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Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. These American small towns offer rainbow love along with their apple pie. Small towns are all about your neighbors, and when big hearts are open on Main Street, everyone benefits. Besides annual Pride celebrations, there are events around the rainbow community like drag shows, book clubs, and lexington tours.

Time to book a visit! Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. A huge, historic bar The Bar Complex hosts professional drag shows, then head for a quiet breakfast at the queer-owned Lussi Brown Coffee Bara coffee shop and cocktail bar—best of both worlds! In June, the Lexington Pride Festival draws over 50, people to the city, gay year taking place on June Each year, join in the Wine Country Pride Celebration with a parade, drag show, and other festivities, taking place this year in September, while June and much of the year sees downtown decorated with progress pride flags.

This year, a Pride Street Fair on Sept. Besides the annual Saratoga Pride Festival being held this year on June 25, this small city celebrates queer pride year-round. Stay at the queer-owned Saratoga Arms Hotel when you come to town. Bisbee, a former mining town set in the Mule Mountains and surrounded by desert, was the first Arizona municipality to pass a Civil Union Ordinance before Marriage Equality became law.

The annual Galena Pride Picnic happening this year on June 10 will include dog training and a tricks show, yoga in the park, live music, and a drag show with artists from all over the Midwest; bring a picnic lunch for family-friendly entertainment. Take your pick of LGBTQ-owned accommodations like Somerset House Inn and Lands End Inn and saunter down Commercial Street for hip art galleries, terrific seafood restaurants, and popular hangouts like the Boat Slipwhere seemingly everyone in town gathers for its iconic tea dance.

With antique shops, wineries, a rich arts scene, and rustic charm, this small town along the Delaware River is a popular weekend escape from New York and Philadelphia. Eureka Springs was the first city in Arkansas to issue domestic partnership licenses and then same-sex marriage licenses once they became legal in and to pass a non-discrimination ordinance.

Come for Diversity Weekends each spring, summer, and fall and check out its entry on our Best Gay Clubs feature. Soft sand, gentle waves, and warm smiles greet you in this delightful seaside town. Then sing your heart out at the Front Porch piano bar and hit up Maine Street for drinking and dancing and the Dueling Drag Divas show.

A popular escape from Washington D.