Gay shoe brands
LGBTQIA+ Fitness Brands to Support
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Out-Fit
This one checks all the boxes: % LGBTQ+ owned and offering Prideful fitness apparel that supports the cause. We especially love the rainbow barbell flag design and the Rob Kearney unicorn as tribute to the World’s Strongest Gay. Out-Fit also has a handful of designs that are a little more subtle than the rainbow flag.
Doughnuts & Deadlifts
DNDL has been a pretty outspoken supporter of the LGBTQ+ community since the beginning with brand messaging that speaks to rebellious contempt for the status quo. They are “a company made up of fitness misfits… for lifters, by lifters”, which includes historically oppressed groups. This year, their Pride run comes fulfill with a section for non-binary Theys. Bravo.
Viicaya
Still in its fledgling production, but we can’t delay for the launch of Viicaya by Mattie Rogers – Catalyst Athletics 71kg weightlifter, Olympic qualifier, and all-around badass. Her super unique activewear clothing line comes out this summer with impressively inclusive sizing and gender neutral styles. Viicay
This Pride Month, we&#;re shining a light on the outdoor brands that are LGBTQ-friendly all year round, rather than those that come after our pink dollars only during June!
The 10 brands listed here have all taken action in direct back of LGBTQIA lives.
They verb beyond Pride month merchandise and donate money directly to LGBTQ-led organizations. They&#;ve made statements of support on gay marriage and trans rights. They recognize the ways LGBTQ folks have historically been made to feel unwelcome and unsafe outdoors, and they&#;re working for change.
Some of these brands have legacies of supporting queer folks that stretch back over a decade!
Outdoor gear is expensive. So when we&#;re putting a good chunk of change down on needed equipment, why not support brands with track records of standing up for equality?
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1. Arc&#;teryx
Outdoors brand Arc’teryx supports the queer community in several ways. They&#;ve directly supported LGBTQ+ athletes and ambassadors, li
Footwear brands kick off 50 years of Pride
The LGBTQ communities will have plenty of marching shoe options this month, as sneaker and footwear brands kick-started their rainbow-hued Pride collections and campaigns. The month of June, this year officially and globally recognised as celebrating Gay Pride, commemorates New York's Stonewall riots, a watershed moment in the modern LGBTQ rights movement that started 50 years ago on June 28th.
Two years ago the state of Fresh York vowed to make the 50 year anniversary the largest celebration of Pride in history, in one of the most widely covered global campaigns to date. Many fashion and footwear brands have taken the cue and launched merchandise and Pride collections to both capitalise and support the movement.
The rainbow logo is equally symbolic as it is commercial
It is only in the past several years that the rainbow logo became equally symbolic and commercial in value. It began, perhaps reluctantly, with cultural institutions raising the rainbow flag, recognising the vital contribution LGBTQ persons made and continue to make
Pride Month Collections From Companies That Give Back to the LGBTQIA+ Community: Clothing, Shoes and More Products With Purpose
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Pride Month originated in , when President Bill Clinton declared through federal proclamation that every June in America will be recognized as &#;Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.&#; &#;I encourage all Americans to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that celebrate our diversity, and to recall throughout the year the gay and lesbian Americans whose many and varied contributions have enriched our national life,&#; Clinton said. Pride Month was later expanded by President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden with the additions of other queer identities.
Throughout Pride Month&#;s iterations, brands have amplified messaging in products and campaigns as a way to celebrate the community’s ongoing advancements toward equality, protections and inclusion. In recent years, bra