Gay men or women who play D&D

[Pelosan Emperor]

Re: Re: Re: Yes I am!

... no one had given him anything but a 'Oh. That's nice. Where we going for dinner?' kind of response. He was right put out. I think he had prepared a whole 'afterschool special' set of material to use, and none of us gave him the opportunity.

That sounds a bit like my feelings when I told my close friends in college. I had this whole presentation prepared (minus handouts and the PowerPoint slide show)... and I never EVER had the chance to use it! All they said was "oh, OK... it's just one more thing for us to laugh about."

In retrospect, I couldn't have asked for a better reaction... but at the time I was thinking "But I have this speech! Clever comments! I PREPARED FOR THIS AND YOU DON'T CARE???"

My first moment as an official drama queen

 

[davethegame]

My D&D group at college consists of four straight guys, one bisexual guy, one lesbian, one straight girl, and two bisexual girls. (Though it is rare to have all the players there at once, I don't think I could handle running 8 players!)

The gaming club has higher numbers, but I don't know exacts.

As an aside, there have been several Gaylaxicons (gay science fiction conventions) which I understand have a decent amount of gaming. Run by two very nice ladies who put out their own Button Men set for Gaylaxicon. Information is at http://www.gaylactic-network.org/gaylaxicon/index.html

Beholder- I did a 20 page essay on gender issues of representation in gaming cover art which may help you. I can send it or post it, if you (or anyone else) is interested. I warn you: it's not very favorable and semi-stereotypical of gamers...

 

[takyris]

Attention Straight Guys: It's really important of us all to be conscientious of our Gaymer brethren. They've worked really hard to come up with a speech to defend themselves and protect themselves against the discrimination they think you're going to hit them with. So please, when your fellow gamer abashedly pauses and then ends a sentence with "...and my boyfriend" or some other "Ha, I'm gay," line, please say, "Oh my God, you're GAY? If the Lord Jesus hadn't already condemned me to hell for playing Dungeons and Dragons, I would SOOOOO ask him to smite you."

-Tacky

PS: No gay people in my group. I notice that our group has some anti-gay humor in it, yes, usually involving elves or bards, but at the same time, we've also given the party druid the nickname "Leafblower" for his presumed floral-persuasion, dissed the cleric (who slept with a glamoured cockroach monster while charmed), and made NUMEROUS veiled comments about the half-elf with the halfling girlfriend (Because you know what they say about guys who date halflings, snicker snicker). So if we made fun of every D&D-land sexual possibility except being gay, that would be discrimination, saying that they're too sensitive and weak to handle the dissing every other character is getting. In real life, I have gay friends, bi friends, and lesbian friends, with whom I am comfortable making jokes, just like they joke about me and my darned heterosexuality. So I think that there's a line to be drawn SOMEWHERE between the razzing that every group gets in a good-natured gaming session, and real homophobic commentary. I don't know where that line is, and it'd be a whole lot less worrisome if there WERE a gay guy in our group who was making the same jokes and telling us when we'd officially ticked him off. But there ain't.

And this is a much longer footnote than I had intended...

 

[Orco42]

it usually involving elves or bards

I can't blame your for that. When I first saw the picture of a bard in the PHB I laughed. Then I saw the picture of Corellon Larethian in Deities and Demigods..... WOW!

 

[The Serge]

I can't blame your for that. When I first saw the picture of a bard in the PHB I laughed. Then I saw the picture of Corellon Larethian in Deities and Demigods..... WOW!

They're not gay or transgender. They're just screwed up looking... C'mon, Corellon looks like an emaciated hermaphrodite and Devis... well, he just looks like a great big, odd-looking jerk.

 

[Poltergeist]

Corellon looks like an emaciated hermaphrodite

Amen to that. Corellon's image is quite disturbing. He reminded me more of a flower laden version of Marilyn Manson than of a gay guy.

 

[rackabello]

Devis... well, he just looks like a great big, odd-looking jerk.

i've always thought he looked sort of like Sting, which i find mildly irritating. ole Sting hasn't inspired greatness in me since leaving the Police.

 

[sotmh]

Allow me to abashedly post me too.

My experiences are similar to what Samnell describes. Not much more to add.

sotmh

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Out loud and Hobbit!

Hey gang!I'm bumping this thread as we have a lot of new members who may be interested.
Argent.

 

[hong]

World's gayest musical

Well now, what a coincidence.

This weekend here in small-town Sydney, capital of Austria, I just saw _Mamma Mia_, the musical built around a score of Abba's songs. To make the occasion perfect, it was also the weekend of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Something tells me the producers know their audience, with several scenes featuring muscly young d00ds dancing around, stripped to the waist. Although personally I preferred the perky young ChyXX0rs dancing around, even if they weren't stripped to the waist.

It was an incredible experience. At the end, much of the audience was on their feet clapping, singing and dancing. There's just something eternally appealing about Mamma Mia, Super Trouper, white spandex and platform soles.

I have now ripped the double CD album Abba: the First Ten years to mp3s. The perfect D&D soundtrack, if I do say so myself. My players are going to kill me next session.