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lgbtq+ businesses

100 LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses and Queer Shops To Support This Holiday Season!

With so many LGBTQ+ owned shops out there it’s gonna be a joy to put money back into your community…

Riese

Dec 9, 2024

a collage featuring beer, pool balls, arcades, a neon bar sign, darts, polaroids, and lesbians hanging out

THE SCENE

All 37 Surviving Lesbian Bars In the U.S.

Building on the work of so many queer archivists, writers, and historians, we have created…

Riese

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Mar 13, 2024

autostraddle merch

Viv is wearing the new Gay Chaos summer tank that dropped in the Autostraddle Store.

lgbtq+ businesses

NEW MERCH ALERT: Gay Chaos Tanks For This Chaotic Summer!

Haven’t you heard? Summer isn’t over yet, and it’s only going to get hotter from here.

viv —

Jul 25, 2022

four butch queers — the rent-a-butch team — gather on a front porch to offer up red roses while posing with some tools and supplies. they all look very handsome.

community

These Queer Handyworkers Want to Make Your Life Easier

Rent-A-Butch and The Handy Dyke provide queer customers a safe and friendly option in a space dominated by straight cis men.

Kate Antoniades —

Jul 14, 2022

autostraddle merch

lgbtq+ businesses

Get 25% Off Everything In Autostraddle’s Pre-Pride Sale!

Pride is around the corner, and you want to look as gay as possible.

viv —

May 25, 2022

A feature displaying exciting handwritten looking text that reads "13th birthday Sale! A+ members can take 20% off the Autostraddle store" The feature is in our 13th birthday doodle and notebook paper style, with little abstract drawings and gem stone stickers in the background. Two images of perks are displayed in polaroid frames. On the left is our new Caligula Inn tee featuring an African Grey parrot with a blood red tale and then text that reads "The Caligula Inn Est. 1996" On the right are our fisting socks, with white outlines of various hand positions on a black sock.

af+

A+ Members Can Get 20% Off The Autostraddle Store

That means 20% off pre-orders of our new, buzz-worthy tee!

Nico —

Mar 8, 2022

autostraddle merch

holiday gift guide

lgbtq+ businesses

A+ Members Get 20% Off Autostraddle Merch — Including All New Designs!

Designs you helped us conceive! Your exclusive code is inside this post!

Sarah —

Dec 2, 2021

autostraddle merch

holiday gift guide

the holigay merch collection of 2021 - socks, enamel pins, stickers, hoodie and tees

lgbtq+ businesses

NEW HOLIDAY MERCH ALERT: Gay Chaos Socks, Fresh Tees, Queer Hoodies, More Pronoun Pins, etc!

Fresh, bright, zesty Autostraddle merch served up just in time for your holigay gifts list.

Sarah —

Dec 1, 2021

autostraddle merch

homo for the holigays sale - a collection of autostraddle models wearing autostraddle tees

straddleverse

25% Off The World’s Best Gay Gear at the Autostraddle Store Starts NOW

It’s here and queer and only comes once a year: it’s the annual HOMO FOR THE HOLIDAYS sale! Now through Small Business Saturday and concluding on Cyber Monday.

Sarah —

Nov 26, 2021

spaces & places

house & garden

Spaces & Places: A Roundup of 30 Queer-Owned Houseware Shops

Whether you’re in the market for furniture, art, candles, planters, kitchenware, organizers, textiles, or little tchotchkes, these queer-owned shops have got you covered.

meg —

Jul 15, 2021

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