They have a section of around 30 LGBTQ+ books with a wide range of genres. Black Garnetīlack Garnet is a bookstore owned by Black women and features mainly stories from Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Please note the store also sells adult toys and is not kid-friendly. Connelly said Rainbow Road is the only gay-owned store selling pride gear in Minneapolis (and multiple sources confirmed), so make sure to directly support the LGBTQ+ community the best you can during Pride month. Rainbow Road has been owned by Jim Connelly for the past 25 years.
You name the item, they probably have a rainbow on it. They sell underwear, T-shirts, hats, pins, flags, shorts, and more. Rainbow Road is a store marketed towards gay men. Here are several Minneapolis-based and LGBTQ+ friendly stores. This is known as “Rainbow Capitalism.”Īs folks look for Pride apparel or rainbow decorations to keep around the house year round, there are alternatives to supporting major brands. I like you is among the local shops selling items for PrideĪs large companies, such as Target, Michael’s, and Walmart, come out with Pride items in the month of June, some people in the LGBTQ+ community express wariness of corporate retailers performatively selling rainbow and “love is love” merchandise.
