Interpretation 4 The Queer Reading I think we can be certain, Joanne didn't intend a queer reading of Potter. I mean, I guess she tried with her werewolves. She's explicitly said she was using lycanthropy to allegorize stigmatized illnesses like HIV and AIDS. The way Remus Lupin is shunned by wizarding society, not only echoes that stigma, but also homophobia in general. And the shame Lupin feels echoes internalized homophobia, denying himself happiness because he doesn't feel he deserves it. I'm not being ridiculous, said Lupin steadily. Tongs deserve somebody young and whole. Sure, he enters a literal heterosexual relationship, but metaphorically, he resembles a gay man. There's a reason so many people ship him with Sirius.
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