"Until we can ensure these comprehensive protections, LGBTQ people will continue to face and fear discrimination and harassment – whether it's as overt as being directly denied a lease, mortgage, or space at a senior living facility or more subtle, such as facing hostility at a senior center or being given inadequate health care. Henry's officially became Asheville's oldest gay baractually, bars, if you include its attached second space, an industrial dance bar dubbed 'The Underground.
"North Carolina lacks critical LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections at the state level, and HB142 prohibits cities like Asheville from passing their own LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances," Beach-Ferrara said. When Smokey's Tavern ended its 60-year run in 2015, the 55-year-old O.
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and full bar with signature cocktails and drink specials. SeniorAdvice also name checked Asheville's "first openly lesbian county commissioner" Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and "Lesbian Tammy Hooper," who served as Asheville's first female police chief from 2015-18.īeach-Ferrara, who is also the executive director of the Campaign for Southern Equality, said it was "heartening" to see Asheville on the list - but that things aren't always so rosy for LGBTQ seniors in Beer City. After a day of exploring Asheville, come relax at Carmels Kitchen & Bar in the historic Grove. The article pointed to local support networks for LGBTQ retirees, including the Campaign for Southern Equality, an Asheville-based nonprofit that advocates for "legal and lived" equality for LGBTQ citizens, and LGBTQ Elder Advocates of Western North Carolina. ClubFly provides a gay bar, club, nightlife, and GLBT center mapper for Asheville, North Carolina and the rest of the US filtered by bears Asheville gay bars and clubs are mapped in the gayborhood with an overview, tags, contact details, website, social media links, transit/walking directions. More: Asheville area lawmakers propose North Carolina ban on LGBT 'conversion therapy' Asheville bears Gay Bars and Clubs from ClubFly. More: Methodist LGBTQ decision 'hurtful,' but not final: 7 things to know SeniorAdvice highlighted Asheville's booming population of retirees - a whopping 17% of residents are over 65 - and the area's affordability (which has been a matter of some contention between listmakers and people slogging their way through the Asheville real estate market), in addition to the surprising density of senior living facilities.
SeniorAdvice, an online publication for seniors and caregivers, weighed 100 factors from livability to LGBTQ representation in government to rank Asheville the #14 city in the nation for LGBTQ folk living out their golden years. This week in surprising-listicle-news to no one, Asheville has been recognized as a hub for LGBTQ retirees.