25+ LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses to Support This Pride Month 2026
Supporting the LGBTQ+ community shouldn’t begin and end with Pride Month – here are some of the best trans-owned and queer-owned business to support all year
Every June, corporations slap rainbows on their logos, roll out Pride-themed merchandise, donate a sliver of the proceeds, and cash in on the remaining $1.4+ trillion in economic power of the LGBTQ+ community. Then the month ends, the rainbows and attention disappear, leaving LGBTQ+-owned businesses and trans-led work in the dust.
Every Pride Month, I find myself thinking about the businesses that have made a real difference in our community. Not the companies that temporarily change their branding for June, but the trans and queer entrepreneurs creating products, services, and spaces designed by us, for us, and with our actual lives in mind.
So, from gender-affirming products to community-centered brands, here are some of the best LGBTQ+ owned businesses to celebrate and support this Pride Month and all year long.
While every product, business, and brand mentioned is independently selected by our team, inclusion on this list is for editorial and informational purposes only. Mention does not imply a formal endorsement, affiliation, or partnership with The Queer Trans Project unless otherwise stated.
What Are the Best LGBTQ-Owned Businesses to Support in 2026?
1. Gender Grip
When I started looking for gender-affirming body tape, I kept running into the same problem: most products were built for one narrow use and one narrow idea of what trans bodies need.
They were often made almost exclusively for chest binding, came in limited shade ranges, and didn’t reflect the many ways trans and nonbinary people actually use tape: binding, tucking, packing, chest lifting, body contouring, cosplay, styling, and creating a gentler alternative to compression garments. So we built something different.
Gender Grip is gender-affirming body tape designed and tested by Black, queer, and trans people. It was created with the understanding that there is no single trans body and no single way to feel affirmed. With the largest skin tone range on the market, Gender Grip was made to work for more people and more forms of gender expression.
I personally use Gender Grip for packing, and I love that the shades are intentional and realistic for Black and Brown bodies, not strange, ashy, orange, or unnatural tones. Every purchase means 100% goes back into QTP’s work providing free gender-affirming items to trans people. Use code Pride15 for 15% off your order now through June 30th!
2. Dr. DHT
Dr. DHT is a 100% trans-owned and operated small business creating hormone-safe beard, scar care, face, hair, and hair-loss products for trans men and transmascs who want affirming care that actually reflects their needs. A portion of every sale goes towards their Surgery Grant for trans, nonbinary people in need of funding. I personally use their facial skincare, and I love that their products are created with real trans experiences in mind.
3. Stealth Bros Co.
Stealth Bros Co. creates high-quality and stylish, functional storage solutions for under-represented medical communities. Their products help people of all gender identities carry supplies like hormones, syringes, medication, and daily essentials with privacy and pride. I use their dopp kit for my HRT supplies, and I love how they make medical storage feel affirming instead of clinical.
4. Ash & Chess
Ash & Chess is a queer and trans-owned stationery and gift brand known for bold, colorful, and joyful designs. Their greeting cards, art prints, and gifts celebrate queer identity, community, humor, and chosen family. I love that their work captures queer joy in a way that feels bright, funny, and genuinely celebratory.
5. Sharkboy Stuff
Sharkboy Stuff is a trans and queer-owned shop creating playful apparel, stickers, comics, and accessories. Their work queers pop culture with bright, funny, and deeply community-centered designs. I especially love that 25% of each purchase supports nonprofit organizations and mutual aid funds.
6. Transfigure Print Co.
Transfigure Print Co. is a trans-owned screen-printing collective. They create inclusive apparel and goods while also supporting queer and trans people through mutual aid, fundraising, and community-centered printing. Every month, they donate 10% of sales to various organizations that center Trans and Queer lives, as well as donating directly to trans folks through mutual aid. I love Transfigure Print Co. because their alt styles look so cool, and their work feels rooted in creativity, community, and queer expression.
7. Queer Videography
Queer Videography is a queer and trans co-owned video production company based in Salem, Massachusetts. They create video work, wedding films, filmmaker resources, and community-centered media with a queer lens. They also produce PANORAMA Film Fest, an annual trans and queer youth film festival that creates space for young LGBTQ+ filmmakers and stories. I love how so creative and professional they are; fun fact, they directed and produced our tutorial videos for gender-affirming care items
8. Celeste Burns Photography
Celeste Burns Photography offers wedding, couples, family, and lifestyle photography rooted in honest storytelling. Their work focuses on warm, immersive documentation for queer people who want photos that feel real, personal, and alive. Celeste also photographed The Queer Trans Project’s Build-a-Queer Kit items on trans bodies, helping show what gender-affirming care actually looks like when it is worn, used, and experienced by the people it is made for. Celeste is an amazing human and an exceptionally talented photographer who makes people, products, and moments feel beautifully seen.
9. Pack Animal Company
Pack Animal Company is a trans-owned business that creates inclusive apparel for every body. Products include handmade chest binders, tee and tanks, activewear, swimwear, bottoms, and underwear in a variety of unique and fun designs. They are the leading binder company is Canada. I love how vast their apparel designs are, ranging from casual to edgy patterns.
10. Origami Customs
Origami Customs is a trans-owned apparel shop that creates custom, handmade, binders, gaffs, and gender-affirming garments. Their pieces are made with a focus on fit, comfort, accessibility, and affirming people across many bodies and identities.The partner with community organizations worldwide to get necessary, affirming products to people with limited access. I love Origami Customs because their team is so talented, and your items are made to order based on your measurements instead of forcing your body into standard sizing.
11. MyPack
MyPack is a trans-owned shop that designs packing solutions, made by a transgender man who wears prosthetics daily. Their products are created to make packing feel more functional, comfortable, and affirming in everyday life. I love MyPack because it helps me pack without the overstimulation that can come from wearing packing boxers.
12. SoftBoysClub
SoftBoysClub is trans-owned and creates art, apparel, jewelry, stickers, coloring books, anthologies, and other trans-centered goods. Their shop celebrates trans softness, disability justice, cuteness, rest, and queer joy. I love SoftBoysClub because they show that masculinity can be soft, beautiful, tender, and still fully powerful.
13. Awarewolf
Awarewolf is a trans-owned and operated queer streetwear brand creating bold clothing and accessories. Their designs bring together punk attitude, queer identity, and expressive everyday style. I love Awarewolf because their alt, edgy pieces are perfect for the days when I want my style to feel darker and cooler.
14. Mars Wright
Mars Wright is a trans artist and designer creating gender-affirming art, apparel, murals, and streetwear centered on trans joy. His work speaks directly to healthy masculinity, body affirmation, queer public art, and the power of being seen. I love Mars Wright because his work is pure trans joy, and it makes self-recognition feel powerful and visible.
15. Marf Summers
Marf Summers is an artist, architect, and leatherworker creating wearable pieces rooted in butch, trans, and shapeshifting themes. Their work spans leathercraft, wearable objects, art, and design pieces that feel practical, sculptural, and deeply expressive. I especially love their strap-belt design because, as a trans person, I always dream of shapeshifting, with their strap-belt piece being my dream made wearable, I’m definitely adding this to my cart this pride month.
16. TransGuySupply
TransGuySupply is a trans-owned shop offering packers, binders, STPs, harnesses, packing underwear, apparel, and other gender-affirming gear. Their products are designed by and for trans masc, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people who need affirming options that work in real life. I love TransGuySupply because they were one of the first brands I used in my transition (and still use today) for affordable packers and gender-affirming gear.
17. Tuckituppp
Tuckituppp is a Mexican-owned and trans woman-founded brand creating high-quality tucking underwear designed for comfort, confidence, and everyday wear. Founded by Josie Azocar, the brand supports trans people who want secure, affirming undergarments without sacrificing style. I love Tuckituppp because their designs are cute, affirming, and made with our trans femme siblings in mind.
18. We Live in Truth
We Live in Truth is a Black trans-led candle and homegoods business. Their products center affirmation, healing, visibility, and creating spaces that feel safe, warm, and intentional. I love We Live in Truth because their candles smell amazing, and they also provide candles for free to trans people who would feel affirmed by them.
19. DVN Coaching
DVN Coaching is led by Devon Spears, a Black trans man fitness coach who specializes in trans-masc physique building. His coaching helps clients build strength, confidence, and sustainable routines through an empathetic and evidence-based approach. I personally worked with Devon for about two years on my fitness journey, and love how his coaching helped me reconnect with my body.
20. Unclockable
Unclockable is a trans-owned and family run business that creates gender-euphoric products designed for trans femmes, by trans femmes. Their products include tucking kits, bra inserts, shapewear, and other affirming items created with comfort, confidence, and real-life use in mind. I love Unclockable because they make beautifully designed products for my trans femme siblings with real thought, care, and style.
21. For Them
For Them is a queer, Black and trans owned business that creates queer goods, including binders, underwear, accessories, gifts, and apparel. They design with queer people in mind, offering options that feel intentional, affirming, and community-rooted. I love For Them’s dope marketing, and their product designs feel cool, thoughtful, and actually made for queer people.
22. Aqua Underwear
Aqua Underwear is a brown trans-owned brand creating handmade, affirming, fully customizable underwear and garments for all identities and bodies. Every piece is handmade, with a focus on comfort, customization, and helping people feel seen. I love that Aqua Underwear isn’t afraid to show bigger-bodied trans people looking amazing, and everything feels made with real care.
23. WaySyders
Waysyders is a trans-owned brand creating swimwear, activewear, and streetwear made for a wide range of body types. Founded by trans surfer and designer Dylan Williamson, the brand supports movement, comfort, and self-expression without asking people to compromise who they are. I love that their swimwear and sportswear works for all genders, avoids obnoxious branding, and looks and feels luxurious.
24. Automic Gold
Automic Gold is a queer, trans, and Indigenous-owned fine jewelry company creating sustainable, genderless jewelry in New York. Their pieces are designed for all genders and focus on ethical materials, everyday wear, and timeless style, which is a huge thing I love about Automic Gold.
25. FLAVNT
FLAVNT is a queer and trans co-owned streetwear brand founded by twins Chris and Courtney Rhodes. Their clothing and campaigns uplift LGBTQ+ people while making affirming style feel bold, wearable, and community-centered. I love that FLAVNT’s streetwear and binders feel easy to wear while still making a statement.
26. Queer Candle Co.
Queer Candle Co. is a trans and queer-owned small-batch candle company offering hand-poured candles, flame-free options, discovery kits, and merch. Their products bring cozy scents, queer joy, and community care into everyday spaces. I love that their candles are made with non-toxic fragrances, fresh ingredients, and intentional scents that bring cozy queer joy into everyday spaces.
Why You Need To Support LGBTQ+-Owned Businesses During Pride and All Year Long
For me, supporting trans-owned businesses is an act of community care and collective survival. We’re living in a time when the rights, dignity, and existence of trans people are actively being challenged and stripped across legislatures, schools, healthcare systems, and communities across the country. In moments like these, our greatest strength has always been each other.
Long before people paid attention to our needs, trans and queer people were finding ways to support one another. We shared resources, raised money for each other, opened our homes, and built the kind of community we needed to survive. That spirit of mutual aid is why I founded The Queer Trans Project in the first place.
So, I hope you’ll take some time to explore this list, discover a few new favorite businesses, and support the people doing incredible work in our community. And if you’re in a position to give, please make a donation to The Queer Trans Project so we can continue providing free gender-affirming items to trans people across the country who need them most.
Happy Pride, QTP Cuties.