Hey, queer artsy friends!

[joscelyntransient@chaosfem.tw]

@faithisleaping sadly, as someone who used to need to get this kind of stuff for work, the answer often is Amazon these days

[jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange]

@faithisleaping Might find it on AliExpress or temu or whatever, though they may only sell in 10,000 packs. Who knows.

[sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net]

@faithisleaping StarSalts.com has some cute pride ones that are also Pokémon-themed, but I'd definitely at least try Etsy before Amazon, there are a lot of Canada-based independent queer artists out there who do pride lanyards of all kinds!

[yantor3d@mas.to]

@faithisleaping get some rainbow suspenders from a thrift store and DIY it?

[miriamrobern@dice.camp]

@faithisleaping or go to Michaels and make them yourself

[liza@lgbtqia.space]

@faithisleaping I dont remember where u live but I would first try calling/dropping email to the local pride organizer. In many places they are making it for their stuff/selling in a souvenir stand. I have a little collection from different cities and always used it when worked corporates

[natasha@lgbtqia.space]

@faithisleaping there are pride shops all around.
Here in France we have https://boutique.pride.fr/
I'm sure there's one similar in your area.

[christineburns@mastodon.green]

@faithisleaping Queer Lit stocks them and you can buy from their online store https://www.queerlit.co.uk/search?q=Lanyard&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

[zenie@piaille.fr]

@faithisleaping
Etsy. Brazilian bracelets.

There are lots of choices. I recently ordered some
Brazilian bracelets. They were made to order and combined 2 choices of flag colors among other options.

You can also make them yourself. I've seen the kits and supplies at art supply stores.

I killed my Amazon account 2 years ago. I had stopped using it for quite some time. There are ways to get the things that Amazon would like you to believe can only be found there.

[ruthoday2@chaosfem.tw]

@anarres.family

An angle on Amazon: maybe the vendors/suppliers there also sell directly (not sure if that is the way that it works, I haven't logged in to there since 2024 when the asshole owner withdrew his newspaper's tradition of the election recommendation by the editorial board)

Another option is to go to the LGBT/alphabetter (was going to say "alphabet mafia", but I much prefer "alphabetter") neighbourhood in your city and see if there is a store that sells alphabetter-themed trinkets. They might be
a) good capitalists who see a market demand and start to stock them
or
b) good friends who put you in touch with a supplier

[faithisleaping@anarres.family]

@Liza Yeah, that may be the way to go. I think my next conference is after Pride so maybe I can grab one this summer. Of curse, the chances of me remembering…

[bigshellevent@toot.cat]

@faithisleaping cc @doombloomart , also Irene Koh does some nice stuff

[liza@lgbtqia.space]

@faithisleaping drop them an email. They might have a regular stock/offer bulk from last year or something

I especially love my illegal pride souvenirs from places the government banned pride at the last moment and we were rioting a bit. Istanbul 2015, Belgrade 2019, Budapest 2024

[doombloomart@mastoart.social]

@BigShellEvent @faithisleaping Thank you for the shout-out! I unfortunately don't have any pride Lanyards (yet!)