What we’re about
Hello other queer (a.k.a. LGBTQIA+) folks of the Asheville area! There are already Meetups for some people within LGBTQIA+ (e.g. groups for gay men, lesbian women etc.), which is great, but wouldn’t it be even MORE fun if we ALL got together for queer fun and frolics?! That’s what I’m proposing for this group: community building fun and bonding for any/everyone who identifies as queer (or as any other part of the rainbow spectrum)!
Don't see events for things you like to do? No worries! That’s why I make everyone who joins an Event Organizer: so you can host events for stuff that you like to do and meet other cool queer folks who like to do the same!
Some Ground Rules:
1. Please be kind. This group is meant to bring people together, not polarize/exclude others. So please, no political debates/events, no insults, no ranting at one another, you get the gist. Also, please just don’t be sexual, violent or creepy: let’s help everyone to feel safe and welcome here!
2. Please KEEP YOUR RSVPs UPDATED! It sucks to plan a party for 20 and only 2 arrive.
3. Standard COVID rules apply: Don't come to Meetups if you're sick (and Update your RSVP!), please wear masks in venues that request them, and if possible please try to host outdoor events or events where spacing out is possible. I'll be keeping the group sizes smaller to try to limit risks of anyone getting/transmitting COVID-19, and I request that any events you host be 15 people or less, for now.
4. Your profile picture MUST show your face! This is to weed out bots and to help people find each other at events. If you are unable to have a profile pic showing your face, please contact me about joining the group.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Sapphic Book Club! - JuneWhite Duck Taco, Arden, NC
Our June book club pick is Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott. An enchanted adventure illuminated by Jewish myth (Baba Yaga) and adorned with lyrical prose as tantalizing and sweet as briar berries, Thistlefoot is an immersive modern fantasy saga by a bold new talent.
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The Yaga siblings—Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist—have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive an inheritance, the siblings agree to meet—only to discover that their bequest isn’t land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs.Read full synopsis here at The StoryGraph
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We'll meet outside at White Duck Taco in South Asheville/Arden || Come early if you want some yummy food and drinks!
- Sapphic Book Club! - JulyWhite Duck Taco, Arden, NC
Our July book club pick is The Kitchen Sink Sutra by Patti Murphy - an uplifting story about family, best friends, and the importance of a really good cup of coffee.
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Where do you go when everything falls apart? Thirty-six-year-old Olivia is an artist who’s just been let go from her day job.Also, the presumed love of her life has suddenly decamped to another continent to avoid a lawsuit - but all of this pales when Olivia finds out that her beloved grandmother, the woman who raised her, has had a stroke.
Olivia rushes back to her hometown of Stafford Falls to care for Nana Sutton only to find that the odd little place where she grew up has changed.
For one thing, she keeps running into a perpetually smiling Buddhist monk who offers to teach her the secret to great happiness. And then there’s that intriguing woman with the beautiful smile and kind eyes who’s opening a café that serves life-saving espressos.
As Nana recovers, Olivia finds herself making a life in the little town, but when her backlog of unsold paintings starts to sell and suddenly it’s raining jobs back in the city, will she be able to leave Stafford Falls?
Read full synopsis here at The StoryGraph
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We'll meet outside at White Duck Taco in South Asheville/Arden || Come early if you want some yummy food and drinks!
