"Over the last few years, a lot of the bigger corporations have almost swooped in on the community, and they have taken away from small businesses, like myself," says Esadiva Maven, the CEO of the Brewerytown-based"This is where large corporations will just print some rainbows and put some sassy sayings on a t-shirt to
make a profit," explains Bryan Buttler, the owner ofThis is precisely why Buttler created a shopping guide of local LGBTQ businesses to support, from health care providers to theatrical companies, consultants and makers., really cool rugs," Buttler explains, "and they offer rug-making classes in their workshop in West Philly."