For those local shops (digital or physical) owned by queers.
Breakwater Law: We aren’t your typical, stuffy lawyers: we’re fresh, approachable, and modern, and we treat all of our clients with equality and respect. We practice wills and estates, civil litigation, child protection, criminal and family law. Within our family law practice, we regularly work with the LGBTQ2 and poly communities to find family law solutions that work for their unique circumstances. Families, pods and polycules of all sizes and configurations will find an understanding and knowledgeable welcome with us, whether for cohabitation, separation, parenting or donor agreements, summary or independent legal advice, or representation in litigation or alternative dispute resolution processes.
The Old Courthouse Inn: Part of Powell River’s original Townsite neighbourhood. Features include Frankie’s Day Spa and Edie Rae’s Cafe.
Food and Drink
Edie Rae’s Cafe: Attatched to The Old Courthouse Inn in the original Townsite Neighbourhood.
Salish Sea Motorcycle Academy: Salish Sea Motorcycle Academy in Victoria is Canada’s first (and only) queer-owned and fully inclusive/affirming motorcycle riding school in Canada. Their aim is to help everyone, regardless of age, race, gender identity, or sexual orientation learn to ride safely in a positive environment that emphasizes the love for this sport is not limited to any specific stereotype or group.
Victoria Cat Hotel: This is a lovely place to leave your cats when they need a vacation from your vacation.
Wander Dogs: These dog walkers are super at helping your dogs get their daily exercise.
Piercing by Amus BeastO at Union Tattoo Shop: 101-764 Yates Street. Amus is a queer, non binary person. They have been a body-piercer within B.C. For 14 years. They specialize in basic and advanced piercing, and week as micro dermals and branding. Along with owning the Piercing side of the shop, they also manage Union Tattoo Shop.
Michelle & Blaine Thurlow Real Estate
Wolves Breath Vape Shop: They are dedicated to providing knowledge and compassion as well as a solid variety of products for vaping and e-cigarettes. They maintain a safe shopping experience and a friendly, compassionate space for their customers, as well as a close connection to the local Pride Society and queer community.
GenderGear.ca: Founded in 1997, GenderGear.ca is a worker-owned co-operative located in Ontario, Canada. Owned-and-operated by trans and gender variant folks, we’re here to make finding gender gear simple, easy, and affordable. We wear, read, and use all of the stuff we stock, and we only carry products we truly love!
Photography and Videography
Karlee Tess Photography: She is wonderful queer photographer who has a great portfolio of people, couples, and events.
Amus Beast O.: They are an amazing queer, non-binary photographer and videographer.
Genderbands: Genderbands is a business geared towards alleviating transgender dysphoria. Every purchase supports our FTM Top Surgery Grant Program and makes a life-altering surgery that much more achievable for a trans-masculine person.
Cosmic Queer Crafts: They are a group of queer artsits who create in a variety of mediums.
Come As You Are Co-op: We are the world’s only worker-owned co-operative sex shop, and we have a fundamentally anti-capitalist and feminist approach to sexual pleasure, health, and education. As a co-op, we don’t profit from your pleasure and we only stock products that we truly love and believe in.