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Discover a very diverse community in gay Asheville! It's been a accepted resort and relocation area for the lesbian, gay, bisexual person, and transgender communities for many years. The large 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 accomplish. With a very vibrant arts people, creativity abounds! For an extra festive weekend, come to the Blue Ridge Pride Celebration each fall.

Also see Navy Ridge Pride's community-driven, searchable database for LGBTQ safe businesses, churches, events, groups, programs, and more. Proceed to Blue Ridge Pride's virtual LGBTQ Community Welcome Center. 

Gay Friendly Asheville Places to Stay & Things to Do

Cedar Crest Inn, Asheville

The magnificent Queen Anne mansion provides guests with a glimpse back in moment. Lavish interior woodwork, period antiques and Victorian décor are found throughout. Just a few blocks from Biltmore… study more

The magnificent Queen Anne mansion provides guests with a glimpse back in time. Lavish interior

Some places are, for lack of a better word, simply magical! Asheville, North Carolina is one of those places for me. Its art-laden facades lining the streets, the fantastic food scene, its LGBTQ+ friendliness, its stunning innateness, I seriously could go on and on about the things I care for about Asheville. On a personal notice, what makes it even more unique is the reality that my girlfriend, Khaliah, got a tattoo in Asheville circa 2014. Speedily forward over a decade later, we would meet and I found out that said tattoo was my favorite number 3:33. I don’t know if you believe in signs or not, but that was a big glaring sign for me, and we’ve been happily together ever since. To commemorate Valentine’s Day, we visited Asheville to not only rejoice our love in a city that plays such a major part in our love story but to also bring you an LGBTQ-friendly guide to romantic things to do in Asheville, NC.

Book an A-Frame Cabin in Asheville, NC

Nothing screams amorous like a cozy A-frame cabin overlooking the French Broad River. Wrong Way River Lodge & Cabins to your list. Sixteen charming A-frame cabins dot the property and serve as the perfect escape for couples see

LGBT Asheville

 

Asheville is a gay-friendly petty city. Period.

 

According to the latest United States census, the Asheville area has 83% more womxn loving womxn, gay bisexual, transgender and homosexual (LGBTQ+) identified people than the typical American city or town. Another study, also based on census results, found that Bun-combe County (with 15.5 same sex couples per 1,000) and Asheville (19.7 per 1,000) are the most gay-friendly county and municipality in the state of North Carolina, on a per-capita basis well ahead of places appreciate Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. In 2010, the gay-oriented publication, The Advocate, ranked Asheville as the “12th gayest municipality in America.” Atlanta was ranked #1.

 

LGBTQ+ visitors increasingly are detecting Asheville, with its great spontaneous beau-ty, innovative 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 male lover couples around town, es-pecially Downtown and in West Asheville.

 

Downtown Asheville has several LGBTQ+ bars, including O. Henry’s (the oldest

Asheville LGBTQ City Guide

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville, North Carolina is a beautiful city that is home to nearly 100,000 people. It has been named to many different prominent lists, including Good Morning America’s “10 Most Beautiful Places” list, and by various other publications as a wonderful city for writers, artists, and new businesses. It has also held the title of Beer Town USA for many years because of its numerous excellent microbreweries, and it is a favorite municipality for many hikers and outdoor enthusiasts as skillfully. Even better, it’s also a very eclectic, steady city with a thriving LGBTQ community.

A Bit of Asheville History

Asheville traces its roots back to 1784 when Colonel Samuel Davidson decided to employ his solder’s land grant, given in the Revolutionary War, to settle here. Davidson was unfortunately murdered by a local Native American tribe, but settlers continued to come to the area. By 1790, there were as many as 1,000 people in the area, and it only continued to mature from that point on. Before officially being incorporated, the city was acknowledged as Morristown,  although its name was eventually changed to