14 Queer Asian-Owned Small Businesses You're Going To Fall In Love With

Let's celebrate and support queer AAPI-owned small businesses year round!

We hope you love the Asian queer-owned small businesses we recommend! BuzzFeed may collect a share of sales and/or compensation from some of the links on this page, but we always feature businesses we love and stand behind. We would like to encourage you to shop small and support your local businesses, whether it's buying a gift card, purchasing their merchandise, or liking/sharing/commenting on their social media channels!

1. Faceted Beauty

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Faceted Beauty creates beautiful, reusable, custom-fit press-on gel nails that can be worn up to 14 days and can be reused over three times. Proudly queer, Southeast Asian American female founder Lisa “Liv” Estrella Yang hopes that these custom nails can help celebrate and embrace people's multifaceted nature within and outside of the beauty industry, “because beauty transcends a one-size-fits-all.”

Faceted Beauty is currently doing a Nail Art Capsule Partnership with SUBLIMA jewelry where 20% of their net proceeds will be donated to nonprofits advocating for social and racial justice. These nonprofits include the Trevor Project, The South East Asian Diaspora Project, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

Check out all of their products at Faceted Beauty!

2. Stitchmonger

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Founder Max is a transmasc trans mask maker! In addition to their trans/agender/genderqueer pride flag masks, they also have non-binary, lesbian, asexuals/ace, bisexual/bi, pansexual/panromantic pride flag masks as well as rainbow, galaxy, plants, and animal masks! The rainbow LGBTQ+ mask can be purchased as a custom order too!

Check out all of their products on Etsy at Stitchmonger!

3. MegEmikoArt

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Meg Emiko Lee is an Asian American trans non-binary artist! They create extremely adorable stickers and apparel for everyone in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the AAPI and Black Community.

With each purchase, MegEmikoArt donates a portion of the proceeds to their respective organizations. For example, 30% of proceeds from Protect Trans Kids products were donated to the Marsha P Johnson Insitute, 80% of proceeds from Stop Asian Hate/AAPI products were donated to AAPI Community Fund, 100% of proceeds from Protect Black Lives products were donated/split between Daunte's Funeral Fund and Minnesota Freedom Fund, and the shop continues to donate to various other organizations!

Check out all of their products on Etsy at MegEmikoArt!

4. My Little Plums

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Mei (they/them) of My Little Plums is a freelance illustrator located in New Delhi and is currently selling prints of their artwork as well as some pride sticker packs in honor of Pride Month! They are open to collabs and commissions, so feel free to slide in their DMs for a request!

Check out all of their products at My Little Plums!

5. Passion Planner

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Angelia Trinidad is a proud queer Filipina woman who launched Passion Planner on Kickstarter in 2013 with the goal to help people focus on what really matters. With the ability to combine structure for plans, spaces for creativity, and room for reflection, Passion Planner was able help their global community identify their dreams and build toward them every day.

Driven to give back to the community, Passion Planner created a Get One, Give One Program where funds and planners are donated to nonprofit organizations that range from raising mental health awareness to providing education for underserved youth.

Check out all of their products at Passion Planner!

6. GRRRL Spells

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Based in Toronto, Canada, GRRRL Spells is a queer, non-binary, and POC-owned shop on Etsy that creates spoopy queer art and accessories! Some of their products include Pronoun Planchette enamel pins with they/them, she/her, and he/him options, Witch Boba Iron-on Patches, Worship Yourself prints, I Am Valid enamel pins, and more!

Check out all of their products on Etsy at GRRRL Spells!

7. Rebirth Garments

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Rebirth Garments was founded by Sky Cubacub (they/them) in order to create gender non-conforming apparel and accessories for people on the full spectrum of gender, size, and ability! Rebirth Garments wants people to be able to express their individuality and identity confidently and centers on queer and disabled people (both apparent and non-apparent disabilities).

They maintain the notion of Radical Visibility, "a movement based on claiming our bodies and, through the use of bright colors, exuberant fabrics, and innovative designs, highlighting the parts of us that society typically shuns. Through Radical Visibility, we refuse to assimilate and can create a QueerCrip dress reform movement."

Check out their products at Rebirth Garments!

8. Sonny's Cookie

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Bakers Sonny Kieu and Shawn Willits were inspired to create Sonny's Cookie by participating in the Great Quarantine Bakeoffs they had with their friends. They decided to share some of their original and classic recipes with the world! Their homemade specialty cookies are made in Brooklyn, New York, with different flavors such as apple pie, chocolate chip, oatmeal, and more!

Check out all of their cookies at Sonny's Cookie!

9. Good Light Beauty

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Good Light is a personal care brand for all people, regardless of their gender identity. Founder David Yi focuses on promoting a more inclusive definition of beauty beyond the binary, with skincare products that are made for everyone. The business strives to reflect the diversity and fluidity of the world we live in today. The products are made to be clean, non-toxic, vegan, cruelty-free, and sustainably produced!

They recently had a giveaway partnering with a few other queer brands like Boy Smells, Noto Botanics, HOMOCO, Coco and Breezy Eyewear, and Phlemuns! Though the giveaway is over, check out the amazing @goodlight.world Instagram page as well as the other queer brands they partnered with!

Check out all of their products at Good Light World!

10. OMG Sportswear

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OMG Sportswear, better known as On My Game, is a fitness clothing brand founded by Edison Fan (@edisonfanye) and is one of Asia's top men's sportswear brands. With their affordable prices and slick design, OMG Sportswear provides stylish and comfortable workout gear that helps people feel good and build confidence. Their products range from tank tops, shorts, tights, shirts, and other accessories needed to complement or complete a fitness look!

Check out all of their products on OMG Sportswear USA!

11. Boy Smells

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Co-founders and real-life partners David Kien and Matthew Herman created Boy Smells to elevate your intimate world. Their products include candles, intimate apparel, and cologne that make loving your identity a daily ritual. “We wanted to have products that were embracing masculine and feminine simultaneously in a simple and straightforward way that wasn’t overtly targeted to one gender,” the founders say. “It’s permission to harness your power from wherever you want it.”

In addition to their other wonderful-smelling collections, they currently have a Radiating Pride collection out that includes scents such as Rosalita, Philia, Extra Vert, and more!

Check out all of their products at Boy Smells!

12. The Gaysian

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The Gaysian creates apparel designed specifically for the Asian LGBTQIA community. They have everything from shirts to masks to mugs and laptop sleeves, and their tops are great for people who love a little simplicity, a punny vibe, and go with any outfit!

Check out all of their products on Etsy at The Gaysian!

13. Syro

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Syro was launched in 2016 in Bushwick, New York, and believes that fashion is an opportunity for people of all identities to have an empowering and celebratory space. To help people achieve this space, Syro founders Henry Bae and Shaobo Han create beautiful, gender non-conforming heels in large sizes for men, women, and everyone! They stand by D.R.E.S.S. = Dismantling, Rejecting, Eradicating, Subverting Systems.

Check out all of their products at Syro!

14. TANAÏS

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TANAÏS, which emerged from Hi Wallflower, sells lip oils, fragrances, psychedelic mushroom jhumkas, and more! Each product is designed as a talisman and is made from rare and gorgeous materials, as the brand imagines fragrances, beauty, and jewelry as expressions of ritual adornment and ancestors.

Founder Tanaïs (née Tanwi Nandini Islam) is also the author who wrote Bright Lines and the upcoming novel In Sensorium: Notes For My People, which explores sense and sensuality, South Asian and Muslim perfume culture, colonization and its aftermath.

Check out all of their products at TANAÏS!

What are some of your favorite Asian LGBTQ+–owned small businesses? Leave them in the comments below and they might get featured on a future post. 😉

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