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LGBTQ+ Visitor Information - Roanoke, VA
Roanoke in Virginia’s Blue Ridge is a vibrant and welcoming people to visitors from all backgrounds, including the LGBTQ+ community.
We encourage you to plan your next metro mountain adventure and explore the incredible variety of outdoor trails & recreation opportunities, diverse arts & cultural scene, singular local flavors, and exciting special events that take place throughout the year.
There are also singular experiences and opportunities to connect with Roanoke’s local Gay community and study more about the city's history.
"Roanoke is a magical place. When I moved here in 2001, a stranger in a new urban area, I experienced the gift of hospitality from so many people, who welcomed me in my truthfulness and wholeness. I am glad to be part of our City Council who celebrates our rich diverse, multi-cultural and inclusive citizens and landscape. Welcome to Roanoke!" — Joe Cobb, Vice Mayor and Member of Roanoke City Council
The Municipality of Roanoke earned the highest doable score of 100 points on the Human Rights Campaign's HRC (2023) Municipal Equity I
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Grindr is the world’s #1 free dating app serving the LGBTQ community. If you’re gay, bi, trans, queer, or even just curious, Grindr is the optimal and easiest way to face new people for friendships, hookups, dates, and whatever else you’re looking for.
On a trip? Grindr is an indispensable tool for LGBTQ travelers—log in to meet locals and get recommendations for bars, restaurants, events, and more. With Grindr in your pocket, you’ll always be joined to other LGBTQ people around you and have your finger on the pulse of what’s happening.
Ready to get started? Creating your profile is easy, and you can share as much or little about yourself as you like. Within minutes you’ll be ready to connect, chat, and meet up with people near you.
Grindr is faster and better than ever:
• See people nearby based on your location
• Chat and share private photos
• Add tags to share your interests
• Search tags to uncover others based on their interests
• Create private albums to split (and unshare) multiple photos at once
• Filter your search to find what you want
• Luminary your favorites and block others
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Introduction
“Here goes nothing”, I think to myself as I once again find myself downloading the ever-daunting dating LGBTQIA+ apps that will either be a provider of unparalleled happiness or spiraling doom. Dating is undeniably terrifying. The whole concept of gathering strangers and creature vulnerable with them in the hopes that something comes out of that interaction, be that something a hook-up, a short or long term bond or maybe just even a friendship, is overwhelmingly bizarre. But the potential of that “something” maybe happening is in and of itself a truly beautiful experience.
I constantly joke around with close friends that I am ready for a association. I crave the emotional and physical intimacy that comes with one. My friends, being my most brutal advisors, always say the same thing, “Derek saying you need a relationship is worthless if you don’t put yourself out there. In order to discover a relationship, you need to good, date.” And running the risk of inflating my friends’ egos, they’re right. The only way to find someone, is by going out to the battlefield we ring a “dating pool” (my body convulsed a bit just thinking abou