Description of project by Hunter
As proud champions of the LGBTQI+ community, Hunter is launching a unique version of the best-selling PLAY boot in time for the start of festival season and Pride month.
The PLAY boot is lightweight, versatile and 100% waterproof. This unique Pride edition, available worldwide from June 3, updates the black short rain boot with a rainbow sole.
Every One Is Different
Celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQI+ community, every pair of the parade-ready Pride PLAY boots will have a unique sole due to the crafting of the natural rubber rainbow. Along with the sole, the rainbow is integrated into the pull tab and Hunter logo running down the back of the boot.
To launch the boot and recognise Pride month, Hunter will be celebrating five individuals within the LGBTQI+ community and supporting five charities chosen by each of the ambassadors.
As the founder of both the ShayShay Show and The Bitten Peach, an Asian cabaret collective, as well as a performer with Little Gay Brother, American-born, London-based entertainer, ShayShay is an enigmatic force in the UK LGBTQI+ club night scene. ShayShay has chosen The Outside Project to receive a donation. It is the UK’s first LGBTQI+ crisis/homeless shelter and community centre that aims to bring together marginalized groups so that they do not feel left ‘outside’.
Tia Simon-Campbell is the co-founder of BBZ, an art exhibition and club night that works to eradicate misogyny and prioritises queer, trans and/or genderqueer/non-binary people of colour. Tia has chosen the charity NAZ to receive a Pride PLAY boot donation. NAZ is one of the longest-running and largest sexual health charities in London, delivering culturally- specific sexual health services including counselling to BAME (Black Asian Minority Ethnic) communities across London.
Director of nightlife sensation Sink The Pink and East Creative, the host of BBC Radio 1’s Drag Queen Den, Glyn Fussell has selected akt (previously known as the Albert Kennedy Trust) to receive a donation. akt’s mission is to provide safe homes and better futures for LGBTQI+ young people.
Mexican-based Jay Espinosa became internationally recognised when they were cast to walk in a Louis Vuitton show as a gender-neutral model. Jay has chosen to support the charity MindOut for the launch of Hunter’s Pride PLAY boot. MindOut is a mental health service run by and for lesbians, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer people working to improve the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTQI+ communities and to making mental health a community concern.
Transgender dancer Lucy Fizz uses her story to help others in similar situations. Fizz has chosen Mermaids, a charity that supports gender diverse and transgender children, young people and their families achieve a happier life in the face of great adversity.
