Find Yourself in the Queen City

Show Your Pride

Buffalo is a welcoming place from the moment you step foot here, with an energetic LGBTQ community and pride flags hanging from homes and businesses across the city year-round. The Queen City doesn’t just welcome LGBTQ+ individuals – we embrace them.

Our LGBTQ community has found a safe and vibrant home in our diverse city. Not only do we honor Pride month with a huge festival and activities throughout June, but we also believe in celebrating and supporting our LGBTQ community all year long with educational and nurturing gatherings, thrilling dance parties and other fun monthly events like Gay Bingo and Queer Dodgeball. From our many LGBTQ bars and LGBTQ-owned businesses to our rich history and thriving arts and music scene, read more below to discover how this progressive city with a small-town vibe is the perfect place for people of all identities.

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Love & Inclusivity

The “City of Good Neighbors” walks that talk

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Our Weekend in Buffalo

A Canadian writer finds cosmopolitan character in Buffalo

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LGBTQ Entrepreneurs

Meet some of the businesses behind Buffalo’s revival

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This Queer Bowling League Challenges Homophobia in Sports

The Buffalo Historical Bowling League has been a striking example of a brave space.

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A Queer Friendly Book Club Thrives in the Era of Book Bans

The Gray Wills Book Club harnesses the power of literacy

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Explore Buffalo’s LGBTQ-Owned Businesses

Aura Salt Cave

6429 Transit Road
E. Amherst, NY 14051

(716) 276-9120

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Bam!

255 Great Arrow Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14207

(716) 939-2445

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Daddy’s Plants

1250 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213

(716) 248-1358

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His + His Studio

44 Brayton Street
Buffalo, NY 14213

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Paradise Wine

435 Rhode Island Street
Buffalo, NY 14213

(716) 954-3379

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Public Espresso & Coffee

391 Washington Street
Buffalo, NY 14203

(716) 367-9971

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Public Espresso & Coffee – Shea’s Seneca

2178 Seneca Street
Buffalo, NY 14210

(716) 367-9971

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Rivalry Projects

106 College Street
Buffalo, NY 14201

(716) 217-2923

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The Merry Shelley

1122 Hertel Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216

(716) 370-1215

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The Pine Apple Company

65 Allen
Buffalo, NY 14202

(716) 275-3648

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Trend Up

95 Allen Street
Buffalo, NY 14202

(347) 962-6162

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Twenty Six Allen

26 Allen Street
Buffalo, NY 14201

(716) 248-2918

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