Fly that rainbow flag high!
This month (and always), it’s important to celebrate Pride and the LGBTQIA+ community across the world. Below, we’re highlighting ways we can promote queer equality and love both now and forever with what we buy, who we follow, what we read, and where we donate.
Here’s how to get involved, show up, and honor Pride Month.
P: Products and brands founded or owned by LGBTQIA+ individuals
R: Read LGBTQIA+ books
I: Influencers, change-makers, and activists to follow
D: Donations you can make to organizations and charities
E: Education (additional resources to further your Pride knowledge)
Keep reading for our breakdown of each category.
P: Products and brands founded or owned by LGBTQIA+ individuals
DMH Aesthetics: Founded by Danny Serventi Holbus, this brand makes our favorite LED light masks.
Well People: Well People’s plant-based and non-toxic line was co-founded by lesbian makeup artist Shirley Pinkson.
Babeland: This queer-owned adult shop is your pleasurable stop for playful toys, new experiences, and (sex)ploration.
More brands to spotlight and support:
Good Light
Snif
Boy Smells
Kiss My Face
Malin + Goetz
Freck Beauty
I: Influencers, change-makers, and activists to follow
DeRay Mckesson: host of Pod Save the People
Patrisse Cullors-Brignac: co-founder of Black Lives Matter
Laverne Cox: LGBTQIA+ advocate and first openly transgender actor to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy
Janet Mock: writer, director, and producer of Pose
Lena Waithe: screenwriter, producer, and actress
Phillip Picardi: former editor-in-chief of Out magazine, CCO of Teen Vogue, founder of @them
Megan Rapinoe: Olympic gold-medalist soccer player and activist
Janelle Monae: musician, actress, and activist
Michael Sam: first openly gay NFL player
Billy Porter: theater performer, actor, singer, and advocate
Sharice Davids: lawyer, former mixed martial artist, and politician
Elliot Page: actor, activist, and producer—listen to his incredible speech from the Human Rights Campaign’s inaugural Time to Thrive Conference here
D: Donations you can make to organizations and charities
E: Education (additional resources to further your Pride knowledge)
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