Jason Somerville Com Out, First Openly Gay Pro Poker Player! - Perez Hilton

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Wh the 2010 World Seri of Poker Ma Event now unrway, 's time to unt down the top 10 gay poker players.

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LAPLANTE: “I’M SO OPENLY GAY BEE WE STILL HAVE SO FAR TO GO”

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In fact I had a poker player a few days ago who was so exced to meet me and was almost tears, a fellow openly gay poker player. To have happen on the same night as a shootg massacre targetg the gay muny left him eply nflicted but also gave him the chance to amplify his voice and his msage. “June is Gay Pri Month Ameri and last night at a gay dance club Orlando the largt shootg massacre US history occurred wh over 50 people losg their liv, ” Laplante said durg his speech.

“I'm proud to be a World Seri of Poker champn and I'm proud to be an openly gay man.

Laplante says that even though there has been progrs ma gay rights, you don't have to look far to see there's still a long way to go.

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“Try to name an openly-gay pro football or basketball player who's currently playg, ” said Laplante. You n still get fired om your job , I want to say 34, stat for beg gay and you have no legal reurse. "The Texas Supreme Court jt led that pani don't have to give benefs to gay spo.

And now wh Donald Tmp the Whe Hoe, Laplante se even more reason to ntue fightg for gay and trans rights. “When you tell poker profsnals that you're gay they really don't re and some people tweeted me basilly sayg, 'We don't re what your sexual orientatn is so why are you even tellg ?

JASON SOMERVILLE COM OUT, FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO POKER PLAYER!

"The reason I'm so openly gay is that we do still have so far to go. Wh the 2010 World Seri of Poker Ma Event now unrway, 's time to unt down the top 10 gay poker players. Anton Esfandiari - I don't know if he's gay or nay but those Romans were certaly way ahead of their time, no doubt about that.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Matt Damon n't wa to jump bed wh Michael Douglas and play the movie in's gay lover a new film about pianist we hear he's been practicg for the part hehehe. Doyle Bnson - Rugged 77-year old Texan w poke and "Godfather of Poker" is the last person one would spect of beg gay. But after 18 lonospys the last year, Bnson might very well be gay by flt and he sort of profs to this.

Tom Durrrr Dwan - Everybody thks he is gay but recently Dwan has been ced for havg one of the hottt girliends the poker muny. Type "Gay Poker Players" to Google and Tom Dwan's name is bound to e up more than any other sgle poker pro.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Let's face , when to Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, every gay boy is hopeful he will dch the B**** and flip the swch. 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├óΓé¼Γäóve never met a sgle gay profsnal poker player, nevermd a high profile one.

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