LGBTQIA+ Friendly Businesses
Apparel
A PFLAG Waukesha donor
PFLAG Waukesha proudly uses Distinktive Merch Co. for their merchandise!
Quality Custom Apparel, Online Pop-Up Shops and Exceptional Customer Service
Distinktive Merch Co. delivers trend-setting, high quality decorated products to our customers. We take pride in the fact that the items we create help share your brand, tell your story, and make you feel heard. We continually pursue the highest standards by challenging the norms of decoration. By continuing to learn and grow in our own talents, we can be bold, innovative and creative. We embrace an ever-changing world and continually adapt to meet and exceed our customers ever changing needs.
Our team is passionate about what we do. We embrace diversity and inclusion and believe everyone is created equally.
Address
380 West Main St.
Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone
(262)518-8337
Feel like you truly belong & grow more than you ever thought possible.
At H&M, we welcome you to be yourself and challenge you to grow and make a difference. Help us reimagine the future of an entire industry by making everyone look, feel and do good.
Our mission is to secure and support diverse representation at all levels throughout our organisation and truly reflect the communities we operate within.
Through our Pride collections, we support the UN Free & Equal campaign – a global campaign against homophobia and transphobia.
The Trevor Project
H&M has supported the Trevor Project’s Pride campaign, “Stories of Pride”, which celebrates all the stories of strength, resilience, and connection of LGBTQ youth. This meaningful partnership created learning opportunities and additional resources for our colleagues and amplified Trevor’s match campaign.
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI)
The partnership with MPJI is centered on providing gender affirming care for Trans and gender nonconforming youth. We’ve hosted “Fresh and Fabulous” shopping events that celebrated the beauty inherent within varied gender identities. H&M’s support has enabled the distribution of necessary resources to more than a dozen organizations within the MPJI network.
Address
Brookfield Square
95 North Moorland Road
Brookfield, WI 53005
Phone
Customer Service
+1-855-466-7467
A PFLAG Waukesha donor
Our Kendra Gives Back program helps anyone within the community host a local event for causes and organizations that empower women and youth.
20% of purchases made in-store during the hosted event or digitally through kendrascott.com, using a custom code, will directly benefit the cause or people designated by you.
Address
237 High St
Brookfield, WI 53045
Banking
LGBTQ-friendly banks aim to provide a safe space where people of all sexual orientations and gender identities can access financial products and services tailored to their needs and goals. Many of these financial institutions also promote equality from within through inclusive policies for their employees.
Directories
Our worldwide, online map was formed when Everywhere Is Queer founder, Charlie Sprinkman, (a Wisconsin native) struggled to find places they felt represented and safe during a 50 state road trip across the US. (Read more about that below!) He wished he could spot queer spaces easily, no matter his location. That’s when the idea for our digital map was born!
Everywhere Is Queer is a public resource (and ever-growing searchable map!) created for the LGBTQIA2S+ and ally community to find welcoming, queer-owned spaces to shop, connect, eat, learn, and grow all over the world… even in your own neighborhood!
Are you a queer business owner? Download the app to see how you can be listed!
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce works to create a fully inclusive state by promoting economic growth and opportunities among LGBT owned and allied businesses, corporations, and professionals in Wisconsin. Representing its members, the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce serves as the business advocate and the link between business and government in an effort to promote equality and fairness for all.
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce is proud to be an affiliate of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
For more information on the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Email
info@wislgbtchamber.com
Address
5027 W North Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53208-1132
Phone
(414) 678-9275
Manufacturing/Labor/Entrepreneurial Services
Provides skilled laborers for general labor, skilled labor, and general contract work.
Eddie Ayala, Owner
Email
afc.eddie@yahoo.com
Phone
(414) 732-1878
(262) 671-9563
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.
We believe diversity is our strength and diverse thinking powers innovation and growth. In our fourth annual Global Inclusion and Diversity Transparency Report, we look at the progress we’ve made in our journey and the work that’s still left to do.
Eaton is a member of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce and received an award, “Best-of-the-Best Corporation for Inclusion”.
Address
2300 Badger Dr
Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone
(262) 896-2400
Founded in 1959, Generac was the first to engineer affordable home standby generators, along with the first engine developed specifically for the rigors of generator use, and is now the #1 manufacturer of home backup generators. Generac manufactures the widest range of power products in the marketplace including portable, residential, commercial and industrial generators. We are also the leading designer and manufacturer of manual and fully automatic transfer switches and accessories for backup power applications up to 2 MW.
Generac Gives powers possibilities and generates goodness to help foster a smarter and more resilient world. Through our community engagement, we partner with non-profit organizations and programs that will uplift people and better our world in four specific giving categories: education, responders, sustainability and our community.
Local Address
S45W29290 WI-59
Waukesha, WI 53189
Phone
(262) 544-4811
Drywall
Texture
Insulation
Paint
Repair
Contact
Carlos Guzman 414-839-2984
Alex Gonzalez 414-308-3237
alexgonzalez9613@gmail.com
The Award Winning Latino Entrepreneurial Network of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc., (LEN), provides services and educational programs for individuals and business owners in the Wisconsin community. LEN’s focus is on youth programs and English as Second Language (ESL) entrepreneurial programs, educating low income and underserved individuals on numerous business topics.
Our mission is to promote entrepreneurial awareness and education through bilingual coaching, professional development, and networking.
Address
3419 A W Forest Home Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53215
Phone
414-509-6009
It’s simple: We solve your toughest business challenges with packaging so you can create customers for life.
Partner with us to minimize shipping costs, keep products flying out the door, inspire brand loyalty and reduce damages across all your fulfillment channels. As a leading manufacturer and provider of innovative packaging and protective products, we’re here to help you succeed.
We get out of bed every day ready to protect what’s important to you. As ecommerce becomes a more influential business driver, we’re proud to help connect the online world with the real one. We make sure your products are safe when traveling across the country or just across the warehouse.
As the world evolves, we innovate. We protect. Our progressive attitude helps you meet the needs of today, and the dreams of tomorrow.
Wisconsin Locations
975 Koopman Lane
Elkhorn, WI 53121
N102 W19300 Willow Creek Way
Germantown, WI 53022
N59 W22387 Silver Spring Drive
Sussex, WI 53089
Markets
LGBTQ+ organized market series that focuses on creating safe and fun events for our LGBTQ+ communities.
The mission of The Big Gay Market is to host inclusive, welcoming, and fun maker/local business markets for the Madison community and beyond.
Supporting local businesses that support the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
Farmers’ Market
For over 20 years the Waukesha Farmers’ Market has been a thriving asset to our community and is one of the largest Farmers’ Markets in the state. It features Wisconsin grown products and businesses and has become a Saturday morning ritual for thousands of people every May-October.
Publications
Wisconsin’s source for LGBTQ news + people + community + culture since 2007.
Our mission is to clearly, candidly and openly reflect the diversity and optimism in our community. We are dedicated to improving our readers’ quality of life by celebrating the people, establishments and events that encourage us to embrace our identities as individuals and as an LGBTQA community.
Our goal is to deliver each story, identity and person regardless of notoriety or lack thereof. We aim to demonstrate how we overcome obstacles on a day-to-day basis. The progress our community has made is undeniable and the applause deserved is what we intend to provide.