**Rainbow Flops: The GLBTQ Discussion Thread**

[sohoskiracer]

Firstly thanks Jack & Mark for mentioning this thread in the NVG thread on JS, I never would have seen this otherwise. Seems like I'll be in here often enough, well done protential for starting it & RJ for moding it, as if I haven't already thanked you two enough for being the sane ones in that NVG thread (and since I don't plan on vehemently arguing here I may as well use this account).

GLBT resource groups are amazing (and Breanne if there is one near you it would be very, very worth finding and meeting some people). I independently/with friends came to terms with being gay, but recently started going to events other than social/drinking events put on by the resource group at my university...and good god...I thought I was a smart person, but oh, the perspective and maturity I gained after talking honestly about LGBT issues with other LGB (especially T) individuals.

On a lighter note whoever posted that West Wing clip, A+, I feel it's either sad or awesome that I know the entire context of that episode and that it's from S01E01 Whatever the equivalent of academic masturbation The West Wing has to be close (esp that scene...if only a Nobel Prize winner in Economics was actually president.

Also wtf is twss? Never heard of it before and congrats Jason; excellent blog post (this seems the more appropriate thread for actual congratulations since one doesn't have to explain why congrats are in order to NVG ).

EDIT: Why is this in the "That's what she said forum"? No wonder I never found it before.

[ftn_chris]

Originally Posted by sohoskiracer

On a lighter note whoever posted that West Wing clip, A+, I feel it's either sad or awesome that I know the entire context of that episode and that it's from S01E01

uh oh! that scene is from S02E03 . I believe you're thinking of the final scene from the first ep, where they discuss the ten commandments. "I am the Lord your God, thou shalt worship no other god before me. Boy, those were the days, huh?" Also, Toby ****s up the order of the commandments in that scene, and it still upsets me .

[Protential]

Originally Posted by sohoskiracer

Firstly thanks Jack & Mark for mentioning this thread in the NVG thread on JS, I never would have seen this otherwise. Seems like I'll be in here often enough, well done protential for starting it & RJ for moding it, as if I haven't already thanked you two enough for being the sane ones in that NVG thread (and since I don't plan on vehemently arguing here I may as well use this account).

GLBT resource groups are amazing (and Breanne if there is one near you it would be very, very worth finding and meeting some people). I independently/with friends came to terms with being gay, but recently started going to events other than social/drinking events put on by the resource group at my university...and good god...I thought I was a smart person, but oh, the perspective and maturity I gained after talking honestly about LGBT issues with other LGB (especially T) individuals.

On a lighter note whoever posted that West Wing clip, A+, I feel it's either sad or awesome that I know the entire context of that episode and that it's from S01E01 Whatever the equivalent of academic masturbation The West Wing has to be close (esp that scene...if only a Nobel Prize winner in Economics was actually president.

Also wtf is twss? Never heard of it before and congrats Jason; excellent blog post (this seems the more appropriate thread for actual congratulations since one doesn't have to explain why congrats are in order to NVG ).

EDIT: Why is this in the "That's what she said forum"? No wonder I never found it before.

TWSS is a sub forum centered around women, and since woman players are generally more accepting and friendly i thought it would be a good fit ^.^

welcome!

[SGT RJ]

Originally Posted by sohoskiracer

Firstly thanks Jack & Mark for mentioning this thread in the NVG thread on JS, I never would have seen this otherwise. Seems like I'll be in here often enough, well done protential for starting it & RJ for moding it, as if I haven't already thanked you two enough for being the sane ones in that NVG thread (and since I don't plan on vehemently arguing here I may as well use this account).

I can't take credit for modding this thread, I only moderator NVG and Poker Headlines.

Welcome to TWSS.

[sohoskiracer]

Originally Posted by ftn_chris

uh oh! that scene is from S02E03 . I believe you're thinking of the final scene from the first ep, where they discuss the ten commandments. "I am the Lord your God, thou shalt worship no other god before me. Boy, those were the days, huh?" Also, Toby ****s up the order of the commandments in that scene, and it still upsets me .

Yes, I got my religious zealot scenes backwards, damn it! (that somehow annoys me more than my stupidity in asking what a twss was). Never noticed toby slipping before, that scene is amazing regardless (and still one of my favorite west wing scenes).

[Jack&MarkGetBusy!]

Welcome to our little corner, soho Yeah I didn't notice this place either, until I one day was randomly browsing the main forum and I saw the rainbow flops thread as last replied here. It's too much to ask to have our forum, but like protential said, this is a great fit for us here.

[CKBWoP]

Yay!

Add Maryland (or, as my friend Kafele now calls it, MARRYLAND) to the list of states

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...comm_ref=false

[AAmaz0n]

Interestingly, Maryland was often the state of choice to elope for straight couples on the East Coast for many years because there was no requirement for a blood test. You can see references to running to Maryland to get married in several older films.

Now folks from PA and NJ have a different reason to run to the south.

Shauna

[fslexcduck]

Kinda random but I thought it was pretty cool - in my $5k tourney winner interview today (yeah yeah hidden brag), Matt Savage asked me what I thought of Jason Somerville and the idea of coming out in the poker world. It was pretty random of him to ask me in a tourney winner interview but I was happy he did, because it's important the mainstream poker world (not just 2p2 or other online-folk) hear and know about it. So Kudos to Matt (and of course Jason) for helping open everyone's eyes that we are out there!

[ITT666]

Matt Savage asked me what I thought of Jason Somerville and the idea of coming out in the poker world.

So, what was your answer?

I mean, I assume, I can guess the gist of it, but curious as to what you said exactly.

[Protential]

Originally Posted by ITT666

So, what was your answer?

I mean, I assume, I can guess the gist of it, but curious as to what you said exactly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=ukp1To1Owdw#!

way to go vanessa!

[SGT RJ]

, Vanessa.

For the interview and the win.

[ftn_chris]

grats vanessa. i peeked at the live stream near the end of that tournament...wtf redic absurd field to say the least .

[Jack&MarkGetBusy!]

Awesome job Vanessa, particularly in that tough field. I thought it was really funny when Matt said "admitted to being gay" and it looked like you were about to go off on him and then he came closer and put his arm around you, as if to smooth things over xD

[drkamikaze]

Originally Posted by JCarver

whats up guys, someone told me this was the official rupauls drag race discussion thread? so sincerely grateful and appreciative for all the love and support, i never thought the reaction would be like this - so overwhelmingly positive and in such volume... i don't know what to say. just an emotional, amazing, unforgettable day.



lol beat me by seconds, i was already posting without seeing your comment but you can take credit if you want !

Congrats on your success! Welcome to the thread, and awesome news about coming out.

Originally Posted by fslexcduck

Kinda random but I thought it was pretty cool - in my $5k tourney winner interview today (yeah yeah hidden brag), Matt Savage asked me what I thought of Jason Somerville and the idea of coming out in the poker world. It was pretty random of him to ask me in a tourney winner interview but I was happy he did, because it's important the mainstream poker world (not just 2p2 or other online-folk) hear and know about it. So Kudos to Matt (and of course Jason) for helping open everyone's eyes that we are out there!

congrats on the win! you are such a sicko. and great interview.