by June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and the recognition is becoming more mainstream as manufacturers and retailers launch collections to support LGBTQIA+ love and community.
With so many Pride collections available, we’re focusing below on one category in which manufacturers are making bold statements – casual footwear. We’ve listed retailers and 10 brand sites where you can find casual Pride shoes, starting at $20. Scroll through below to see footwear you can buy now and show Pride throughout the year.
Many retailers have adopted slogans to help celebrate love in all of its forms. Adidas’ 2022 campaign says, “For this year’s Pride, our goal is to bring visibility Clarks Shoes to the many voices of the LGBTQIA+ community, honoring those who continue to push society forward.” Meanwhile, Sperry proclaims, “Our journeys are not the same. But the celebration of self-love and self-expression are.”
Other brands are just as bold and heartwarming when it comes to developing their Pride merchandise.
Started in the wake of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, officially recognized by President Bill Clinton in 1999 and formalized by President Barack Obama in 2009, Pride Month is an endorsement of diversity. The most common acknowledgement and support icon is the inclusive rainbow, something you’ll find on attire across the spectrum.
Pridewear retailers
Target’s rainbow-strap white Pride sandal ($20) is available in S to XXXL. (Courtesy of Target)
You’ll find a range of Pride shoe styles and brands at online retailers. Following are three companies with good selection and style. You will find the same brands listed further below. Often, different websites have different models from the same brand. Prices and shipping vary as well.
- Amazon offers many brands of Pride footwear
- Target has a nice selection of Pride footwear
- Zappos offers many options for Pride month
Adidas
Adidas Pride wear, including shoes, is bold and vibrant with uplifting designs. Sneakers include Pride Forum, Superstar and Stan Smith. Pride clothes and accessories are also available.
Be as bold or as subtle as you want with Adidas Pride wear. (Courtesy of Adidas)
adidas Nizza Pride shoe ($75) is one of the more subtle shoes in the collection. It lets the rest of a Pride outfit speak louder.
Coach
Coach has launched a 40-piece collection that includes shoes, handbags, wallets and attire.
The rainbow motif is consistent throughout the Coach Pride collection. (Courtesy of Coach)
This slip-on skate sneaker ($150) is crafted in a rainbow version of Coach’s signature logo canvas.
Converse
Converse has built its Pride month 2022 campaign around “The Found Family.” “The journey to pride is more liberating, more joyful, more real when you are surrounded by the love, support, and acceptance of those you’ve gathered along the way. Hokas Shoes That’s Found Family,” according to the campaign. More than 50 creatives from Converse’s LGBTQIA+ community around the world contributed Found Family stories for this year’s Pride campaign. Their stories are curated into a digital gallery at Converse.Gallery/found-family.
Several versions Pride high tops have been designed for the Converse brand. (Courtesy of Converse)
Rainbow soles can be part of your shoes when you custom design a pair of Chucks ($85).
Crocs
Crocs’ Pride campaign declares, “Love as you are.” For Pride month and beyond you can buy rainbow crocks and customize them (or your regular Crocs) with icons and phrases that reflect your individual self.
Dress up your Crocs with meaningful charms. (Courtesy of Crocs)
Havaianas
Havaianas, best-known for its colorful flip-flops, has a 25-piece Pride collection that includes footwear, socks and accessories.
Havaianas offer a variety of colorful Pride flip-flop sandals. (Courtesy of Havaianas)
Buy these Top Pride flip-flops ($35) from Havaianas and 7 percent of the net income will go to All Out, a global organization that fights for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people.
- See the full Havaianas Pride collection
- Find a range of Havaianas sandals at Amazon
- Find Pride Havaianas at Target
- Find Pride Havaianas at Zappos
Sanuk
Sanuk is highlighting gender-inclusive sizing and Pride-forward styling in its offerings. For each pair sold, Sanuk will donate $3 to the Pacific Pride Foundation.
These Pride-forward Sanuk sandals are available on Zappos. (Courtesy of Zappos)
Sanuk is known for comfort with its yoga mat soles. Pride slings are available at both Zappos ($49.95) and Amazon ($39.94), below.
Sperry
Sperry launched a campaign with “Our journeys are not the same. But the celebration of self-love and self-expression are.” That self-expression of Pride can be bold or subtle in shoe style.
Sperry Pride shoes are available with stripes or prints. (Courtesy of Sperry)
This women’s original boat shoe ($109.95) has the highest sole Sperry has made and bears a rainbow stripe.
Toms
Toms’ Unity line comes in rainbow colors as simple as stripes or as bold as all-over color.
Toms donates 1⁄3 of profits to help support organizations like COLORS, which provides free LGBTQ+ affirmative mental health care to people under 25 years old. (Courtesy of Toms)
A Pride-inspired gradient rainbow style is one of Toms’ most popular styles, the Alpargata Mallow slip-on ($64.95).
UGG
To celebrate Pride month, UGG is supporting The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning young people. And they’re offering a playful variety of footwear and clothing.
The Fluff Yeah has been made over in Pride-inspired colors. (Courtesy of UGG)
This colorful, cozy slide slipper Fluff Yeah ($110) is made of faux shearling, signature sheepskin and UGG’s upcycled wool blend. It has an outdoor-ready outsole.
Vans
Vans is donating $200,000 to three organizations that advocate for and provide the space, access and community needed to uplift the voices of the LBGTQ+ community.
Vans has sneakers and slip-ons, as well as children and toddler Pride shoes. (Courtesy of Vans)Vans
