Blue Ridge Pride celebrants — and a handful of protestors — filled the streets of downtown Asheville on Saturday, Oct. 6. People took to social media networks, too, to document, discuss and share information and opinions about the event. Here’s a selection of what they had to say, with links to news stories and more.

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Blue Ridge Pride draws social media outpouring

by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press
October 8, 2012

<h1>Blue Ridge Pride draws social media outpouring</h1> <p class="byline">by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press <br />October 8, 2012</p> <p>Blue Ridge Pride celebrants — and a handful of protestors — filled the streets of downtown Asheville on Saturday, Oct. 6. People took to social media networks, too, to document, discuss and share information and opinions about the event. Here’s a selection of what they had to say, with links to news stories and more.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://storify.com/cpublicpress/wnc-and-blue-ridge-pride </div> </figure> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org/11832/blue-ridge-pride-draws-social-media-outpouring/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org">Carolina Public Press</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-cropped-CPPlogo_icon_RGB.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://carolinapublicpress.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11832&amp;ga3=G-45T85MYXXN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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