SASS presents Summer Popsicle Popup, a series of special initiatives taking place throughout the city from Aug 16 through Sept 7. Furthering SASS’s commitment to contemporary wellness and culture, we’re hosting our Popsicle Popup stand at dispensaries and bookstores in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
🍧 Traditional Mexican paletas (optional infused toppings at bookstores only)
🌈 10% of onsite sales rev and 100% of all donations benefit queer nonprofits
📖 Meet Queer Authors and Creatives
💅 Sassy gifts + summertime vibes
Enjoy our specialty popsicles, inspired by some of our fave Queer Icons
MARSHA P JOHNSON
Marsha P. Johnson, Black trans activist and Stonewall pioneer, inspires our Watermelon Mint Hibiscus popsicle. Celebrating her vibrant spirit, fearless advocacy, and love of flowers.
LA VENENO
La Veneno, beloved Spanish trans icon and sex work activist who rose to fame in the ’90s, inspires our Coconut Cream. Honoring her vivacious personality and bold visibility.
DIVINE
Divine, iconic drag icon who redefined camp and queer culture inspires our Strawberry Lemonade popsicle. For her unapologetic artistry, fierce beauty, and impact on LGBTQ+ visibility.
LOCATIONS
FEATURED BOOKSTORES
FROM HERE TO SUNDAY AUGUST 16
From Here to Sunday is a small gift shop & gallery located in Gowanus, Brooklyn that aims to bring joy to its visitors. A delight to the senses, the shop presents a thoughtful curation of highly giftable art that is packed with personality, humor, and care. FHTS centers marginalized voices, while grounding itself in the community by collaborating with local artists and causes.
Hive Mind Books is a queer bookstore and coffeeshop in Bushwick, Brooklyn, dedicated to uplifting queer and trans readers and writers. Hive Mind maintains an extensive inventory of trans and queer books, and hosts a busy calendar of literary, art, and community events. Our space is available for queer and trans artists and organizers to use at no cost. A portion of all of our earnings is donated to Palestinian relief, prioritizing organizations working on the ground in Gaza.
Café con Libros (coffee with books) is an Intersectional Feminist community bookstore and coffee shop. Through our choice of books, programming and great coffee, we endeavor to create a vibrant community space where everyone specifically women, girls and non-binary folx feel centered, affirmed and celebrated.
The Travel Agency is a premiere destination for cannabis in New York City. The Travel Agency exists to empower people to explore cannabis’ potential as a trusted, natural, and transformative way to enrich their lives, when, where, and how it fits them—free from stigma and full of possibility. We champion each individual’s journey, changing the perception of cannabis from taboo to totally normal.
The Travel Agency, a BIPOC founded company that believes legal cannabis has the power to repair the damage caused by the war on drugs which particularly impacted communities of color. We also hire formerly incarcerated and legacy operators with support from our community partners, as well as carry LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and women-owned brands. We strive to elevate entire communities into places of hope and prosperity for years to come.
A diverse community of TransGNB people fighting for the rights of different ethnicities and races, immigrants, impoverished and unemployed people, sex workers, people living with HIV, survivors of violence, and the forgotten.
Tarab NYC, a non-profit, fosters an inclusive and safe community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and/or gender non-conforming Arab, Middle Eastern, and/or North African people in the greater New York City area.
We are a donation-funded, volunteer-run that sends books and other educational materials, free of charge, to incarcerated LGBTQ people across the United States. We have been doing this for over 15 years and have sent books to over 13,000 people in that time.