LGBTQ+ institutions, community networks, and LGBTQ+-owned businesses to support

LGBTQ+ owned businesses to support

In our newsletter, we promised we would share a list of organisations that you can support as part of your commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion. While showing your support during Pride Month is great, we must remember that there are 11 other months in the year. So be mindful that these organisations may already be overwhelmed with commitments in June - consider reaching out after. 

  • Northwest Press is a book publisher based in Seattle that focuses on LGBTQ+ comics and graphic novels. 

  • Exist Loudly UK London-based org supporting Black LGBTQ+ youth from the UK, through spaces of joy, creative intervention and digital storytelling.

  • The Honeycomb Works - of course, we have to add ourselves to the list! Not only do we teach you how to be inclusive we are inclusive! Our CEO Melissa and other colleagues are part of the LGBTQ+ community.

  • African Rainbow Family was established in 2014 by a lesbian in the wake of some African countries’ toxic and draconian anti-gay laws; persecutions and environments which seek to criminalise LGBTIQ+ people for the preference of whom they choose to love.

  • Parapride is a registered charity (1186485) working with social venues, public spaces and online platforms to create inclusive events and social opportunities that cater specifically to the needs of all those living with disabilities, mental health and chronic health conditions and impairments.

  • Nazariya - a Queer Feminist Resource Group is a non-profit queer feminist resource group based out of Delhi NCR, India. The group was formed in October 2014 and has since established a South Asian presence.

  • OutRight Action International their work is focused on where they can make the biggest difference. In addition to their work at the United Nations, they push for change in four regions in the Global South: Asia and the Pacific Islands, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. They concentrate where they see the greatest potential for significant improvement or threat; the possibility for a ripple effect due to the country’s relationships and reputation; and the opportunity for international intervention and influence.

  • Gay’s The Word Bookshop is an English ​​Community-centred book shop selling queer fiction and non-fiction that hosts regular events.

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