Gay pride asheville
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September 21,
Asheville's Blue Ridge Lgbtq+ fest Festival celebrates the LGBTQIA2S+ community in Downtown Asheville in Pack Square Park, 11 AM-6 PM. Two stages will feature regional musicians and many talented entertainers. Check out the many vendors and organizations. Find more information on the Blue Ridge Pride's website.
Learn about many great organizations in our society and country consecrated to social justice. Sample delicious goodies from food vendors.
For more info on visiting for the festival or any time of the year, see our Asheville LGBT Commute Guide.
"The mission of Blue Ridge Self-acceptance is to foster an informed, engaged and supportive LGBTQIA2S+ community through intersectional belonging, equity, liberation, and joy labor under our 4 pillars: advocate, mark, educate and serve."
Gay Asheville: LGBTQ Guide
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Discover a very diverse community in gay Asheville! It's been a popular resort and relocation area for the female homosexual, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities for many years. The huge LGBTQ community enjoys welcoming visitors since most of them were once visitors before they fell in love with the area and relocated. Find many places to go and things to do. With a very vibrant arts community, creativity abounds! For an extra festive weekend, approach to the Blue Ridge Identity festival Celebration each fall.
Also see Cobalt Ridge Pride's community-driven, searchable database for LGBTQ safe businesses, churches, events, groups, programs, and more. Travel to Blue Ridge Pride's virtual LGBTQ Community Welcome Center.
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LGBT Asheville
Asheville is a gay-friendly small city. Period.
According to the latest United States census, the Asheville area has 83% more dyke, gay bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) identified people than the typical American city or town. Another study, also based on census results, found that Bun-combe County (with equal sex couples per 1,) and Asheville ( per 1,) are the most gay-friendly county and capital in the state of North Carolina, on a per-capita basis well ahead of places like Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. In , the gay-oriented publication, The Advocate, ranked Asheville as the “12th gayest city in America.” Atlanta was ranked #1.
LGBTQ+ visitors increasingly are discovering Asheville, with its great natural beau-ty, creative dining and drinking spots, heavy-duty gallery, arts and crafts scene, interesting shops and numerous gay-owned or gay-welcoming B&Bs and inns and businesses.
You are likely to see a number of openly lesbian and gay couples around town, es-pecially Downtown and in West Asheville.
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