Here is his excellent blog post.

http://jcarver.badbeatscrew.com/

All the best Jason. Much respect.

well done.

Great to see I really hope the community reacts as positively as I think they will and that this can open the door for others in similar situations.

Mad respect. Equality for all.

Its 2012 people. Who gives a **** if youre gay? This isnt news.

nicely written Jason. best wishes as always.

I hope it goes without saying that this thread will be watched closely and juvenile/gay jokes will not be tolerated.

Great blog post and best of luck to Jason.

Good for him. I never thought the poker community was homophobic but I can certainly see why it might make people not to be too open about it. Hopefully this will be a step in the right direction. After all as it says in his blog, the only thing that matters in poker is that you have enough money.

This. I'm just waiting for the day the doors will be open to African-American players too.

Good thing this isn't just a news forum

Kinda agree.

Also I have no idea why OP would have to give him respect for saying who he is. He came out, people do this every day, it's not a big deal imo.

If you don't feel this is valid news then perhaps you should consider that there is still discrimination in the world (and ergo in poker) and some people might disagree with your assessment of the situation.

Just because this isn't a big deal to you doesn't mean it might not be to Jason, and to other people.

good read

Hopefully this help the other gay poker players out there to come out as well. Seriously, it's fine that you are gay. This is 2012. We should be able to cope as a society with this by now.

For example it kinda makes me sick that there has only been one openly homosexual footballer in the last 20 years, and he ended up tragically committing suicide. It needs people to just come out and let the public and everyone get used to it to break the cycle. There are thousands out there and a great many of them must be tortured.

Let's get rid of this 'taboo' once and for all.

Kudos Jason for finally doing what you must have been wanting to for a very long time. We should all be glad you did.

well known male poker pros do this, ummm, never, until now. If you don't think it required any courage on his behalf, you're welcome to that opinion. I happen to think it was very courageous considering it hasn't been done in the poker world even once until today. Hence the respect.

If Jason himself didn't think it was important he wouldn't have written a lengthy blog about it.

I agree somewhat with the sentiment, "who cares, this isn't news etc". That's how things SHOULD BE.

But that's not the way they are so stuff like this has to happen first.

Hard to believe he dropped out of college at 19 seeing how well written and articulate his blog post was.

happy for you jason!

I think it's always inspiring to hear about someone of notoriety coming out simply because it will and can inspire others to do the same. Well done, Jason!

Only college grads can write and articulate obv.

Dead on.

I was a gay poker player before it was cool!

Good for you sir, kid has been putting out amazing poker posts and free videos since 07. Hope for all the personal life rungood now.

Shoulda won a WSOP bracelet first ldo.

What's interesting is how he dated women for so long. If he had sex with those women there must be some type of arousal right? I guess what I am asking is are there different levels of gayness?

Like you'll see a prison TV show where the inmates will talk about doing a lot of time in prison and engaging in homosexual actions. I wonder if being gay depends on context.