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Another study, also based on census results, north that Bun-combe County with You are likely to see a number of openly lesbian and asheville couples around town, es-pecially Downtown and in West Asheville. Scandals is gay nightclub that presents drag shows some nights. See Lodging section for more information.

Blue Ridge Pride www. It holds a variety of events and meet-and-greets year-round, including a gay pride parade and event in late September that draws more than vendors and 10, attendees. The Mr. Gay Latino Asheville pageant, held at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, in its 16th carolina inattracts visitors from all over the South, and it usually sells out.

The City of Asheville has offered domestic partner benefits to same-sex couples sinceand Buncombe County began doing so in Mission Hospital, the largest employer in the region, has offered same-sex domestic partner benefits to its employees since Buncombe County, of which Asheville is the county seat, in elected its first openly lesbian county commissioner, Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, who is ran for U.

Congress to represent the local district but lost. Also inTammy Hooper became the first gay, queer Asheville police chief, although she no longer is in the position. The amendment won due to a coalition of conservatives and churches, including large numbers of African-American churches.

However, Asheville and Buncombe County citizens voted against the anti-same sex marriage amendment. A number of companies canceled new investment in the state.

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In Octobersame-sex marriage became legal in North Carolina, thanks to a ruling by U. In Junethe U. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationally. Reisinger was the first government official in the South to take this action after the U. Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.

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