If you can easily think of open lesbian, bisexual female, and gender-nonconforming designers, that warms my heart.
It's vital we recognize this point because it's too easy for a list of LGBTQ+ designers and brands to be dominated by gay men, who already hold such large platforms in this industry. Gay cis men move through the world, especially the fashion world, with a lot of privilege-much more than any cis woman of color and much more than any gender-nonconforming individual or queer woman-to the point that they are often the gatekeepers and tastemakers for bodies that do not look like their own. But therein lies the problem, really: that word gay. After all, it's filled with women and gay men.
I think it's very easy to conceive of the fashion industry as gay friendly.
