Originally published as Buy Local- Support Small Business before a previous ‘year-end holiday shopping season’ – updated for Pride 2026.
Pride month is coming. As so many corporations withdraw or reduce their public support for our communities, I want to encourage everyone to, as Tim Gunn might say, “be thoughtful” with where they spend their hard-earned funds.
Not every social media ad for a business with a pride-themed name is actually owned by a proud LGBT/Queer person.
I’m not in a position to stock up on a lot of raw materials and produce each item all by myself; by using select production partners, you support their US-based staff As well as this queer elder indie artist moving home.
And I promise you I won’t remove or edit any design, even if the target of controversy.
See this page for the current Authorized Production Partners for The Digital Gryphon LLC.
I have a short curated list of LGBT/Q books at my Bookshop.org Store front. Bookshop.org doesn’t discount like Amzn; instead paying affiliates a respectable commission, and supporting independent bookstores.
I have a number of posts here; some are product-specific while others share the story behind specific designs.
Related Posts/ Pages:
Reducing My Amzn Footprint;
Coming Out (Again);
Machine Produced Wealth;
Corporate Fundamentalism;
