Great piece of research from Emerald in Pride Month…

 

Currently, the legal cannabis industry is worth more than $9 billion, according to Grand View Research. It’s only expected to grow, providing alternative forms of treatment, relief, and millions of jobs along the way.

The emergence of this multi-billion dollar industry was catalyzed by members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Agender (LGBTQIA+) community. 

The efforts of LGBTQIA+ activists and allies like Dennis Peron, Harvey Milk, Alice B. Toklas, Mary Rathbun aka Brown Mary, and countless others helped cannabis gain acceptance as a medicine, and in turn, sparked the modern day cannabis movement. 

For example, Peron — whose partner Jonathan West died from AIDS — rallied for legal medical cannabis use. Peron was inspired to do so after he saw how cannabis eased the side effects of the illness, such as loss of appetite and nausea. Peron later co-founded one of the nation’s first medical dispensaries, the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers’ Club. He also co-authored Prop 215, which voters passed in 1996, making California the first state in the U.S. to approve medical cannabis use. Now 36 states and counting have passed pro-cannabis legislation with compassionate care programs. 

Among these is California’s SB-34, or the Dennis Peron and Brownie Mary Act. The act allows cannabis companies to donate free cannabis to medical patients for a variety of conditions. 

While the list of qualifying conditions for such programs varies in each state, many allow patients with pain, nausea, eating disorders, and Post Tramatic Stress DIsorder (PTSD) to legally use cannabis. 

Furthermore, many also find cannabis effective at relieving anxiety and promoting healing. 

Marval A. Rechsteiner, who transitioned from a biological female to a male with the use of cannabis, previously explains to Emerald:

“In the past when the panic attacks began I was prescribed Xanax to calm me down. Now, I use cannabis in specific ways. During my transition with hormone replacement therapy I was smoking, as it lifts your mood fairly quickly. But tincture is by far my best option in terms of calming my fear down. I don’t get blazed out of my mind on it, it helps me to get into my body and feel good inside my body – which for someone like me who has disassociated for such a long time – is deeply healing.”

As the industry grows, it’s important to remain conscious and support the activists, patients and entrepreneurs who’ve helped strive for access to cannabis, and pave the path toward legalization. 

100+ LGBTQIA+ Owned Cannabis Companies to Support Right Now

This is an on-going list. Emerald will continue to update it. Please reach out or comment below to be included. Click here for list of Black-Owned Cannabis Businesses, Latinx-Owned Cannabis Businesses, Asian-Owned Businesses and here for a list of Indigenous-Owned Cannabis Businesses.

Retail:

  • MARYJAE (Austin, Texas) is a cannabis dispensary/CBD shop located in downtown Austin. MARYJAE sells a variety of infused products, ranging from tinctures, to gummies, to teas, vapes, topicals — and even goodies for canines. The company also carries lifestyle products, including apparel. Founded by Jae Graham.
  • SPARC (San Francisco) is a medical and recreational cannabis dispensary and weed delivery service founded by Erich Pearson. “SPARC began in 1998 as a trailblazer in medical cannabis, and today continues to originate and propagate many of the industry’s most rigorous quality-control practices,” states SPARC’s website. “[…] SPARC is committed to advancing the standards of how cannabis is cultivated, packaged and retailed industry-wide, and being a force for good in the neighborhoods and communities we call home.” The company’s products are sustainably grown at their Sonoma County estate “in fully organic, biodynamic fields using only natural sunlight,” the website adds.

 

Delivery and Distribution:

 

Cultivators:

  • Stone Road (Nevada City, Calif.) is a sustainable cannabis flower brand founded by Lex Corwin. Stone Road grows their cannabis on the company’s biodynamic family farm, and uses 99% recyclable packaging made from recycled goods. Products include pre-rolls, flower and concentrates.
  • Tuff-n-Tendergrass (Mendocino County, Calif.) is a sun-grown cannabis farm. Founded by Joe Tullgren. According to the company’s Natural Cannabis profile, Tuff-n-Tendergrass is “a queer owned and operated faerie farm. TNT, formerly Queen, are seed savers, collectors, tenders, preservers, with practices rooted in tradition; blending intuition and science to create magic.”

 

Culinary:

  • A Boring Life (Boring, Ore.) “makes chef curated foods to support a more relaxed lifestyle,” explains the company’s website. A Boring Life’s product lineup — which includes snack mixes for humans and treats for pets — features CBD products, made with organic, full-spectrum hemp. Founded by Chef Jen Johnson and Serafina Palandech in August 2018.
  • Altered Plates (L.A.) “is a hospitality consulting group […] helmed by brother-sister duo Chef Holden Jagger and Rachel Burkons,” writes the company’s website. “Altered Plates specializes in compliant CBD/cannabis-related culinary education, events, content creation, brand and product development, and culinary brand activations.” Co-founded by Rachel Burkons.
  • Calexo (L.A.) “makes sparkling cannabis beverages made with high-quality fruit juices, plant essences, and nano-emulsified THC,” reports Queerency. It’s precisely dosed for a controlled, uplifting experience,” according to the company’s LinkedIn. Co-founded by Ken Pelletier, Ian Cohen and Brandon Andrew.
  • CANN (L.A.) creates micro-dosed beverages with THC and CBD. CANN’s Social Tonics are non-alcohol, vegan and gluten-free. “[…] With only 30-35 calories, each Cann has five all-natural ingredients with a strength that is similar to a beer or glass of wine. There are no artificial sweeteners or flavors, sugar substitutes, or cannabis taste,” according to the company’s LinkedIn. Co-founded by Luke Anderson and Jake Bullock.
  • Chef Zairilla Bacon, who was featured Chef on ViceLand’s The Most Expensiveness, “now brings to you a new line of CBD products featuring her exclusive CBD and tea-infused spices. Chef Z has spent years developing these spices to give at-home cooks a similar experience to that which she provides when cooking for the STARS,” writes Chef Bacon’s website. Bacon also produces CBD-infused topicals and tinctures.
  • Ganjalas (Telluride, Colorado) is an edibles company founded by Geneva Shaunette, Laura Shaunette, and Elena Levin. “These three queer friends and entrepreneurs got their start in 2013 in a small cannabis kitchen in Telluride, Colorado. At the forefront of legalization, they worked together at Alpine Wellness to manage one of the very first retail cannabis dispensaries in the nation, and to launch a variety of edible lines to shops across Colorado, including the cult favorite – The Ganjala. Affectionately named after the Telluride Gondola, Ganjalas were the industry’s very first single serving edible, requiring dynamic scaling with changing regulations and the creation of a whole new class of child resistant packaging,” the company tells Emerald.
  • House of Saka (Napa Valley, Claif.) is a cannabis-infused beverage company that specializes in alcohol-removed wines. “House of Saka Infused Beverages are crafted from grapes picked at the peak of ripeness from select vineyards with California’s iconic Napa Valley infused with our proprietary CBD:THC formulation for a truly elevated cannabis experience,” writes House of Saka’s website. Co-founded by Cynthia Salarizadeh and Tracey Mason.
  • Madame Munchie (L.A.) was founded by Kim Geraghty. “All Madame Munchie products are handcrafted with love, using natural, locally sourced ingredients. Our premium cannabis is sungrown and comes from our family owned farm in Mendocino County,” writes the company’s website. Madame Munchie’s offerings include the company’s award-winning, gluten-free macarons, gummies, spreads, peanut butter, and pre-rolled joints with mouthwatering strains like lava cake.
  • WYLD (Portland, Ore.) is “Oregon’s leading cannabis edible brand.  We create products infused with real-fruit ingredients and flavors that embody the true Pacific Northwest culture,” explains the company’s website. Co-founded by Aaron Morris, Chris Joseph and Rene Kaza.

 

Organizations and Events:

  • Cannabis Science Conference or CSC Events, LLC., “is the world’s largest and most technical cannabis scientific and medical cannabis events,” according to the company’s website. “Our conferences pull together cannabis industry experts, instrument manufacturers, testing labs, research scientists, medical practitioners, policy makers and interested novices. Our semi-annual events are aimed at improving cannabis science and education.” Founded by Josh Crossney, also the founder of jCanna.
  • Cannabis Travel Association International (CTAI) is a “registered Non-Profit advancing safe and responsible Cannabis Tourism. Committed to cultivating open communication, social equity and environmental sustainability, the CTAI was established to represent and support the diverse voices and perspectives of the emerging Cannabis Tourism industry,” according to the organization’s website. “The organization originally started as the California Cannabis Tourism Association (CCTA) founded in 2017. In 2021 it changed its name– as well as its geographic focus– to the newly branded Cannabis Travel Association International (CTAI).” Founded by Brian Applegarth, who also founded The Cannabis Trail.
  • Copper House Detroit (Detroit) is a space for canna-activists. Copper House is also a bed and breakfast, which hosts events. The Detroit-based home is located in the city’s “Northwest side, right off of the Avenue of Fashion, which has the highest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the US,” explains Copper House’s website. Founded by Jess and Cara Jackson.
  • jCanna (Baltimore, Md.) is a “501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of affiliates including cannabis industry insiders, scientists, medical doctors, policy makers and interested novices working together to advance awareness of legal, medicinal cannabis related topics,” explains the organization’s website. Founded by Josh Crossney, who also founded the Cannabis Science Conference.
  • Our Academy (L.A.) is “a workshop, mentorship, and resource group of individuals and companies in the cannabis industry that are open to knowledge sharing and supporting social equity qualified applicants, partners, and other disproportionately impacted and targeted communities of the war on drugs (i.e. refugees, immigrants, and the LGBTQ+ community),” writes the organization’s website. Co-founded by Hilary L. Yu, and Timeka Drew, who also founded Biko.
  • Proud Mary Network is an advocacy, education and networking organization. “In an age when queers and cannabis are fighting for inclusivity, we strive to support and diversify the emerging cannabis industry through education, networking and advocacy,” writes Proud Mary’s website. Co-founded by Brie Brewer, Shay Gilmore, and Allen Paxton.
  • Supernova Women (Oakland, Calif.) is a national, “women of color led non-profit organization with a mission to empower people of color to become self-sufficient shareholders in the cannabis industry. We do this through education, advocacy, and network building,” according to the organization’s website. Co-founded in 2015 by multi-entrepreneurs and advocates Amber Senter, Tsion “Sunshine” Lencho, and Nina Parks.
  • The Cannabis Trail (Northern California) is a soon-to-launch experience that “travels from Santa Cruz to Weaverville. It will exist as an iconic cultural and historical trail, and serve as a third pillar alongside the Marin Cheese Trail and the Napa Wine Road. The Cannabis Trail will draw travelers, history buffs, cultural connoisseurs and cannabis enthusiasts seeking a memorable, immersive experience,” according to the organization’s website. Founded by multi-entrepreneur, Brian Applegarth, who also founded Cannabis Travel Association International.
  • The Full Spectrum (Seattle) is a community of “LGBTQ and Allied Cannabis Industry Professionals,” according to the company’s website. The Full Spectrum “engages in the creation and production of beneficial resources, events and activities to expand cultural awareness, empower individuals, and strengthen community.” Founded by Neil Lequia.

 

Brands:

  • Besito (L.A.) features vapes and pre-rolls. Pre-rolls, which come in mini and standard sizes, are made with California-grown strains, including Sour Diesel and Chedawg, while vapes come with a ratio of 2:1 THC to CBD. Founded by Maggie Connors.
  • Caitlin Rose Sweet (location) “crafts ritual objects and folk spells to enhance your practice and radical self-care. Everything is made in small batches,” writes the company’s website. Founder Caitlin Rose Sweet is an artist that works with ceramics and clay. Sweet’s current products include pipes, bowls, one-hitters, mugs, sculptures and more.
  • Drew Martin (California) is a pre-roll company whose joints feature a “curated blend of sun-grown cannabis and globally inspired botanicals,” write Drew Martin’s website. The company sources the flower for their hand-rolled joints from a small, organic family farm in Mendocino County, California. Founded by mixologist and herbalist, Drew Martin.
  • High Hemp Co (Sanford, Fla.) is “one of the first all organic herbal wrap companies who pride themselves on a cleaner, more flavorful smoke. We’re breaking the trend of tobacco based products and creating better alternatives,” according to the company’s website. Founded by Paola Fernandez.
  • Ken Ahbus (Denver) is “Mary Jane’s alter ego.” Ken Ahbus features cannabis-centric apparel and lifestyle products for the sophisticated stone. “Not everything has to be tie dye and have a giant pot leaf on it. Rather, you’ll never see a pot leaf on our clothing and I offer my products in every color you want so long as it is black, white, pink or grey,” writes the company’s website. Founded by Sara Gluck.
  • Nekktar (North Carolina) “is on a mission to build cannabis accessories that elevate everyday living — for everyone. Their first product BUZZBOXX ensures discreet, reliable, and stylish cannabis storage — eliminating odor, protecting against water, and prolonging freshness all in the palm of your hand. As a Black, Queer, and Woman-Owned brand, NEKKTAR focuses on elevating everyday living for everyone through their commitment to the environment and their contributions to organizations like Equal Justice Initiative and TransTech Social Enterprises,” the company tells Emerald. Founded by Julia Loni Turner.
  • Newera/Nouera (San Francisco Bay Area) is a “conscious entertainment company that curates premium experiences and pairs it with cannabis,” according to the company’s website, which also explains that Newera aims to build an events/entertainment venue and wellness center in San Francisco. Co-founded by Jessica Sharp and Cynthia Boedihardjo.
  • Perez Strategy LLC (San Francisco) is a “strategic consulting firm focused on launching and scaling cannabis startups, retail operations, delivery services, and brands by implementing technology solutions for rapid growth,” writes the company’s LinkedIn. Founded by Isamarie Perez.
  • Pride Marketplace is a “virtual LGBTQIA+ farmer’s market,” writes the company’s website. “[W]e created a safe space where the LGBTQIA+ community can come together to connect, collaborate, and share their businesses, creations [and] offerings. Without the hassle of a colonized patriarchy dictating our every hashtag or body part. Or capitalism running us into the ground, while profiting off our exploitation.” Co-founded by Erica DeLoach, and Tara and Kayla Caruso, who are also the co-founders of LGBTQ Cannabis.
  • Sonder (Mendocino County, California) is a cannabis brand with deep roots in the Emerald Triangle. Co-founded by the wife-and-wife team, Faun Chapin and M. Paradise. “All of the cannabis grown on our family-run farms in Mendocino County is tended to by master growers Leif and Jessica Bolin using sustainable farming practices. As second generation cannabis farmers – each taught by their mothers – these practices have been passed down and combined with modern cultivation techniques to grow 100% pesticide free, sun grown cannabis, rich in flavorful terpenes and cannabinoids,” according to Sonder’s website.
  • Terps not Terfs is a “trans-led, cannabis driven initiative dedicated to equity and inclusivity,” writes the company’s Instagram. The brand features “everyday apparel and accessories that allows people to stand against the anti-trans rhetoric that still persists.” Founded by Andrea Flowers.
  • The Congo Club (Bay Area) is a line of flower. “Cultivated exclusively in partnership with Red Top Farms, The Congo Club flower is grown utilizing water reclamation practices, solar power and double tier LED light systems to create an indoor efficiency model,” writes the company’s description on Sava. “The Congo Club is one of the few places that carry the Red Congolese strain, which provides an electrifying, thought provoking and optimistic high.” Founded by multi-entrepreneur Amber Senter, who also founded Breeze Distribution, Shady Pines Box Club, as well as co-founded Supernova Women.
  • The Flower Daddy (L.A.) is a lifestyle brand founded by florist and event planner Jamie Lee McCormick. McCormick creates arrangements and more for events, boutiques, and weddings using fresh flowers from local vendors for his creations, some of which include cannabis.
  • Trannabis (L.A.) is a lifestyle and movement led by Chef Jamie London Wollberg. Trannabis includes a WeedTube Channel, and a kitchen series — The Trannabis Kitchen, “a live cooking show breaking the stigma of cannabis being used for health and wellness through cooking,” writes Wollberg’s LinkedIn.

 

Media, PR, and Consulting:

  • Anye Elite is a “rapper, activist and businessman who’s work on LGBT rights, cannabis de-stigmatization and entrepreneurship for underrepresented communities has earned him numerous awards and press mentions,” writes Icon City Entertainment’s website, of which Elite is founded.
  • Different Leaf (Northampton, Mass.) is a quarterly magazine that “provides a road map to the evolving landscape for new and experienced cannabis consumers over 45 years old in Massachusetts,” writes the publication’s LinkedIn. “Each issue features a mix of editorial that explores the medical, legal and social topics as well as food, nutrition and fitness, travel and tourism, arts and culture as well as the broad array of products available” Founded by Michael Kusek.
  • Emerald Media, which includes Emerald Magazine, is an independent, woman-owned and operated media company founded in Humboldt County, California and now based in New York. The cannabis news and culture publication, which focuses on social equity, was founded in 2012 by Christina de Giovanni.
  • Emily Eizen is a “multimedia artist working in the mediums of painting, sculpture, photography, modeling, and home decor. Her ‘60s psychedelic inspired works showcase the beauty, freedom and diversity Eizen considers essential to establishing equity in the cannabis space and beyond. Emily’s portfolio and commissions highlight her ability to adapt to different styles and aesthetic[s] across spectrums of gender and sexuality, defying convention,” write Eizen’s website.
  • Green Carpet Growing (San Diego) “is a cannabis cultivation consultancy,” writes the company’s LinkedIn. “Since 2017, Green Carpet Growing’s mission has been to teach, coach and train people how to grow cannabis at home through personal instruction. We believe face to face interaction is the ultimate way to learn to grow. Through personal instruction, our team of home grow teachers and consultants empower people to grow cannabis at home indoors, outdoors, via soil or hydroponics.” Founded by Marc Eden, also the host of the podcast, The Cannabis & Home Grow Show with Marc Eden.
  • HollyWeed North Cannabis, Inc. (California and British Columbia, Canada) “provides cross-border cannabis product research, development, licensing and legal production services for individuals, companies, and associations,” according to the company’s LinkedIn. “We specialize in risk mitigation, Best Production Practice implementation and pharmaceutical level manufacturing and production of Cannabis containing medical and recreational products.” Founded by Renee Gagnon.
  • Hotline (L.A.) “is a Black and Queer-owned boutique creative communications agency located in Los Angeles. We specialize in building and invigorating consumer lifestyle brands with our wit, skill and storytelling. Our world is ever-expanding and includes cannabis, spirits, beverages, wellness and categories that defy labels,” write the company’s website. Co-founded by Ryan Robles.
  • Smoke and Sound is a “content platform powered by Icon City Entertainment for cannabis news and related musical content and events,” writes the company’s website. Founded by Anye Elite.
  • Kyah Luna (New York City) is an artist, model, make-up artist and journalist. The content creator is also a photographer and videographer who is committed to fearless reporting.
  • Laganja Estranja aka Jay Jackson, “is a world-renowned female illusionist, choreographer, music artist, cannabis advocate and LGBTQ+ icon,” writes Estranja’s website. “As a cannabis rights activist, Laganja has hosted conversations on cannabis legalization at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and at Impulse in San Francisco. She has also been featured twice in High Times Magazine as well as on the cover of Dope Magazine, making her the first LGBTQ+ advocate/female illusionist on the cover of a cannabis magazine. Laganja is actively developing her lifestyle brand that includes pre-rolls, vegan gummies and more to come.”
  • PufCreativ (Denver) is “an award-winning, community-focused cannabis marketing firm – creating custom strategies and advertising solutions. Social media management, content creation, SEO, website development and graphic design are just a few of the services offered,” explains the company’s LinkedIn. Co-founded by John Shute and Katie Burrell.
  • The Alpine Collective (Boulder, Colo.) was “founded by Hannah DeWitt, a creative born to a family of artists in a small central-Florida town. Hannah graduated with a degree in Fine Arts-from the University of Florida- specializing in Drawing and Installation art,” writes the company’s website. The Alpine Collective offers photography, consulting, creative direction and content creation services.
  • The High Country Girls (Denver) or THC Girls is a cannabis marketing and branding agency owned by Krista Jones. Services include strategy sessions, and staffing in addition to advertising. THC Girls also provides models for events and sells merchandise.
  • The Fresh Toast (Seattle, Wash.) is “a lifestyle and entertainment platform with a side of cannabis served fresh daily, featuring pop culture, news, food + drink, gossip and more.,” according to the company’s LinkedIn. The platform also syndicates content to media outlets worldwide. Founded by JJ McKay.
  • TheWeedTube “was launched on March 1, 2018 by a group of deleted YouTubers in search of a site to call home. Since its launch TheWeedTube has evolved into the home for curated cannabis content. A place where creators can not only have a guaranteed safe place for their content to live, but they can also be compensated for their hard work. TheWeedTube is also the first site to provide commercial based advertising for cannabis related companies,” according to TheWeedTube’s website. Co-founded by Arend Richard and Mackenzie McCurry.
  • Vanguard Media, which includes Vanguard Magazine, was founded by Tiffany Watkins aka LadyCanna, to celebrate women in the cannabis industry. Watkins, a 30-year cannabis industry veteran, founded the media outlet with a focus on equity, unity, and closing the gap between the sexes in the industry,  explains the company’s LinkedIn. Vanguard offers print and digital magazines, and presents a “Women of the Year” award.
  • WEEDBAR LA is an events company that specializes in curating private, community and corporate events. WEEDBAR LA “pairs local chefs, experienced budtenders, the finest ingredients, and the highest quality of cannabis for your event,” according to the company’s website. Events feature everything from dab bars, to infused massages, to pinatas filled with edibles. Founded by Cat Goldberg.

 

CBD:

  • BLUNT Skincare (L.A.) is a hemp-infused skin care brand. The company’s line of non-toxic, cruelty-free, vegan face oils target dryness, inflammation and more. The line includes three varieties: SEED, MOONROCK and ISOLATE. Founded by Stas Chirkov.
  • Brown Sugar Botanicals (Oakland, Calif.) is a socially-minded company that uses organic herbs and whole-plant hemp or CBD isolate in their products. Brown Sugar Botanicals sources “organic plant materials from our own communities. We proudly source our herbs from LGBTQ / BIPOC / women-owned farms and gardens,” according to the company’s website. Co-founded by Chris Wakefield and Kalima Amilak.
  • CannaPride (San Diego) is a CBD company created by New York natives Kayla and Tara Caruso. “CBD and cannabis has greatly impacted their lives for the better, and they want to share that same potential with as many people as possible,” write CannaPride’s website. All the company products — which include tinctures, gummies and topicals — are third-party tested. The Caruso’s also co-founded LGBTQ+ Cannabis and Pride Marketplace.
  • Charlotte’s Web (Boulder, Colo.) produces oil, gummies, capsules, and topical formulas made with hemp extract. According to the company’s website, it “started as a mission. Our extract was something we initially gave away to people who could benefit from it. To a few and then many.” Founded by the Stanley Brothers.
  • Empower BodyCare (Clackamas, Ore.) develops “CBD topicals to enhance wellness and encourage more moments of everyday calm. Our CBD lotions, oils and soaking salts contain a selection of premium, plant-based ingredients ranging from organic carrier oils and aromatherapeutic essential oils to CBD derived from USDA-certified organic hemp,” writes Empower BodyCare’s website. Founded by Trista Okel.
  • Melanated Medicinals (Prospect, Va.), according to the company’s website, are “QTPOC centered and accessible, vegan, organic herbal care products made with love by a trans-woman! Sun (she/they) offers majik, limpias, space cleansing, empowerment rites and more. Intuition, African and Curanderx traditions are pulled from heavily in the making of these herbal formulas.” Founded by Sun English Jr.
  • Xula (Mexico City) is a “Latinx and Black-owned hemp brand conceived in Mexico City—organically grown in the USA,” writes the company’s LinkedIn. “Our products are focused on helping women and femmes feel themselves through the transformative power of herbs targeted towards menstrual cramps, menopausal symptoms, hormonal balance, sleep and anxiety.” Founded by Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey and Karina Primelles.

 

Technology:

  • Sava (San Francisco) is a platform that helps consumers discover cannabis products. “At Sava, we rigorously vet the vast world of cannabis and hand-pick the highest quality products, tailored to real-life needs that range anywhere from post-marathon pain relief to good old-fashioned relaxation,” explains Sava’s website. Co-founded by Andrea Brooks and Amanda Denz.

 

Health, Wellness and Beauty:

  • Medical Cannabis Mentor offers “state of the art online medical cannabis education for dispensary personnel, healthcare providers and patients,” according to the website. Co-founded by Dr. Junella Chin and Joe Dolce. Dolce is also the creator of the Brave New Weed podcast.
  • Pride Wellness (L.A.) was co-founded by Buck Angel and Leon Mostovoy. Pride Wellness is an LGBTQ-focused cannabis company, Angel tells VoyageLA. One dollar from each purchase goes directly to the L.A. LGBT Center. “Pride Wellness products are designed to help people struggling with mood, anxiety, and sleep difficulties, addiction, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic illnesses and pain conditions, as well as those who just want to kick back, relax and enjoy,” explains a Greenstone Companies description of Pride Wellness.
  • The New Society for Wellness is a (New York City) or NSFW is a club dedicated to cannabis and sexual wellness. It “is a private members club which caters to socially driven troublemakers and tastemakers. Members are approved based on 14-points of attraction including desires, compatibility, intelligence and contributions to our community,” according to NSFW’s website. Founded by Daniel Saynt.
  • The Pot Lab (L.A.) is a cooperative, and an eco-medical research center that’s focused on developing 100% vegan, organic formulations using plant oils and extracts. Founded by Dr. Brandie M. Cross.
  • Trannabis Chi (L.A.) incorporates “plant-infused spiritual wellness for ALL bodies and ALL abilities. Offerings include Trannabis Chi, Guided Meditations and Affirmations, Oracle Readings, and Repurposed Gifts,” writes the company’s website. Founded by Jamie London Wollberg, who also founded Trannabis.
  • Vishuddha Vision (Illinois) was founded by Erica DeLoach, who also co-founded Pride Marketplace and LGBTQ+ Cannabis. DeLoach is an artist, certified yoga instructor, trauma-informed health worker, cannabis educator, social media manager, and content creator. Vishuddha Vision’s offerings include massage therapy, bodywork and health consultations, sound healing and more.

This is an on-going list. The Emerald will continue to update it. Please reach out or comment below to be included. Click here for list of Black-Owned Cannabis Businesses, Latinx-Owned Cannabis Businesses, Asian-Owned Businesses and here for a list of Indigenous-Owned Cannabis Businesses.

 

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