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Grace and I never had a problem with the race thing when we were in California, and only occasionally with the lesbian thing. I think it's mostly that when faced with a homosexual couple, race becomes mostly a secondary concern.
When visiting Hawaii, we've encountered just the opposite, at least in Grace's village; her being gay doesn't seem to bother people, but that I'm white does bother a small number of them a lot.
Where we are now, in a suburb of a southern college town, we're still feeling out how much public affection might draw too much negative attention and where. I doubt the race thing will come up, as white/Asian doesn't seem to even be considered interracial here, and certainly nobody looks twice at the white guy / Asian girl (mostly Vietnamese and Korean here; back home it was mostly Chinese and Japanese) couples we see about. We're new here, though, so maybe I'm missing a bit.
Gilda
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