Pride month is upon us, and while we encourage supporting brands founded by diverse entrepreneurs year-round, what better time to support LGBTQ-owned brands than now? We’ve scoped out recognizable and newly emerging LGBTQ-owned businesses making goods with inclusivity at the forefront of their brand missions and product design.
Many of these queer-made products are also ethically and sustainably sourced and produced, benefit social justice causes and give back to community-led organizations. From a home decor brand that fights for garment workers’ rights to a queer swimsuit brand that designs products for gender identities across the spectrum, check out these LGBTQ-owned businesses the next time you shop for your home, wardrobe and kitchen.
Omsom
If you’re looking for a way to shake up your weeknight dinners, we love the bold flavors from Omsom. Co-founded by sisters Vanessa and Kim Pham, Omsom celebrates the flavors of their Asian-American upbringing with tasty noodles and sauces that can take your meals from drab to delicious in just minutes.
Tangy, nutty and with a touch of heat, these noodles can be made in just four minutes on your stovetop and pair great with toppings like tofu, scallions or bok choy.
This bundle includes five of Omsom’s fan-favorite sauces inspired by flavors like Korean BBQ bulgogi, Thai krapow and Japanese miso to spice up your favorite meat and veggies.
Pink House Alchemy
These small batch syrups, bitters and shrubs from Pink House Alchemy are perfect for those who love to host or experiment with new flavors. Their range of products is crafted from combinations of roots, barks, fruits, herbs and botanicals to find the ideal blend for everything from your coffee to your cocktails.
A versatile flavor perfect for sweetening coffee, cocktails or baked goods, this vanilla bean syrup is made with hand-scraped Madagascar vanilla.
Like traditional grenadine, this dark cherry syrup is made with pomegranates too. Try it in your favorite summer cocktails or pair it with coffee and chocolate for a cherry mocha treat.
Minna
Located in upstate New York, Minna is a queer-led business that focuses on crafting ethical, handmade home goods. From rugs to bedding, pillows, wallpapers and napkins, you’ll find decor that not only looks good but you can feel good about purchasing, since each product is made by artisan partners across South America and the US.
Available in four colorful striped prints, these towels are handwoven in Guatemala and perfect for a day at the beach or for hanging in your bathrooms.
Use this woven palm basket made in Oaxaca, Mexico, as a planter, blanket holder or extra storage device for any space in your home.
Dapper Boi
Vicky Pasche and Charisse Pasche founded Dapper Boi to design more body-inclusive apparel, including gender-neutral and extended-size clothes. The brand designs tops, bottoms, accessories and more for folks who have traditionally struggled to find clothes that fit their identities and needs in traditional men’s and women’s sections.
The shacket — a jacket and shirt hybrid — is heavy enough to keep you warm but thin enough to move around and stay comfortable all day. This one is made with premium corduroy and designed with a relaxed fit.
For lounging at home or for keeping warm in the cooler months, these Dapper Boi joggers have a relaxed fit and zippered pockets for holding your essentials.
Woxer
Alexandra Fuente founded Woxer to create boxers that women and gender-nonconforming folks can wear too. She also wants to design more supportive, comfortable and higher-quality underwear for all people and all genders.
One of Woxer’s bestsellers, the Woxer Boxer Briefs, have a comfortable-fitting, no-roll waistband and a supportive 5-inch inseam that fits many body types and moves around less than regular underwear. The Classic Underwear and Boss Bra are two other bestsellers Woxer wearers can’t get enough of.
This Icon bra has a triple-layered front that makes it perfect for hiking, yoga, workouts and everyday wear, with modal fabric to keep you comfortable through it all.
Tawa Threads
Designer Tabria Williford created Tawa Threads to combine her passion for textile design, community and the outdoors into one brand. With a give-back model supporting organizations that center on building community and celebrating cultural diversity, Tawa Threads donates a portion of its proceeds with an emphasis on funding programs that encourage and support BIPOC, the LGBTQIA+ community and people with disabilities to explore and advance their own narratives in outdoor spaces.
Inspired by the flowering yucca plant, this tie can be work as a neck tie, headband, bandana or as an accessory for your favorite furry friend.
Tawa Threads has a variety of tapestries all inspired by National Parks across the US. This orange-and-black design is inspired by Arches National Park in Utah and works as a table runner, wall hanging or furniture decor.
Humankind
Haily Marzullo launched Humankind with a vision of making swimwear more inclusive for more people. In search of gender-inclusive swim tops and bottoms, Marzullo designed Humankind to fit multiple body types and identities so everyone can feel more comfortable and confident in what they wear in the water no matter how they identify.
The Humankind Swim Top provides more coverage and support than your average swim top and is made with the brand’s signature stretch and quick-dry sportswear fabric.
For even more coverage, check out this Humankind Unisuit, a flattering full-coverage suit with a sporty fit and soft stretch.
Bowtie Behavior
Robin “Robbie” Williams started designing handmade and custom-designed bow ties after having a hard time finding one that fit her style and was affordable. The self-taught sewer had no prior education or background in design before making her first bow tie. Today she designs a rotating collection of bold designs and prints that an entire outfit can be built around. Her Jamaican heritage, Bronx upbringing, personal style and passion for empowering queer communities through design all influence her bow ties’ colorful and vibrant patterns.
Jazz up your favorite white dress shirt with this multicolored flower bow tie packed with vivid pinks, oranges, reds and greens.
Perfect for a lighter spring and summer wardrobe, this Pink Lady bow tie will give a subtle pop to a classic black outfit too.
Peace Coffee
Since 1996, Lee Wallace has been roasting ethically sourced coffee from around the globe out of Minneapolis. Peace Coffee prides itself on purchasing only fair trade and organic coffee beans from small-scale grower cooperatives and partnering with them to benefit their farmers, their families, local communities and the climate.
The brand’s first Compostable EcoPods are made with plant-based material that’s 100% biodegradable when disposed of through industrial compost facilities. They fit Keurig machines and come in two of Peace’s most popular blends — Tree Hugger, a nutty dark roast, and Birchwood, a smooth medium roast. Coffee drinkers also love Peace Coffee’s natural paper mesh since it helps retain the coffee’s flavor notes, unlike plastic cups that can alter the taste.
For a sweet, full-bodied cup ideal for your home espresso machine or French press, try this Black Squirrel Espresso Blend. Your cup will be filled with a deep, rich coffee with tasting notes of baker’s cocoa, brown sugar and macadamia.
Equator Coffees
Born out of a garage in Marin City, California, in 1995, Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell founded Equator Coffees to prove there’s a different (read: better) way to produce quality coffee that’s better for people and the planet. The high-impact coffee company focuses on quality, sustainability and social responsibility in all its procurement, roasting and production processes.
The Equator Blend — a smooth, medium-dark roast with notes of chocolate and nutmeg — ranks at the top of the brand’s bestsellers, alongside equally loved blends like Mocha Java and Jaguar Espresso. Grab a cup in person at one of its nine café locations around California.
And if you want to sample an array of Equator Coffees blends right from your home, start a coffee subscription with the option to get a new blend delivered as often as every week.
Maev
This one’s for the pups. Katie Spies, a former MIT engineer turned full-time dog walker, couldn’t find a healthy food option for her rescue dog, George, so she decided to make it herself. Maev is the first human-grade raw dog food brand of its kind and has been scientifically studied to improve dogs’ oral health, behavior changes, energy balance and weight management.
Pick up this food for your pup in beef, chicken and puppy formulas online and a variety pack if you’d like to mix it up while also stocking up on food.
For an extra boost to your pup’s food, grab this Bone Broth that promises to make your pup stronger from the inside out.
The New Savant
A lifelong creator and one-time college dropout Ingrid Nilsen, along with tech and media professional turned entrepreneur Erica Anderson, co-founded The New Savant to bring candles back to the basics. The queer, women-owned brand brings imaginative scents (specially co-created with master perfumers from a storied Swiss fragrance house) into homes, inspired by personal experiences past and present.
Heatwave was inspired by Ingrid’s SoCal roots, where summer lasts all year long, and burns with a bright cucumber, peach and earthy scent.
With notes chili pepper, Thai rose apple, vanilla and muddled raspberries, Sapphic in the City is a spicy, summer scent inspired by Ingrid’s journey with femininity
Suay
Activism-driven textile brand Suay enters on circularity for the benefit of not only the climate but the community too. Suay makes products from a mix of postconsumer waste and deadstock organic-grown fibers. That means everything Suay creates come from materials that would’ve otherwise gone into the landfill. As of 2019, the powerhouse team of textile recyclers diverts more than 250,000 pounds of garments from landfills each year to its northeast Los Angeles-based sew shop and retail space. The brand also supports and advocates for garment workers’ rights, like pushing policy reform for fair wages, and continuously highlights systemic injustices within the fashion industry, especially among Indigenous communities and communities of color.
Suay’s bestselling Pride Linen Pillow is made of upcycled deadstock linen fabric and is one example of many other apparel and home good product lines.
Upcycled from workwear uniforms, this Moto Jumpsuit will give you a one-of-a-kind piece for effortless style, available in sizes that accommodate bodies XXS to 4XL.
The Barb Shop
Not feeling seen or respected in the hair and beauty industries was a constant frustration for Sheena Lister. Frustrated by not being able to find a product that represented her identity and hair length, she set out to make a pomade for herself — and others in the LGBTQ community. Her product, Barb, a gender-neutral pomade for short hair, was made first and foremost to serve women, trans and nonbinary people. However, all short-haired humans who want a quality pomade and want to support an LGBTQ-owned brand will love the Barb Shop.
Made from natural waxes and plant proteins, this Soft Clay Pomade from the Barb Shop will not only give you fuss-free and flexible styling but easily rinse clean from your hair with water.
And for the days when your hair just still won’t cooperate, you can grab the Barb Shop’s corduroy hat to polish off your look.
Meow Meow Tweet
Vegan and cruelty-free Meow Meow Tweet makes personal care products that tread lighter on the planet and gives back to grassroots-focused BIPOC and queer-led organizations. Named after their two beloved cats and Jeff’s bird, founders Jeff Kurosaki and Tara Pelletier launched the brand to offer natural and ethical health products at an accessible price point.
Its All Over Lotion, made with lots of aloe and organic rose water from Bulgaria, is a bestseller. If it turns out you love it, you can even buy it in bulk for 15% less per ounce.
Packaged in a biodegradable container, this deodorant is safe to use on your underarms, chest, neck and feet.
Alder New York
Founded by Nina Zilka and David Krause, Alder New York sells a wide range of vegan beauty and skin care products for all genders and identities. The brand uses ingredients backed by science for healthier skin and plant extracts that leave skin clearer and more balanced.
We recommend the Brightening Face Mask, a mud mask infused with vitamin C, zinc and calendula extract, that exfoliates and brightens skin.
Exfoliate and hydrate your skin with this cleansing body bar formulated with glycolic acid, crushed jojoba seeds, shea butter and sea kelp.
Malin+Goetz
Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz founded Malin+Goetz to create simpler skin care products. Since launching in a small New York City apartment in 2004 with a limited range of products, the brand spans a wide variety of self-care products from perfumes and candles to hair care and deodorant.
The Bergamot Hand and Body Wash is one of its bestsellers with a bright, citrus-forward scent and amino acids for extra hydration.
Made without fragrance or flavor, this lip moisturizer is formulated with fatty acids to help keep your lips hydrated and stop the need for constant reapplication.
Noto Botanics
Fashion and celebrity makeup artist Gloria Noto dreamed of starting her own beauty line for years. She launched Noto Botanics after a trip to Thailand made her realize what’s most important in life should be her priority: her happiness. Her wide range of gender-inclusive and clean cosmetics are vegan, cruelty-free and made for people who value self-expression, diversity and a shared sense of community — just as Noto Botanics does.
The Deep Serum hydrates and brightens skin and works well on all skin types, from sensitive or dry to acne-prone or oily (or any combination of the mix).
This modern pink lip and cheek stick will give a subtle pop of color to almost any skin tone, plus an extra bump of hydration, thanks to jojoba, coconut and neem seed oils.
