Professional poker player Jason Somerville (seated, center) came out of the closet yesterday in a lengthy, well-written post on his blog.
Writes Somerville, in part:
Of all the diversity and variety that the poker world contains, though, there is a noticeable lack of openly gay poker professionals. Vanessa Selbst is a top tier player, a brilliant woman and an amazing person, but other than her, I’ve never met a single gay professional poker player, nevermind a high profile one.
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/02/professional-poker-player-jason-somerville-says-hes-gay-is-first-male-pro-player-to-come-out.html