Homosexuality in the news.

Dumbledore is gay. So says the person that created him. That's all cool. Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell welcomed the news about Dumbledore and said: "It's good that children's literature includes the reality of gay people, since we exist in every society." Complete agreement as well. Harry Potter wields enough influence to help change this generation's minds about homosexuality. But check this out. A spokesman for gay rights group Stonewall added: "It's great that JK has said this. It shows that there's no limit to what gay and lesbian people can do, even being a wizard headmaster." It show that there is not limit? Are you so blinded by your desire for equality and acceptance that such an obvious logical gap can escape you? Dumbledore is fictional. Him being headmaster of Hogwarts proves nothing. Because Hogwarts doesn't exist. Sure, gay people are just as capable of achievement as straight people are. But having a character in popular fiction being gay just shows that the author isn't homophobic. We can't use him as proof that gays aren't inferior because this person is the figment of one woman's imagination.

Also somewhat interesting is the rumour that our astronaut is gay. I can already hear all the women groaning about how all the good looking guys are gay. But the absolutely amazing part is that he is a Muslim. And now a national hero. I found myself wondering what would happen if someone went ahead and scandalized this thing. Then the Jabatan Agama Islam will have to ostracize him. But will be reluctant to do so because he is a national hero. And Malaysian Muslimness will come into question. The role model of developing Muslim countries will have to explain why they put the honour of the country in the hands of a gay person. And why they made a hero out of a homosexual. The thought of those bearded polygamists squirming under the spotlight shone by their 'pious' counterparts is almost funny. But that would mean our astronaut having to go through a bloody nightmare, and I wouldn't wish that on even my worst enemies. (Okay, maybe I would, but the good doctor isn't my enemy.)