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The Best Gifts for Every Queer Person in Your LGBT+ Crew

From satin PJs and versatile vibrators to gear for making perfect oat milk lattes (the gayest of beverages), here are 13 hella queer gift ideas.
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Happy holi-gays, babes, and congrats on surviving another year! Whether you’re a fellow queer person or merely an ally matters not. What matters, this holiday season, is that you care about a member of the LGBTQ community and you’re about to shower them with gifts, bitch. 

Queer people come in many delicious flavors, it’s true. But, no matter who they are to you—your aesthetically astute bestie or sad they/them sibling, platonic life partner or witchy roommate, metamour, maybe-date-mate, local or long-distance lover—odds are you were thinking about buying them a mug with a rainbow on it. Please don’t. We have plenty of mugs. We’ve been mainstream for a while now.

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Not sure where to start, in that case? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what we’re getting our queerly beloved this holiday season.

Your Queer Friend Loves a Cozy Home

Whether they’re your sibling, roommate, or stylish bestie, odds are they’re obsessed with unique and artful home decor. Give the gift that keeps giving “omg your place is so cute” vibes all year long.

For the one most likely to start a coven

If there are two things queers love, it’s crystals and cheese—celebrate the solstice with your witchiest pals around this hand-hewn charcuterie board.


$78 at Anthropologie

$78 at Anthropologie

For the pyro with a green thumb

Up next in delightfully gay object combos: plants and candles. Once this hand-poured, soy candle—which has an incredible, Japanese-inspired scent with palo santo, rock rose, and cedar notes—is all burned, the terrazzo vessel becomes a fresh herb planter—just add water to the included seed paper and soil packet!


$85 at The Sill

$85 at The Sill

For the aspirational art-lover

Whether or not this person is, in fact, living their best queer life is irrelevant. 


$18.99 at Etsy

$18.99 at Etsy

For the caffeine queen

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Fact: The alphabet mafia runs on caffeine. With this adorable pink electric pour-over kit and 24/7 access to barista-quality coffee, your queer friend will be unstoppable (Standard Dose is also slinging the classic matte black model on promo RN).


$85$68 at Standard Dose

$85$68 at Standard Dose

$195 at Fellow

$195 at Fellow

For the latte bitch

Throw in a milk frother so they can make their oat milk lattes—the gayest of beverages—in the comfort of their own home.


$19.99 at Amazon

$19.99 at Amazon

Your Queer Friend Needs a Hug

Look, it’s been a rough year (ok, maybe a rough couple of years) and winter is terrible to one’s hair, skin, and wardrobe options; no wonder we’re sad. Cheer up a queer with one of these thoughtful gifts.

For the overworked and under-appreciated

Do we know how adaptogens work? Not really. Are we willing to try any potion or powder that promises less stress? Absolutely.


$28$20 at Goldune

$28$20 at Goldune

For your most anxious pal

We know, we know: The alphabet mafia never sleeps. But if there’s a queer in your life who would actually like to, then this is the weighted blanket for them. 


$125$87.50 at Zoey Sleep

$125$87.50 at Zoey Sleep

For the water signs

We don’t always love the “slap a rainbow on it” approach to gay gift giving, but these bath bombs are cute enough to get a pass. 


$26.99$19.99 at Amazon

$26.99$19.99 at Amazon

For the self-medicating stoner

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This seashell-shaped pipe is beautifully sapphic, handmade in Oregon, and glazed for easy cleanup.


$85 at Tetra

$85 at Tetra

Your Queer Friend Is Also Your Lover 

If you’re ready for more of a ho-ho-holiday season, look no further.

For your maybe-date-mate 

Is this a date or are these weirdly romantic, long hangouts just platonic? Fuck around and find out by gifting them these cocktails and skipping the bar—perhaps you can suggest a more intimate place to meet up. (*wink*)


$49 at Avec

$49 at Avec

For your long-distance lover

Is there anything queerer than loving the shit out of someone who lives thousands of miles away from you? 


$65 at Enjoy Flowers

$65 at Enjoy Flowers

For the freaks in the sheets

We absolutely adore a vibe that’s water-resistant, USB-rechargeable, and designed for sexy friends with whatever kind of junk they’ve got in the trunk. Sometimes, a gift is for you to enjoy, too.


$135 at Verishop

$135 at Verishop

For your boo

Does your lover deserve to feel so goddamn luxurious they could lose their mind? Of course they do. Is there anything gayer than purple satin? Obviously not. Rihanna knows what the queers want. What are you waiting for?


$89.95$24.48 at Savage x Fenty

$89.95$24.48 at Savage x Fenty

$65.95$17.48 at Savage x Fenty

$65.95$17.48 at Savage x Fenty

May all your holidays be merry and gay!