I’m packing my spurs and heading to Dallas for a few days. I’ve been to Texas a number of times, but I have to admit that I’ve never quite felt at home there. It’s certainly not that Texans aren’t affable folk. In fact, Texans are extraordinarily, vocally and (by Asian standards) rather violently friendly.

The moment that defined Texas society for me happened about six years ago. I was having dinner with a few of my friends and some of their friends. When I mentioned that I had just flown in that morning from San Francisco one of our party blurted out

“San Francisco?! I hear there’s a lot of fags in San Francisco.”

An expectant few seconds passed until I realized they were waiting for my answer “Uh, yeah. Yeah there are.”

That seemed to satisfy everyone and the various conversation resumed.

Perhaps things have gotten better since then.

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