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Need help finding products? Sign up for our weekly newsletter. Here are 55 places (including small and large businesses) to consider shopping for Pride 2021, and which may help you uncover new ways to celebrate love, diversity and inclusivity during this joyful season. Popular brands like Apple, Fossil, Reebok and others often dedicate huge resources during Pride Month to LGBTQ nonprofit organizations (among them, The Trevor Project, GLSEN and additional groups), which means you could be helping others gain access to valuable resources, too. The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC. While it’s customary for Pride-themed merchandise to spike during the month of June-a practice known as rainbow capitalism, and that’s often criticized and compared to pinkwashing-there’s still tremendous value that can come from rocking rainbows during this time of year, as it helps increase visibility and may lend support and encouragement to others within the LGBTQ community who are still exploring their identities. The board voted to recommend a liquor license for Pieces, a proposed gay bar not far from the controversial Boxers location near two schools.
Last year, COVID-19 put a big damper on Pride Month festivities, but this season, there’s cause to celebrate in more ways than one and many major retailers are getting in on the action.
