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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Winterthorn" data-source="post: 5551092" data-attributes="member: 1702">*Raises hand* too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />Middle-aged gay gamer up here in Ottawa, Canada.  I usually a DM/GM for RPGs, although I enjoy board games and strategy PC games too.I got into gaming at 16-17, and started coming out of the closet at 30.  While my folks know of my sexuality now, I keep my gaming interests out their sight as they don't really "get" anything beyond Scrabble and Monopoly. I've had pagan friends who knew I was gay, and co-workers too.  But I am basically a closeted gamer...  I know the gay community is not the friendliest toward gamers, in the sense that gamers are perceived as nerds and nerds are not perceived as sexy.  The last thing I'd admit to another gay man I'm dating is my interest in gaming -- and since I'm in my mid-40's, I find myself self-conscious about gaming interests as in "aren't I too old?".Yeah, so life has it's twists and turns...  I especially welcome friend requests here from queer members -- in fact some kind of "Gaymers Caucus", as a social network here at EN World, would be nifty if that were possible <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[MENTION=6676040]AGamerInTheCloset[/MENTION]: I wish you strength given your situation. I don't know how old you are, but as you get older, pressure is going build on you to find a mate for hetero marriage, and in a small town that pressure is almost inevitable and potentially fierce.  I urge you to be prepared for this, and face the possibility you'll have to leave town in order to truly be able to live your life as a gay man.  That breeding pressure can be awful, even for heterosexuals, and in the "Bible Belt" it'll be worse I bet.  Take of yourself! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[MENTION=26968]Vicar In A Tutu[/MENTION]: I remember Angelsboi too.  Poignant need.</blockquote>

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