Choose Local: June: Indie Pride Month

 

From June 1 to June 30, our Choose Indie Pride Month campaign celebrates LGBTQ+-owned businesses, diversity, and equity.  Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the ripple effects our neighborhoods, towns, and cities receive when we support our locally owned businesses.

Amplifying Our Work

We strive to amplify all local, statewide, national, and international networks’ efforts to promote Pride Month.

Sharing Inspiration

Campaigns

• How Queer-Owned Bookstores are Celebrating Pride Month (2023)
• How Bookstores Are Celebrating Pride Month | the American Booksellers Association (2022)
  • Pride Among Booksellers (2023)
• Playlist – Indie-to-Indie (2024)
• Pride Month Sample Resolution (2021)
• Say Gay. Read Banned Books. Shop Local.
• Community Spotlight: Main Street Celebrates Pride Month (2022)
  • Main Spotlight: Beyond Pride – Creating an Inclusive Main Street Year-Round
  • Pride Month on Main Street
  • Community Spotlight: Rainbow Flags on Main Street: Attracting LGBTQIA Businesses and Customers

 

Events

• https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/2024-06
• Nashua Pride Festival (NH)
• Fabulosa Books
• 9 Ways to Show Your Pride Across Pennsylvania | visitPA (2023)
• Want to celebrate Pride Month in Massachusetts? Here’s a list of events. (2022)
• Where to Celebrate Pride Month 2022 in California
• Top Ten Strategies for Hosting Drag Queen Story Hour | the American Booksellers Association
• New Hampshire, Maine & Massachusetts PRIDE EVENTS – ROAR: RAINBOW OUTREACH ADVOCATES AND RESOURCES
• https://www.eventbrite.com/o/a-seat-at-the-table-books-33385319729
• https://nglcc.org/events/events-calendar/
• Queer Speed Date | Under the Umbrella
• Scream Queers June | Under the Umbrella
• Queer Stitch Club | Under the Umbrella
• Affiliate Pride Events – NGLCC
• https://www.equalitymaine.org/pride-2024-calendar/
• https://web.malgbtcc.org/events
• https://www.macsbacks.com/event/new-macs-backs-lgbtq-book-club (2023)
• Understanding Gender Identity 101 (2023)

 

Directories

• Affiliate Chambers – NGLCC
• https://blog.libro.fm/queer-lgbtq-owned-bookstores/ (2022)
• https://libro.fm/pride
• LGBTQ+ Owned – BuyAlaska
• Member Directory – Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce
• https://www.affirmingspacesproject.org/business/

 

Donate/Invest

• • https://www.superpowers4good.com/p/moneco-featured-among-new-impact
  • https://impactalpha.com/embrace-the-rainbow-the-investment-case-for-lgbt-fund-managers-and-startups/
  • https://impactalpha.com/mitigating-the-systemic-risk-of-anti-lgbtq-sentiment-in-investing/
  • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61450f095deeb4572796ade5/t/665df4c68cd3e33ed4d6a351/1717433550681/Outsized_Impact.pdf
  • https://www.instagram.com/p/C8aLStnSOwx/?e=fd27076c-7d94-49e0-91d2-a70b30843a72&g=5
  • https://invest.honeycombcredit.com/campaigns/Obodo-Serendipity-Books

• Charis Circle | Give Out Day

• • https://www.giveoutday.org/giving-events/giveout23/home

 

Entrepreneurship/Career Support

• https://www.facebook.com/StartOut/posts/pfbid0m159RPSC9T3rSompzpquCDtj2vcSSs3LGymnSBjcHxEdTBbRt5cyVigFrV95pA1Ul
• https://transtechsocial.org/
• https://queerblackwomenalliance.org/

 

Networks and Alliances

• Resources — Keene Pride
• Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce
• Utah Pride Center
• Pride Center of Vermont
• Equality Illinois
• Identity Alaska
• Michigan Pride
• North and South Carolina LGBTQ+ Pride – Out! Carolinas
• White Mountains Pride (NH)
• ​​North Jersey Pride
• ​​OKC Pride Alliance

 

Advocacy

• A Template for Talking with School and Library Boards About Book Bans: Book Censorship News, August 5, 2022
• Freedom for All Americans
• Equal Treatment – Gill Foundation
• PRIDE
• Transgender Law Center

 

Other Resources

• https://thenonbinarian.gay/
• https://bookriot.com/hide-the-pride-2023/
• https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/news/blog/engaging-lgbtqia-stakeholders-beyond-pride/
• Supporting LGBTQ-Friendly Businesses – Google for Small Business
• StartOut
  • LGBTQ+ Demographics | StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index
• ​​Trans Authors Across Genres | Under the Umbrella
• https://alayagood.com/pdf/pride-month-toolkit/
• https://nbda.com/creating-a-trans-inclusive-bike-shop/
• Pride Month Activation Kit – Benevity
• https://flagsforgood.com/
• https://www.flexability.com/who-we-are
• https://outleadership.com/driving-equality/about-out-leadership/
• https://www.affirmingspacesproject.org/
• LGBTQ-Owned Small Businesses in 2021