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5 cities where retirement is great (and one you may not have thought of)
Whether you’re a couch potato or disco napper, the world is at your doorstep in these five world-class cities.
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Dolly Parton & RuPaul are together again… in a Southern hair salon’s mural
Dolly has been on the mural for years, and visitors wondered who the new person would be as it got updated.
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Travel guide picks NC city as ‘Best of US’ because it ‘thrives on diversity’
Lonely Planet has picked Asheville as its top U.S. destination for 2017, despite an anti-LGBT law that has led companies and entertainers to boycott the state.
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N.C. county official plans to accept marriage applications from gay couples
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Buncombe County, N.C., Register of Deeds says he’s going to accept marriage license applications from same-sex couples and seek an opinion from North Carolina’s top lawyer.
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Buncombe County, N.C. approves domestic partner benefits
Buncombe County, N.C., commissioners voted 4-3 on Tuesday to begin offering health and other benefits to the same-sex partners of county employees.
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Gay couple attacked, beaten on Asheville street after called gay slurs
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A gay couple from Charlotte, N.C. said they were attacked and beaten on the street during a recent visit to Asheville, and claim they were attacked because they’re gay.
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Lesbian couple arrested in North Carolina after marriage license refused
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A lesbian couple twice refused a marriage license by the Buncombe County Register of Deeds refused to leave the government office today and initiated a sit-in. The two were arrested.
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Religious coalition pressing Asheville for additional LGBT rights, protections
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A religious coalition known as the “People of Faith for Just Relationships” are pressing the city to do more for LGBT equality. The group of 25 local religious leaders led by the Reverend Joe Hoffman, has released a resolution calling for four specific protections.
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Asheville city council expected to take up gay rights issues
ASHEVILLE, NC — With the election of three new City Council members, Asheville will consider extending benefits to same-sex partners of city employees. On Friday, Councilman-elect Gordon Smith said he hopes to extend domestic partner benefits as one of his first priorities once new council members are sworn in December 8. A majority of incoming […]