Annual reminder as we approach Pride Month: For the love of God don't buy crap from corporations just because it has a rainbow slapped onto it. Buy from small businesses who employ queer folk. Buy from independent queer artists. Buy from people who actually need the money.
There’s even an app to find them! www.everywhereisqueer.com
And also don't let the constant conservative backlash wear you down, that's their plan, make such a nuisance that anyone in the middle—i.e. center right—will give them what they want so they don't have to deal to them.
Or instead of buying any more stuff (maybe one has sufficient colourful beads, just sayin...), donate to a fav LGBTQ2S charity, or sponsor a friend in the Toronto Pride and Remembrance Run, which has several worthy beneficiaries. www.priderun.org/donate
