J.K. Rowling has revealed that Hogwarts would have been a “safe place” for LGBT students.

During a Twitter Q&A this week (December 16), the Harry Potter author told a fan that she believes gay students at the School for Witchcraft and Wizardry would have had a support network in place to help them thrive during their time studying.

@jk_rowling do you think there are a lot of LGBT students in modern age Hogwarts? I like to imagine they formed an LGBT club

— tiny gay tati // 7 (@claraoswiin) December 16, 2014

Rowling went on to retweet a Harry Potter meme that argues “no one should live in the closet”:

.@claraoswiin But of course. pic.twitter.com/Galu47MT4X

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 16, 2014

Earlier this year (September), Rowling hit back at a homophobic Harry Potter reader who told her that he was no longer a fan of the series after finding out that Albus Dumbledore was a gay man – find out more here.

Meanwhile, a recent study at an Italian university found that reading Rowling’s Harry Potter novels can make children more accepting of gay people – read more here.

J. K. Rowling: ‘Hogwarts would have been a safe place for LGBT students’

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