Kiss Me I’m Queer

It’s been a while since I posted a new shirt on this blog, but in my defense awesome gay pride t-shirts don’t just spontaneously appear on tree branches. They do, however, show up in fine clothing retail spaces such as Threadless, where they can be obtained in exchange for an electronically-transmitted monetary payment. Both guys’ and gals’ versions are available, and they even stock iPhone cases and wrapped-canvas wall art pieces.

The Legalize Trans t-shirt is getting quite popular. [Via Gay Pride TShirts]

The $9 sale may be over, but in my view these t-shirts from Threadless are worth the price of admission at regular price. Just don’t rawr while wearing one. It might send the wrong message.

Queers United is holding a raffle with the grand prize being one of our gay pride tees (or other items). Today is the last day, but there’ll be more giveaways in the future, so Twitter me or subscribe.

I posted “Clash Of The Titans” back in February, but it looks like Loiterink has some more gay t-shirts in stock. Thanks, Mike, for sending these in.

I don’t, but the folks at The Nerdiest Shirts, a Cambridge, MA based t-shirt outfit, have thought of everyone.

The last time I ran a poll it got some pretty interesting results, so I thought, why not do another one? This time the focus is on rainbows, the ubiquitous symbol of gay pride. As you very well now, symbols are an essential part of how humans communicate and make sense of the world. However, some of us raise some sensible objections.

In this poll you can enter your own answer, in addition to choosing from the ones already available.

Oh, and feel free to check out Rainbow Depot for some first rate rainbow gear.

If you liked the subliminal gay pride t-shirt, you’ll be happy to know it’s on sale at Threadless along with many other tees, through 03/23.

Warning: Wearing this shirt may compromise the status of gay secret agents working hard to maintain their cover as straight secret agents.

Ok, I’ve clearly been watching too much 24 lately, despite season 7 losing the edge it had in earlier episodes. “Smile if you’re gay!” from Vintage Vantage is another example of a shirt that does double duty as a totally hilarious gag when worn around straight people, and as a totally hilarious gag when worn around non-straight people.

In case you really like this shirt, but don’t see your size in stock, a similar t-shirt is available at LGBTshirts. [Thanks, The T-Shirt Blog]

Is this the most creative Gay Pride shirt ever? It made quite a splash when it was released in June ’07 at Threadless, the very popular t-shirt site with an emphasis on illustration.  Sadly, the t-shirt is sold out in two of the men’s sizes – medium and large, but one must realize that most Threadless print runs runs don’t last nearly as long. Who knows, maybe there is a reprint in the works.

Now, Before I end this post, I have to point out something else about this t-shirt.  Something I never noticed until reading a comment on the design’s message board:

Has anyone realised how… uh, phallic the lions are? The front ones on the right and left, specifically, are pretty unmistakeably penis-shaped.

That made for a definite “Oh, yeahhh” moment for me.

Kiss Me I’m Queer is my attempt to blog about gay, lesbian, and related t-shirts. I love all kinds of t-shirts (as evidenced by my other tee shirt blog), and this will be an opportunity to focus my efforts and hopefully uncover some really great designs. If you’re curious about gay & lesbian t-shirts you can subscribe to all future posts by e-mail.

This is also the home of the Kiss Me I’m Queer t-shirt, which I designed in conjuction with this site. It’s available for purchase at Spreadshirt, Cafepress, and MySoti, and I’d suggest you check out each one for various sizes and product options.

So feel free to leave a comment and say hello. Let me what you think about my efforts, and definitely share any cool queer-related tees that you may have found online.