Which nothing to with how you were born. It's about not having to include sex in kids books.

So is harry and ginny "sex"? No, they're just a relationship. So why not include a relationship like that with gay characters?

@Cat of Inspiration

I'm not a fan of shipping etc. And found the whole Yule ball and romance aspect of the HP novels pretty cliche and boring.

There are plenty of complex and worthwhile subjects covered by the HP series- sexual preference wasn't one of them

@The Dark Marc At least your consistent. You don't want any romance in kids books, whether it's straight or gay. Understandable.

And being lgbt is not sexual. When you were 5 to 12 years old and had crushes on kids of the opposite gender did you want to pin them to the wall and be intimate with them? No, you wanted to be near them them, had butterflies in your stomach, and were all giggly.

Cis-Straight kids have non sexual, romantic crushes all the time on kids of the opposite gender, lgbt kids have the same kind of crushes on kids the same gender. There already is romance in Harry Potter, majority of which is PG, so why is that romance ok but minor lgbt mentions sexual?

@Cat of Inspiration

Thanks. That was the point I was trying to get across. As I said- i get that these issues are real and that they are important- and I'm a big fan of how the Fantastic Beasts series tried to explore that aspect more- because it's about adult characters.

and I'm a big fan of how the Fantastic Beasts series tried to explore that aspect more- because it's about adult characters.

This is the only thing I want to add. Though young audiences read harry potter, and the characters do start out very young, the majority of the time they are teenagers. And like it or not, teenagers ddefinitely have romantic (and sometimes even sexual) relationships irl. And they always have. Saying that they won't have those natural impulses towards each other isn't realistic. Adolescents have been oriented on their sexuality since the beginning of human evolution.

Sure. I'm not trying to say those feeling don't exist. Obviously they do. Would it have added to the HP story... I don't think so. Again I find shipping a massive waste of time, so I'll concede I'm not a fan of reading romance at any time- and that carries over to what I read to my kids. They can read what they like of course. It's just a personal preference

Okay cool I can't argue with that :) you have valid points. We are all different and this is a matter of preference. I enjoyed hearing your viewpoint.

Yeah but it shouldn't be a big thing

The characters shouldn't need to be all huge snt UT

Something like Sirius and Remus saying "That guy was super cute and so was the girl next to him" and then moving on or tonks and lupin agreeing that a girl is hot

Or like a character using They/Them pronouns nonchalantly

Since the story isn't about finding yourself then coming out would be unnecessary