should closeted dungeons & dragons players be outed?

I'm tired of all this:

All this killing, rolling dice, getting the attention-deficit-disordered gay gamers who drank too much Pepsi to pay attention. I can't take it any more so I'm passing to the torch to Mark. For the first time in almost 25 years I'm going to be a Player, not a Dungeon Master. It was due time so I'm not really broken up about it. While DMing doesn't take that much of a time investment, my final grad school classes are taking a lot more time than I thought they would this semester, so I'm fine with the transition. We're also switching to the controversial 4th edition of the game, and I plan on rolling up a star pact warlock half-elf from Aglarond in the Forgotten Realms, in case you were wondering.

But what really troubles me is that we have closeted gamers in our group. Yes, two of our members - who are "out" about their sexualities to their friends and families - are ashamed that they are gamers. The irony is not lost on the rest of us. I won't name names but one of the closeted gamers is photographed below, and the numerous tattoos on his arms might tip you off as to who he is:

In the photo this closeted player is clearly ashamed of his status as a gamer, so he hides from the camera behind a 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook. Rob, in the foreground, is clearly out and proud that he's a roller of dice with more than six faces.

The other closeted gamer in our group can be seen frequently at Cobalt and at Town danceboutique pretending to be a not-nerd. Closeted gay gamers walk amongst you all, every day, and the shame they choose to feel about the polyhedron dice they roll is as damaging as any self-loathing of any other categorization. All we can do is pity them. Photos by GURL.

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