One of the best ways to support queer community is to buy from LGBTQ owned brands. This puts money directly into the hands of LGBTQ small business owners. Supporting BIPOC LGBTQ businesses is a small but impactful way to address financial inequality in the US. This holiday season, consider shopping from LGBTQ owned brands and queer inclusive brands that serve the LGBTQ community year round.
Browse our holiday shopping guide of LGBTQ owned brands or skip directly to clothing or accessories. While there are far more LGBTQ owned brands that cater to fashion, we’ve highlighted the most practical picks tailed for active travelers.
LGBTQ Owned Brands – Clothing
Humankind Gender Free Swimwear
LGBTQ owned Humankind makes gender free bathing suits for queer people. Their queer inclusive swimwear is comfortable, supportive, and gender neutral, so that all bodies can choose the swimwear that best fits them.
While Humankind may be best known for their gender are bathing suits, they also make super cozy loungewear!
TomboyX
TomboyX was one of the first lesbian brands on the market. They’re also size inclusive up to 6X!
The LGBTQ owned brand stays popular because lesbians, queer women, and nonbinary folks associate it with fashionable, comfortable basics that fit queer bodies.
Stock up on gender free undies, compression tops and other gender neutral undergarments and feel good knowing that every purchase supports LGBTQ nonprofits like the LGBTQ Freedom Fund, which pays bail for LGBTQ individuals in jail or immigration detention.
Out-Fit
Out-Fit started as a queer inclusive gym. They expanded into an LGBTQ owned clothing brand with Pride themed fitness apparel. If your winter comfy collection could use a Homo t-shirt or rainbow barbell hoodie, shop Out-Fit.
They also offer queer inclusive personal training in NYC. Personal training is a great way to build strength for an outdoor adventure, build consistency with a new fitness routine or just stay active during the winter, so check their LGBTQ personal training offerings out if you could use support building a fitness routine.
Unlikely Hikers
Unlikely Hikers made our roundup of gay and lesbian hiking groups to get outdoors with. While you should definitely check if this inclusive hiking group has chapters near you, also check out their merchandise. It’s gender free by design, size inclusive, and deeply discounted right now for all you queers on a budget!
LED Queens
LED Queens is the one-stop shop for nonbinary, agender and gender nonconforming cuties, with a tagline of gym gear for queer punks. This LGBTQ owned brand makes spandex shorts, wrestling singlets, leggings, and workout shirts in vivid rainbow hues. There is even a nonbinary pride collection of gender free swag in the colors of the nonbinary flag. The “thembo” tanks and hats are personal favorites, as are the geometric rainbow hued queer witch gym shorts.
Socks that save LGBTQ lives from Conscious Step
Who doesn’t love socks in their Christmas stocking? This year, buy from Conscious Step, which partners with LGBTQ youth organization The Trevor Project.
They also sell hoodies with adorable tiny rainbow flags on the sleeve. I have too many hoodies or I’d buy one ASAP.
Full transparency, this is the only non LGBTQ owned brand on the list, but they work directly with LGBTQ nonprofits, environmental organizations and other nonprofits you can feel good supporting.
Conscious Step makes sustainably and ethically produced socks and sweatshirts and supports a range of causes, including the environment, rainforest conversation, and global access to safe drinking water. Give yourself or a loved one basics and feel good supporting sustainable clothing and queer youth.
LGBTQ Owned Brands: Accessories
LGBTQ Inclusion Pins and Stickers from Outside Safe Space
LGBTQ adventure traveler Mikah Meyer, the first gay person to visit all US National Parks, is campaigning to make the outdoors LGBTQ inclusive. You can support Mikah’s work and signal your allyship with Outside Safe Space merch.
Stickers, pins, tees and hoodies with rainbow trees or Pride Outside hashtags signal LGBTQ inclusion and help queer folks feel more comfortable venturing outside their comfort zones. I still remember how good it felt to spot a rainbow flag sticker at a campground in Alabama, while on a Southern road trip. Little things like this make a big difference!
Queer Ecology Hankies and Queering the Trail Patches from Mary Mack Wear
Bring hanky flagging back to the outdoors with this rad queer nature themed bandana from Mary Mack Wear. This bandana comes in natural, white or lavender colors and includes LGBTQ secret symbols: inside the oyster mushroom triangles is a pink triangle with the words remembrance, resilience, resistance written on it to honor trans folks.
Mary Mack Wear also offers two queer hiking patches you can iron onto your day pack, a Queer Scout patch and Queering the Trail rainbow-hued mountain patch!
Queer Pins, Stickers, Keychains and Crochet Pet Bandanas from Wander Free and Queer
Show your furry friends some love this holiday season with rainbow hued crochet pet bandanas made by queer vanlifer Wander Free and Queer.
Or stock up on car magnets, keychains, Pride-themed stickers that’ll make you laugh. We say gay, we crochet might be my favorite, but the fat feminist gay rainbow one is a close second.
Check them out, show them some love, pick up some crochet holiday decor for your house or perhaps a crochet evil eye charm to ward off the haters.
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