{"id":5919,"date":"2021-06-17T15:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/?p=5919"},"modified":"2024-06-25T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T05:55:07","slug":"7-small-businesses-to-take-pride-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/7-small-businesses-to-take-pride-in\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Small Businesses to Take PRIDE in \ud83c\udf08"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world has been going through a lot lately. Wars, earthquakes, storms, and the pandemic, of course! But none of this has deterred the human spirit from finding reasons to make this world a better place.<\/span><\/p>\n

June is celebrated as Pride month worldwide, and coupled with the World MSME Day celebrated on June 27<\/span>th<\/span>, it seems quite apt to celebrate and recognize small business owners working for the LGBTQ+ community to find encouragement and support from across the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are 7 small businesses making a big difference, inspiring each one of us to make an impact, by looking beyond making profits.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. BeUnic India<\/strong><\/h3>\n

BeUnic India, co-founded by Ashish Chopra, first runners-up Mr. Gay India (2018), is an e<\/span>\u2011<\/span>commerce marketplace for LGBTQ entrepreneurs and designers. This platform is a true example of \u2018for the community, by the community, of the community\u2019. All the beautiful products on the website are created by the queer community. BeUnic is expanding by the day and also caters to an international audience now!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The SMB doesn\u2019t stop at just giving a platform to the LGBTQ+ community to come forward and showcase their talent. The company works for a range of causes to help their community by raising funds for gender-affirming care\/ queer events\/ NGOs working for queer empowerment, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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