This December get your Christmas sorted quickly by purchasing from an LGBTQ+ business. I’ve compelled together five of my newly founded favourite brands whilst on the hunt for Christmas pressies! Ranging from skincare, perfumes to beer – each of these five brands will be bringing a lot of Christmas cheer this year!
QUEER BREWING
Queer Brewing, a brewing business established in 2019, providing representation of Queerness in and around beer. Queer Brewing introduces the word ‘Queer’ on tap lists and in fridges. Simplistic yet game changing and conversation making representation. Whilst Queer Brewing has been expanding throughout five countries; the brand has already raised thousands of pounds for various LGBTQ +charities and continues to do so.
Queer Brewing is available to purchase from 470 Tesco stores across the UK, so head over to your nearest ‘big Tesco’ and grab yourself (and friend!) a Queer Beer!
https://www.thequeerbrewingproject.com
DR BOTANICALS
Dr Botanicals, the multi award winning European skincare company. A proud minority-owned business which celebrates diversity, supporting movements of equality such as Black Lives Matter, True Colours Funs and Stonewall. The Pride Lemon Butter is the ultimate skincare product for Queer people, the superfood all-in-one rescue butter sizes up at 50ml and priced at a very reasonable £14.90 – Dr Botanicals is the perfect place to shop for your loved ones who simply love good quality skincare products and care for the world around them.
https://drbotanicals.com
WA GREEN
WA Green, founder Zoe Anderson injects dopamine into our homes, buying and supplying products from independent emerging designers full of diversity. Based in Shoreditch, London – WA Green makes each home unique and personal with homeware for the flamboyant individual in your life – just check out these Christmas Baubles of Queer icons!
https://wagreen.co.uk
GAY’S THE WORD
Gay’ s The Word, the UK’s oldest bookshop; established in 1979 by a group of gay socialists. Gay;s The Word funnels all profit back into their business in order to continue creating a vast diversity of Queer reads for us readers. On their website there are thousands of books – everything you could possibly imagine; from Queer poetry, coming out stories and biographies, children’s books, graphic novels and so, so much more. And if your Queer loved one finds difficulty with reading, this bookshop also offers photography books too! There is truly something for everyone! Visit their online stockist or take a visit of the historic store based in London, 66 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AB.
https://www.gaystheword.co.uk/bookshop
HUE BY HAYLEY
Hayley Kiyoko’s perfume Hue is the must-have scent, designed as an expression of liberation, freedom and self-empowerment. The scent is described as an energetic smell that sticks to the skin for up to 8 hours a day. Hue celebrates the rich diversity within Kiyoko’s audience, representing each colour of the rainbow. The florally, fruity musk for the skin is available to purchase exclusively from the singer’s website, linked below.
https://www.huebyhayley.com
Let’s support Queer business’s during the end of 2021 and may that continue throughout 2022 and for the many years to come!
Laura Nye
Freelance Writer
Freelance Multi-Media Creator whom continuously ranges between imagery to words.
If you wish to get in touch; please reach out to lauranyeart@gmail.com
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