OT: gaymers?

[blackshirt5]

ACtually, to be honest, Angcuru IS straight, despite what I often say. I only tease him about that because of how little he dates. But seriously, I've seen his hard drive and watched him in the mall; he's stone cold heterosexual. If you lived in Jersey, I could probably hook you up with somebody(I do know a gay gamer, but I don't really associate with him much, for other reasons), but you're in Texas.

Also, noticed that I'm quoted twice in your sig. Nice.

 

[Ravellion]

Personally I am more offended by the first line in his sig than in anything he posted, and I vote conservative.

 

[blackshirt5]

isn't that a chris rock quote, the first line?

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

isn't that a chris rock quote, the first line?

Yep...which kind of explains WHY its offensive. Not that I don't like Chris Rock though.

 

[Illuminae]

Well, high school's gonna suck A LOT. All of the guys who might be gay are either 1.) don't know they are yet or 2.) are afraid to admit it. Or possibly 3.) in denial. Which sucks for me.

Just be positive, man.

A lot of gamers didnt kiss a girl during high school. You just wont be kissing a guy.

You´re a gamer after all, aren´t you?

It will pass.

 

[Winterthorn]

Hmm... I can can assure you that there is a small population of gaymers here at ENWorld... I see by your # of posts that you've been around the site for a little while. If you look carefully you'll find a few threads relating to gayming or gaymers (sorry, I don't have the time to search for the links at the moment). Through those threads you'll get an idea about who would be most "approachable" in terms of topics relating to being a gay gamer--to be fair: there are many straight people here who are accepting, if not sympathetic, so just I encourage you to stay in touch with ENWorld!

That said, I do not envy your situation. You are in your mid-teens (I presume), and teenage life basically sucks for any human being... It's a painful, for some very painful, period of personal growth. In light of where you are in life, and the academic situation you going into, my advice is to be patient for the next few years until you reach the age of majority--then you will have much more personal power and autonomy! In the meantime, enjoy what you can do (like play D&D! ), and look for peers and trustworthy adults who could give you good counsel when you need it. Catholics, as a community share a diversity of opinion on many things! Assuming your faith is important to you, I'm sure there are plenty Catholics who would be helpful to you The world is a big place with many people--not even Texas is as "monolithic" as you may believe. Just do a little research for your own benefit... (Getting to know what's out there is a necessary part of the process of coming out. Just be careful, it's not always a friendly world out there regardless of orientation! )

Check out this site here. Its a start

Btw: Eric Noah is correct, ENWorld is about our hobby, and we have to mind our words for the benefit of all.

That's my 2 cents worth for the moment

Good luck in school, "keep yer head down" for now--unless you can afford to assert the changes you need. It ain't fun bein' a teen, but it'll pass (thank gawd!), and game on-er-gayme on!

-W.

 

[Tidus4444]

True, true. BTW, I'm a a 14 year old catholic. Needless to say this revelation has me... questioning my faith. I'll leave it at that, to keep the thread from being hijacked by other Catholics. Also, yes high school sucks for everybody. But in high school different=bad. Gay=different. gay= different in a way lots of people are uncomfortable with. Bad, Bad combination for high school.

 

[alsih2o]

tidus try here- http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20018&highlight=gaymer adn try only using you mongo sig once a thread

 

[Ravellion]

tidus try here- http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20018&highlight=gaymer adn try only using you mongo sig once a thread

and/or place the {size=1}{/size}commands at the beginning and end of your sig file, replacing the {} with [] ... that alone would help considerably.

 

[Ogre Mage]

Gaymers

Hi Tidus,

I am a gay male D&D player who lurks/posts on EN World. I'm also a person of color, which often makes me a double minority in terms of the people who I game with. I was a teenager back in the early 90s and even though I was in denial about my sexuality at the time, high school sucked. It was a very dehumanizing, intolerant environment. But to be positive, H.S. is NOT an accurate reflection of the real world. Once I left and went to college, I learned that not everyone is like that.

My family was never very religious, so I can't relate to your catholic dilemma.

Being a "Gaymer" often puts you inbetween two worlds. I have many similar interests to the guys I game with, but because they are all straight there's a lot I just can't relate to. But I feel I have even less in common with the gay community. Most of the gay men I've met are not at all interested in any RPG and some ridicule the notion. But I like RPGs and keep on playing.