
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- Eyes Up Here Comedy: Supporting SurvivorsThe Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
Join Modelface Comedy and Eyes Up Here Comedy for a special benefit show for the Asheville based organizations OurVoice and Helpmate at the Grey Eagle.
Eyes Up Here Comedy started over 10 years ago in Raleigh to help provide stage time for women and queer identifying comedians and work to fix the imbalance of too many men on comedy shows.In the last 10 years EUH has partnered with Asheville based Modelface Comedy to run shows, workshops and fundraisers to inspire more women and LGBTQ+ members of our community to try stand up comedy and just fall in love with the art form. Not to mention bringing tons of talented performers and headliners to town for everyone to enjoy.
All joking aside, this is the second fundraiser show that Eyes Up Here Comedy has produced in protest of headlining comedians who are also known sexual predators. It will be a night to recognize and celebrate the kind of comedy that is safe and inclusive for survivors of sexual assault and those who stand with them.
A mix of your favorite local and regional femme comedians will be taking the iconic Grey Eagle stage along with a few surprise guests!!
Eyes Up Here Comedy: Supporting Survivors
Doors: 6:00 PMShow: 7:00 PM
SEATED SHOWLIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE (guaranteed seating in rows 2-4)
LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM ULTRA SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE (guaranteed seating on 1st row and thank you gift)
Purchase Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/s/38218042 - Sapphic Book Club! - AugustWhite Duck Taco, Arden, NC
Our August book club pick is Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid - The Last of Us meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in this standalone dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice, and love that risks everything.
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By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society.
Inesa lives with her brother in a half-sunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debt—enough to qualify one of her children for Caerus’s livestreamed assassination spectacle: the Lamb’s Gauntlet.
Melinoë is a Caerus assassin, trained to track and kill the sacrificial Lambs. The product of neural reconditioning and physiological alteration, she is a living weapon, known for her cold brutality and deadly beauty. She has never failed to assassinate one of her marks.
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!