After a short delay, the media company and weekly newsletter Queerency is coming out with its holiday shopping guide December 14, according to its founder and CEO Travers Johnson. "There will be over 300 queer-owned businesses and brands included in this guide," Johnson, a queer man himself, told the Bay Area Reporter. "They range from apparel to books to woodworking, as well as discounts on queer social networking and dating sites." Johnson, based in Austin, Texas, is an editor with Penguin Random House.
He said he founded Queerency in July 2020. "As a Black, queer, cisgender man, I could see myself represented as a cisgender man in mainstream business publications," Johnson explained. "As a Black person, I could see myself represented in