LGBTQ+ small businesses
Queering Economy
Part of dismantling capitalism and white supremacy which creates these intersecting levels of oppression within the LGBTQ community is finding as many opportunites as possible to support small buisnesses. I have linked every small, Queer/ trans owned buisness I could find, as well as highligthed as many were Black or Indigenous owned. This list will also be an ever growing list and hopefully some day I will need a giant google doc for this page too!
Clothing:
MX Apparel Design gender neutral fashion xs-6x based in Minneapolis
For Them Feel at home in your body- for queers by queers
Bookstore
Irreverent Bookworm Queer owned bookstore in Bloomington, Mn
Black Garnet Queer and Black owned bookstore in Minneapolis, MN.
Go to this listing currated in 2021 of queer owned bookstores around the US
Fun stuff
Scouts- queer owned and queer friendly pop and pop shop, Minneapolis
Ink Meets Paper- greeting cards, stationary, even pride cards helmed by a cute lesbian team!
Makwa Coffee shop, an Indigenous and queer owned coffee shop in Minnesota.
Looking for MORE? Of course you are, Go to Everywhere Is Queer to check out all of the queer businesses to date in THE ENTIRE WORLD.
QUEER Games has been registered on Everywhere is Queer since 2023.
Theater
Theater is traditionally seen as a safe haven for the queer community, there are some amazing things going on at these theaters that are a step above the rest.