Two men living together even back in the 1950's might raise some eyebrows after awhile say outside of The West Village.īilly Strayhorn's long time white/European partner Bill Grove kept separate apartments their entire relationship. True many mixed marriages of white/black couples managed to find acceptance in NYC, but for gays they often had the added stigma. Thing about NYC African American gays and their white/European counterparts is that back in they day views on race to some extent kept 'mixed' couples apart just as with opposite sex couples to an extent.
