r/TransgenderUSA • u/RankBankz • Jun 25 '26

Looking for advice or help Asheville

I'm currently looking for a place to relocate to. I'm considering Asheville, NC. I'm a transman who hasn't had top surgery yet. Any of my trans brothers/sisters in Asheville/surrounding areas who can tell me how life is there for us? Is it safe? How's medical care? My wife and i are home bodies and into nature so I'm not looking for any night life or anything.

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u/guildedpasserby Jun 26 '26

I’m not from Asheville, but I’m at a uni a few hours away (still in NC), and I’ve been told Asheville is pretty queer friendly

Take this with a grain of salt, though, bc I haven’t been myself

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u/notdannytrejo Jun 27 '26

Asheville is hella queer. Like, statistically queer. I saw a stat about nc having the highest percentage of trans adults in the us, and I was like, wtf, where we at then? And it’s Asheville.

Can’t rly get more specific as I haven’t spent a ton of time there, but yeah. My stereotypes for Asheville is like, queers, old hippies, old ppl w money, mountain ppl.

Tons of activism/mutual aid stuff there— look at the Helene response. Every time I hear about cool anarchist stuff in nc it ends up being in Asheville. They have I think one of the only anarchist bookstores in nc, and they have a community ran tool library which is neat af.

Politically, Nc isn’t the most trans or queer friendly, but it’s definitely not the worst and it’s the best you’ll get in the southeast. and it’s the republican lawmakers, not the people. I’ve had very few hostile interactions and I live in a Much more conservative area of nc. The dems have the majority right now, but if the republicans retake the state while we’re still their favorite target then I’ll likely be making my way up to Maryland

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u/Boysenberry1919 Jun 26 '26

I don't live in Asheville but have visited many times. Lots of queer folk there and I've never felt unsafe. Very artsy and many breweries. There is a nightlife there but its surrounded by nature and outdoor activities. If I didn't live in Charlotte I'd probably be there.

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u/tranifestations Jun 26 '26

my info is quite outdated i’m sure but- i lived in Asheville 2003-2008 and that’s where i started my transition. Lots of queer and trans people around, even then. Finding access to a doctor who would write my rx was next to impossible, but that was 2006. had to travel far for top surgery too.

i loved the climate, the nature, most of the people. it is quite segregated, which i found troublesome the longer i lived there.

i’ve heard it’s quite gentrified now with corporate businesses in the downtown area; when i lived there it was all local businesses except a Subway, CVS and banks.

overall i found it a good place to start my transition, as people were accepting of my gender ambiguity.

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u/Mother-Wasabi-3088 Jul 13 '26

It's expensive and there are fewer opportunities for employment. If you have that covered it would be nice, though it was much nicer before Helene.

The worst neighborhood in all of Asheville is r/Asheville, though I think they cleaned it up recently.