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Pride Month – Where To Support Diverse Entrepreneurs

As we come to the end of Pride Month, it’s important for us as conscious consumers to remember that Pride Month really is every month. In an effort to continue to amplify diverse voices and make diverse entrepreneurs more discoverable, a new permanent collection on Shopify’s Shop app has been released, featuring and highlighting LGBTQ+ owned businesses. These new collections can be used as a resource for Canadians to not only discover, support and shop from these incredible brands, but also learn more about their personal stories and in some cases, how their heritage has inspired their entrepreneurial journey.

The LGBTQ+ collection was proudly co-curated by The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, the official non-profit dedicated to spreading the spirit of Stonewall. The collection supports 60 LGBTQ+ owned brands on Shopify, including:

  • Get Real (Toronto, ON) This non-profit runs workshops and sells apparel to combat 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination in schools summer camps, and workplaces
  • Ruby Shines (Toronto, ON) This father-daughter business makes form fitting clothes for trans girls after Jamie, the father, realized there were not any suitable beach wear for his daughter or other transgender and gender-nonconforming kids
  • Peau de Loup (Vancouver, BC) This shop offers button-down shirts and upcycled fabrics designed for tomboys by tomboys

Here is a complete list from the Shop Collection: LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses

The Stonewall Inn Store
Fluide
AllTRUEist
Subject To Change
Adam Jk
Red Sky
Ash and Chess
Passionfruit
Wildfang
Queeriosity
Toni Marlow
Stone Tulip Goods
Otherwild
Peau de Loup
Coco and Breezy
Souk Bohemian
Fredericks and Mae
Hello Clementine
Boy Smells
Homoco
Minna
Coolhaus
Suay
Sweet Cowboy Blues
Ruby Shines
Gay Pride Apparel
The Quiltbag
Patch NYC
Kirrin Finch
The Little Gay Shop
https://www.playoutapparel.com/
Snapback Tiara
Bianca’s Design Shop
Shake Hands Co
Dapper Boi
Pride Factory
BLK MKT Vintage
Stuzo
Lucky Iron Fish
Automatic Gold
Bijou
Noto Botanics
SOAP
Your Open Closet
Grinding Coffee
Gender Traitor
https://wegetreal.ca/
Unclockable
Burkinabae
Beef Cake Swimwear
Smitten Kitten
Roots and Crowns
BeetxBeet
Bathorium
Brandon Blackwood
Freck Beauty
Tomboy X

Danai Mushayandebvu

Danai is usually scrolling through Instagram in search of new restaurants, things to do and places to be. While she has no formal dance training whatsoever, she hopes to be part of a professional hip-hop troupe someday. You can follow her escapades @dnizzler