Inclusive Pride | Vinyl Sticker
Regular price $4.00Inclusive pride sticker that also features the Intersex flag symbol.
Each sticker measures approximately 3 by 1.75 inches Printed on glossy sticker paper and laminated. Water-resistant. Best for indoor use such as on notebooks, laptop, shelf, etc. ❤️ Please note that my stickers are NOT dishwasher safe.
Radical Buttons was founded in 2015 and is based in Edmonton, Alberta. My goal is to create accessories that promote self-empowerment and anti-oppression. I also love making products that speak to topics I'm passionate about, including social justice, LGBTQ+ rights, mental health and reading.
Don't Be Homophobic | Sticker
Regular price $4.00Listen, you can be anything you want to be so long as you're not homophobic. We don't have room for homophobes!
Vinyl sticker | thick | durable | waterproof | weatherproof | dishwasher safe.
Stick 'em on electronics, notebooks, water bottles, mirrors, bikes, cars and pretty much whatever else your heart desires
Dimensions: 3" wide x 2.4" tall
Gay Agenda Notepad
Regular price $12.00Don't Be Transphobic | Sticker
Regular price $4.00Listen, you can be anything you want to be so long as you're not not transphobic. We don't have room for transphobes!
Vinyl sticker | thick | durable | waterproof | weatherproof | dishwasher safe.
Stick 'em on electronics, notebooks, water bottles, mirrors, bikes, cars and pretty much whatever else your heart desires
Dimensions: 3" wide x 2.4" tall
LGBTQ Alphabet Soup Enamel Pin
Regular price $13.50Show your pride and support for the LGBTQ+ community with this colourful and vibrant pin. The pin features the letters of the alphabet arranged in a playful, jumbled way to represent the diversity and inclusivity of the community. This high-quality soft enamel pin is perfect for adding a pop of colour to any accessory, like a backpack, tote bag, or jacket.
Pin Specs:
-19.5mm tall x 25.4mm wide
-Soft enamel
-1 rubber clutch
-dye black platting with full colour
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Madelyn is a queer, autistic small business owner from Windsor-Essex County
Kick Butt Human | Greeting Card
Regular price $6.50This card is for the kick-butt role model in your life!
One 4.25 x 5.5 inch greeting card paired with a brown Kraft envelope. Blank inside. Design is printed on archival quality 300gsm cardstock, packaged and sealed in a clear compostable sleeve.
On Community
Regular price $19.95One of CBC Books’ Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall • A Tyee Best Book of 2023
We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it’s slipping away?
We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.
Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community’s boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.
Praise for On Community
“Don’t expect to walk away from On Community with easy answers. Plett refuses to explore the titular concept ‘blithely’ or to simplify it ‘to the point of untruth.’ Splitting it into practical and theoretical definitions is ‘too simple.’ Instead, she weaves together a nuanced narrative that unpacks the term’s intricacies while maintaining its importance.”
—Literary Review of Canada
“A tightly woven, academic and literary brain dump of concepts and notions, posits and prompts, with a flight of challenging questions.”
—The Miramichi Reader
“Plett uses her firsthand experiences to eventually reach a cumulative definition of community and explore how we form bonds with one another.”
—CBC Books
“Plett ruminates on the importance of community in succinct, snappy prose.”
—Winnipeg Free Press
“With humour and verve, Plett cuts through the platitudes often associated with how we talk about community. She offers a welcome, incisive analysis of power and belonging that feels as lived-in as it is hopeful.”
—The Tyee
“Plett’s essay is a thoughtful, rich and engaging unpacking of the complexity behind simplistic ideas, and a clear-eyed consideration of what really is a universal human experience.”
—Pickle Me This
“Plett reflects on her Mennonite roots, trans literature, nationalism, Silicon Valley, and the idea of family, in this consideration of how and why we manage to live together at all.”
—Quill and Quire
Praise for Casey Plett
“Plett has a characteristic style that manages to merge tenderness with Prairie toughness—a style on display in these stories of trans women seeking something—groundedness, maybe, but that dreamlike quality of desire, too.”
—Globe and Mail
“Plett’s trademark skills at authentic characterization, evocative setting, and insight into the lives of trans women are on full display in this superb collection of short stories. The stories crackle with quiet complexity.”
—Autostraddle (“Best Queer Books of the Year”)
“Plett tells beautiful stories of trans women as they exist in the world: tangible, fallible, tender and hardened.”
—Xtra
“I’ve always admired Plett’s ability to capture the tenderest and most complicated intimacies between characters. Exploring addiction, loss, consent, and shifting desires, each story in her extraordinary new collection is somehow even more tender and emotionally complex than the last.”
—Megan Milks, The Rumpus
“Both bittersweet and beautiful, Plett writes perfectly imperfect characters that make you feel less alone.”
—The Independent (UK)
Inspiring Love | Greeting Card
Regular price $5.00Let a special couple know just how inspiring their love is with this super cute card!
One 4.25 x 5.5 inch greeting card paired with an envelope. Blank inside.
Poetry is Queer
Regular price $19.95
Poetry is Queer is a kaleidoscope of sexual outlaws, gay icons, Sapphic poets, and great lovers—real and imagined—conjured like gateway drugs to a queer world. Claiming the word “queer” for those who self-proclaim the authority of their own bodies in defiance of church and state, Kirby pays tribute to gay touchstones while embodying both their work and joy. From gazing upon street boys with constant companion C.P. Cavafy, to end of day observances with Frank O’Hara, to mowing Walt Whitman’s grass, Poetry Is Queer is a hybrid-genre memoir like no other.
Praise for Kirby:
“Kirby teaches us to explore the parts of ourselves the world wants to render impossible, to deny, dismiss, or even destroy, and to do so with the various voices and connections, protests and ecstasies, poetry makes possible.”— Daniel Scott Tysdal
“These poems [This is Where I Get Off] make radiant the particular pain of gay lust in a world that denies its existence. Love is not obscene, bodies are beauty, and belonging can be found even in the back row of an adult cinema. “Can you imagine all she’s lived through?” Kirby questions, then answers by blowing open all closets, tossing skeletons aside to two-step on the bones.”— Roxanna Bennett
A Pocket Guide to Pronouns
Regular price $25.00A Pocket Guide to Pronouns is here to answer questions about pronouns, pronoun etiquette, and steps toward allyship and inclusiveness! With activities, short stories, and exercises to practice throughout, this pocket guide includes the following: - Different pronouns used within the rainbow community - Pronoun etiquette, misgendering, and corrections - Exercises for allyship and inclusive language - Resources for further learning For anyone at any stage of 2SLGBTQIA+ education — ally, member, and everything in between — this guide offers a starting point for those who want to create safer spaces for trans folks.
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Sydney Brouillard-Coyle (Ney/Nem/Nir) is a nonbinary, transgender, queer, asexual person with a deep passion for social justice. As of May 2023, ney hold a Bachelor of Music (Honours) as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Women & Gender Studies (Honours) from the University of Windsor. Ney currently reside in southwestern Ontario with nir cat, Natasha (She/Her). Sydney lives by the motto “be the change you wish to see.” A long-time activist and former candidate for Windsor’s City Council, ney are particularly passionate about issues relating to equity, trans and queer rights, mental health, food and housing insecurity, the environment, and youth voices. As an educator, ney provide inclusivity training and keynotes through the company ney founded, Rainbow Allyship. To stay up-to-date on Sydney's activism, advocacy, and future works, check out nir social media: @sydneybcoyle
Best Dads Ever | Greeting Card
Regular price $6.50A greeting card for the best dads ever! Great for Father's Day or any day you might want to tell your dads they're pretty swell!
One 4.25 x 5.5 inch greeting card paired with a brown Kraft envelope. Blank inside. Design is printed on archival quality 300gsm cardstock, packaged and sealed in a clear compostable sleeve.
Pageboy: A Memoir
Regular price $36.99"The emergence of our true selves is all of our life's work. Pageboy helps chart the course." ―Jamie Lee Curtis
"Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This isn’t simply a book on what it means to be trans, it’s about what it means to be human." ―Alok Vaid-Menon
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK by Salon, The Week, Elle, Bustle, and more.
Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative and lyrical debut, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world.
“Can I kiss you?” It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he’d carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back.
With Juno’s massive success, Elliot became one of the world’s most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare.
As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels, and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do. Until enough was enough.
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his story in a groundbreaking and inspiring memoir about love, family, fame ― and stepping into who we truly are with strength, joy and connection.
The Fabulous Zed Watson
Regular price $21.99FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE OLA SILVER BIRCH AWARD
The literary scavenger hunt of a lifetime, starring an endlessly endearing non-binary tween
Zed Watson loves a few things: their name (which they chose themself!), their big rambunctious family, and—oh yeah—monsters. When Zed discovered the mystery surrounding an unpublished novel called The Monster’s Castle, they were completely hooked. Now Zed is a member of a small but dedicated legion devoted to finding the long-buried text.
When a breakthrough discovery leads Zed to the route that they are sure will take them to the treasure, they know it’s time for a road trip. And with the help of their shy, flora-loving neighbour, Gabe, and his sister, Sam, a geologist who is driving back to college in Arizona, Zed and company are soon off on a wild adventure following cryptic clues.
But it’s not all fun and games. Gabe doesn’t like Zed’s snacks, Sam is a bossy driver with total command of the ancient Impreza’s stereo, and Zed is often misgendered. It’s a good thing they also encounter kind strangers, potato-themed dance-offs and lots and lots of ice cream along the way. If Zed and Gabe can combine their strengths, survive Sam’s wrath and best the greedy historian who’s also hot on the book’s trail, they just might find the greatest treasure of all.
Co-authored by child-parent duo Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester, this is a vibrant and enormous-hearted story about friendship, identity and belonging. It features illustrations by celebrated author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester, and an Own Voices perspective based on Basil’s experience.
Trans So Loved | Greeting Card
Regular price $6.50A card that says You Are So Loved, complete with the colours of the trans pride flag!
One 4.25 x 5.5 inch greeting card paired with a brown Kraft envelope. Blank inside. Design is printed on archival quality 300gsm cardstock, packaged and sealed in a clear compostable sleeve.
The Circle Of Love
Regular price $24.99Everyone is welcome in the circle.
In this warmhearted book, we join Molly at the Intertribal Community Center, where she introduces us to people she knows and loves: her grandmother and her grandmother’s wife, her uncles and their baby, her cousins, and her treasured friends.
They dance, sing, garden, learn, pray, and eat together. And tonight, they come together for a feast! Molly shares with the reader how each person makes her feel—and reminds us that love is love.
Through tender prose and radiant artwork, author Monique Gray Smith (Cree/Lakota) and illustrator Nicole Neidhardt (Diné) show how there is always room for others in our lives. Circle of Love is a story celebrating family, friends, community, and, most of all, love.
Includes an author’s note, contextual notes, and glossary.
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Monique Gray Smith is the award-winning and bestselling author of nine books for readers of all ages. She is Cree, Lakota, and Scottish and the mother of teenage twins. An inspirational, sought-after speaker and consultant, she lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
Woman Enough
Regular price $29.95