How to Celebrate Pride Month All-Year Long

Last updated June 12, 2026

Pride month is nationally recognized in the month of June. It is a month dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. 

You might be celebrating for yourself, for your loved ones, or as an ally that supports the community. It's important to understand the history of Pride month, why inclusivity is an integral component, and that Pride doesn't simply end on July 1st. 

This post will discuss why pride month is celebrated, why it's important to CONQUERing, and how companies, like us, can celebrate pride month! 

Why is Pride Month Celebrated?

There's a reason June is the chosen month for Pride month. On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a bar in New York City that was a known staple for the gay community. This was the final straw for the community, leading to riots that would later be known as the Stonewall Riots. 

The Stonewall Riots were a Gay Liberation Movement that sparked people across the country to mobilize and fight for their rights. The first Pride march happened a year after the Stone Wall Riots—it was led by the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee and spanned an entire street for 15 blocks. 

A decade after Stonewall, the first National March was organized. Thousands gathered in Washington D.C. on October 13, 1979 to remember Stonewall and continue the fight for equality. 

The LGBTQ+ community has fought for their rights for decades, making positive policy changes along the way to pave a brighter future for generations to come. 46 years after Stonewall, in 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, making it legal for same-sex couples to get married in the United States. 

There is still a lot of work to be done. Book banning, restrictive legislation, and much more are still prevalent issues in the United States. These issues will be at the forefront of many Pride celebrations across the country. In addition, it's important that we take time during Pride to celebrate the impact that the LGBTQ+ community has had, and will continue to have, on our history. 

What Does Pride Mean to CONQUERing?

The mission of CONQUERing has always been, and will always be, rooted in empowerment. It is our goal to help people feel empowered when they wear our products. 

There are a couple of different ways that we aim to reach this goal:

1. Functional, fashionable fidget jewelry. Our primary product offering is fidget jewelry, which is proven to reduce anxiety, improve concentration, and effectively help to break bad habits. These can all be roadblocks when it comes to feeling truly empowered. 
2. Inclusive products and initiatives. When we say we want to empower people, we want to empower EVERYONE. Inclusivity is central to every decision we make. From our designs to the sizes of our products, we want everyone to feel that they are represented by the CONQUERing brand. If we aren't being inclusive, we aren't fulfilling our mission. 

So, what does this all have to do with Pride month? Pride has more depth to it than being gay or straight. To some degree, Pride is rooted deeply in identity. Gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and more are all considerations when it comes to celebrating Pride month and fighting for equality. 

Pride is about accepting and embracing all of your identities. It's about understanding how your identities intersect and how you can be confident in who you are. For us, Pride is about including all identities in our celebrations. 

When someone is fully themselves, they are well on their way to feeling empowered. When you embrace who you are, you empower others to embrace who they are. This is why Pride month and inclusivity are so important to us. If we help one person feel empowered to accept who they are, then we start a chain reaction where that person empowers hundred of people to embrace their identities. 

This is why we use models for our products that represent many different identities. We want people to see themselves in who is wearing our jewelry. This is also why we have so many different product offerings. 

We have some that are more subtle—for people that are beginning to accept who they are and want to keep that to a close, trusted group. We also have some that are more bold—for people that are ready to shout from the rooftops that they are confident in who they are and want others to feel empowered to be confident in who they are. 

Pride Month-Themed Fidget Jewelry

Let's talk about the products that are associated with Pride. Our Pride Collection is available year-round. Celebrating and supporting the LGBTQ+ community is a year-long commitment for us. 

The Pride Collection has a range of products to choose from. They can be the perfect gift for someone in your life that identifies with the LGBTQ+ community, or can be a way for you to show off your LGBTQ+ identity. We have the more subtle offerings and more bold offerings that we discussed above. It all depends on your level of comfort, where you are in your Pride journey, and what you want the world to know about you. 

LOVED Element	LOVE Element	Rainbow Symbol Element

The more subtle designs in the Pride Collection are: 

• LOVED. This is a universal message of loving yourself and remembering that you are loved exactly as your are. This design is also available as a Chroma element. 
• LOVE. This is similar to the LOVED design. When you wear this design, it's a sign that you have a lot of love to give. This love extends to people you see romantically, and to platonic friends that thrive off your acceptance. 
• Rainbow Symbol. This design features the symbol of a rainbow. This could mean that you identify as LGBTQ+ or could have an entirely different meaning. If you aren't ready to come out to the world, but still want to connect to your identity, this design is perfect! 

PRIDE Element	love is LOVE Element	Rainbow Element	Pride Flag Element

Our more bold designs in the Pride Collection are: 

• PRIDE. This design says Pride when spun. When you wear this design, you are letting others know that you are proud of your identity and hope that they can find the courage to be proud in theirs as well. 
• love is LOVE. This design says love is LOVE when spun. This design puts out a powerful message that you are going to love who you love, and will do so unapologetically. It is also a beautiful sentiment to show your partner that you are proud to be with them and want to show them off to the world. 
• Rainbow Chroma. This element has rainbow stripes on it. It is bold and encourages conversation. This design is perfect if you want to show the world that you're proud of who you are and offer a safe space for anyone that identifies as LGBTQ+. It is also available in a heart-shape. 
• Pride Flag. Our Pride Flag element is probably our boldest design in the Pride Collection. There are four offerings: the rainbow flag, the transgender flag, the non-binary flag, and the gender fluid flag. Wearing this design lets people know exactly how you identify and can inspire others to embrace their identities. 

Double Moon	Sappho	Rainbow CrossBar™	Carabiner CrossBar™	Vintage Stamp	Forever Lavender

In 2026, we launched a new collection created by Via Rae in partnership with Kelsey and Caitlin of Midwestern Lesbian that features symbols and designs that represent different identities within the LGBTQ+ community:

• Double Moon Element. The double moon was created in 1998 by Vivan Wagner as an alternative bisexual community symbol. It uses the moon's phases to represent growth and a multifaceted identity. 
• Sappho Element. Sappho was an ancient Greek poet from the island of Lesbos whose writings about love between women inspired the modern words, "sapphic" and "lesbian." This element features the violets often referenced in her poetry. 
• Rainbow Rhinestone CrossBar™ Element. This element offers a refined and more understated way to carry the historical spirit, visibility, and pride of the traditional rainbow flag. 
• Carabiner CrossBar™ Element. The carabiner honors a piece of queer history of wearing a carabiner on a belt loop served as a subtle, quiet way for lesbians and queer individuals to recognize each other. 
• Vintage Stamp Element. This element is inspired by a famous quote attributed to Emily Dickinson that honors the historical figures whose bravery and visibility lit a safer path forward for the community. 
• Forever Lavender Element. This vessel is created by Jen at FoundKept. It features a real preserved flower to celebrate lavender's long history as a powerful color of resilience, authenticity, and community within queer history. 

Wherever you are in your journey with identity, we see you and support you. We hope that these designs resonate with you and make you feel empowered to be who you are. 

How Can Companies Celebrate Pride Month?

For businesses, whether large corporations or mom and pop stores, it's important to celebrate pride month. It's one thing to offer designs that are LGBTQ+-specific. It's another thing to actually take action to support and uplift the LGBTQ+ community. 

Our initiatives to support the LGBTQ+ community go beyond the month of June. All year long, we have CONQUERCares—a program that donates 5% of our profits to various organizations whose purpose is to uplift and empower various communities. 

With this program, we donate to nine different local, national, and global organizations that focus on LGBTQ+ communities: 

1. The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention to LGBTQ+ youth.
2. It Gets Better Project uplifts, empowers, and connects LGBTQ+ youth across the globe. 
3. Transform Cincy provides free wardrobes to transgender and gender non-conforming youth to feel more comfortable in their skin.
   
4. Equality Ohio is dedicated to securing full equality for Ohio's LGBTQ+ community.
5. Gay for Good | LGBTQ+ Volunteer Network mobilizes the LGBTQ+ community to volunteer and make a positive impact through service projects. 
6. Global Action for Trans Equality Inc. (GATE) focuses on advancing the rights and well-being of transgender and gender-diverse individuals worldwide. GATE works to address issues such as discrimination, access to healthcare, legal recognition, and social inclusion for transgender people. 
7. LGBTQ Community Center Fund is dedicated to supporting and advancing LGBTQ+ community centers across the United States. They provide financial resources, grants, and assistance to local LGBTQ+ centers, which offer a wide range of services such as advocacy, mental health support, social programs, and safe practices for LGBTQ+ individuals. 
8. New Conservatory Theatre Center is a nonprofit performing arts organization based in San Francisco, CA, dedicated to producing high-quality theater with a focus on LGBTQ+ themes and voices. 
9. Fair Wisconsin Education Func Inc. is dedicated to advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and equality in Wisconsin. The organization focuses on public education, advocacy, and more. 

We are also constantly looking for additional organizations to support. If you have an organization that aims to uplift and empower LGBTQ+ communities, let us know through this form. 

Celebrate Pride Month All-Year Round

Happy Pride! We hope that you are able to participate in Pride month celebrations in June. 

We also hope that this post inspired you to celebrate Pride year-round. Promoting inclusivity and supporting the people in your life is a step in the right direction to making the world a better place. Feel empowered to empower others to be fully who they are.