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How gay-friendly is Hogwarts?

Cat Chant

17:27 / 12.11.02

Just out of interest, like. Say Harry suddenly realized that Cho Chang is incredibly boring and he has no idea what she looks like as she is never described, and starts harbouring thoughts of, oh, I don't know, Neville Longbottom. Would he sail happily into a relaxed, accepted-by-all gay adolescence? Or would Draco shout abuse at him and Ron start to distance himself? Does Section 28 apply to Hogwarts?

Less searchable M0rd4nt

17:33 / 12.11.02

Would he sail happily into a relaxed, accepted-by-all gay adolescence? Or would Draco shout abuse at him...

In company, yes. In private, there would be lots of wistful glances etc etc. ... and Ron start to distance himself?

Ron puts up with all the other mad stuff that Harry brings in his wake. I'm sure he'd be cool.

Does Section 28 apply to Hogwarts?

How are they going to apply it? What inspector is going to want to investigate that library for illicit copies of "Jessica Lives with Eric and Martin"?

Cat Chant

18:00 / 12.11.02

Actually, given that Social Services doesn't even seem to exist outside Hogwarts (eleven years in a cupboard?) I'm sure Section 28 is a bit of a dead letter.

Wonder who takes the sex education lessons at Hogwarts? I'm guessing Madam Hooch.

Kit-Cat Club

18:31 / 12.11.02

Mordant's right about the wistful Draco glances. Crabbe and Goyle would beat up Harry and lock him in a cupboard before having a bonding session over a witchy porn rag (not at all homoerotic, obviously). Ron would enter a period of terrible confusion and resentment as he wonders whether his feelings for Harry are indeed merely those of a friend, but would overcome this when Harry proves his essential Hogwartness by catching the fucking Snitch. All is thereafter sweetness and light.

I reckon it's be Professor McGonagall myself.

that

18:39 / 12.11.02

Nah, Hagrid would run the sex ed. lessons. Thus bypassing any concerns re. sexual activity in the school. After all, who's gonna want to make sweet lurrrve after seeing some of his revolting little critters getting it on...

Char Aina

21:17 / 12.11.02

harry in abusive magical creatures master shocker!

Tryphena Absent

21:19 / 12.11.02

What kind of contraception would they teach at Hogwarts anyway? Magical ways to stop sperm, impenetratable egg barriers? I'm sure wizards don't muck around with little pieces of rubber and pills!

Rev. Orr

23:35 / 12.11.02

They don't need magic when they can use muggle nanobots.

Personally, I see Snape getting landed with the sex ed classes. He obviously pissed in Dumbledore's sweet sherry one drunken Christmas. How else do you explain the fact that he still isn't allowed to teach Defense against the Dark Arts despite the incumbants having a shorter life expectancy than a Star Trek redshirt? Suddenly, with Snape explaining the dragons and bees, all those circular, single sex dormatories start to make sense...

Baz Auckland

02:35 / 13.11.02

harry in abusive magical creatures master shocker!

MONSTERED....BY TENTACLES!

Saint Keggers

03:23 / 13.11.02

"Gee Harry...I havent seen that much head since Fluffy"

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