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Contents:
- JASON SOMERVILLE COM OUT, FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO POKER PLAYER!
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- JASON SOMERVILLE, OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL POKER PLAYER: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ACCEPTG
- "I'M MORE A POKER PLAYER THAN A MEMBER OF THE GAY MUNY" - JASON SOMERVILLE
JASON SOMERVILLE COM OUT, FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO POKER PLAYER!
Jason Somerville says the poker muny has been 'pletely acceptg' of his g out gay * jason somerville gay *
Now, turns out, Jason is gay! He’s jt e out officially — which mak him the first prop poker player to be openly gay! Of all the diversy and variety that the poker world ntas, though, there is a noticeable lack of openly gay poker profsnals.
Vansa Selbst is a top tier player, a brilliant woman and an amazg person, but other than her, I’ve never met a sgle gay profsnal poker player, nevermd a high profile one. There’s plenty of speculatn – Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan, and a few other big name players who are actually very straight have received plenty of attentn om the gossip foms as beg potentially gay for havg a few mannerisms simply perceived that way.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
* jason somerville gay *
They’re not gay, though, and no man who is a well-known pro poker is open about . SharkeyJay HayAs pta of New York Universy's men's volleyball team, Hay was open about beg gay, but shied away om makg an "It Gets Better" vio on his own.
"Instead, I got a strong reactn of acceptance om both the poker world and the gay muny, " he says.
JASON SOMERVILLE, OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL POKER PLAYER: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ACCEPTG
He also is poker's first openly gay male profsnal petor.
"I [me out] bee was bt for me, but am amazgly moved and touched by the fact that people were touched, moved, spired bee of , " said Somerville, selected one of Out Magaze's "Out 100, " as one of last year's most proment gay activists, ambassadors and personali. Instead, was really well read the poker and the gay muni—and I got several thoand posive msag, jt wh the first 48 hours after g out. acceptg” of his g out gay.
The 26-year-old Somerville me out gay last year a lengthy. “I've had almost zero bad experienc as a gay profsnal.
"I'M MORE A POKER PLAYER THAN A MEMBER OF THE GAY MUNY" - JASON SOMERVILLE
In part 2 of our terview wh Jason Somerville we learn what has been like to be one of the few openly gay high profile poker players on the circu.