Pride Doesn’t End in June
My name is Milton. I’m queer. I’m an immigrant. And I built Miltti because I was tired of hiding.
Milton wearing the Pride Monster tee. Because pride isn't seasonal, and visibility isn't optional.
Pride isn’t a calendar event
Every year in June, I see rainbow logos go up. Some are sincere. Some feel performative. But by July 1st, most of them vanish.
For those of us who live this every day, Pride isn’t seasonal. It’s personal.
I came out in Brazil in the early 2000s, a time when being openly queer still meant facing judgment, silence, and a lot of unspoken rules. I moved to the U.S. in 2014 to start over. And I started Miltti because I wanted to create a brand that didn’t just show up in June, but stood by our people every month of the year.
I built Miltti for the version of me who didn’t have it easy
I remember being the kid who didn’t know if he could be both soft and strong.
Who had to shrink to survive.
Who used clothes to hide instead of express.
Today, I design clothes that do the opposite.
At Miltti, we make pride t-shirts, gender-neutral clothing and queer streetwear because we know the power of being seen, not just in June but always.
📎 Read more: Wearing Pride: How Visibility Became Self-Care
We’re not a trend. We’re a community.
Pride started as a riot.
At the Stonewall Inn, people said enough. Not in a curated Instagram post, but in the streets, fighting for their lives.
That spirit still matters. And you feel it when someone wears a message on their chest and refuses to apologize for it.
📎 Read: Stonewall Inn and the Beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride
Milton wearing the Last Bite tee, one of many prints that go beyond Pride Month, made to express whoever you are, whenever you want.
This isn’t about clothing. It’s about never being invisible again
We design our pieces on-demand to avoid waste. We don’t overproduce. We don’t follow trends.
We create because someone out there — maybe someone like me years ago — needs to feel like they belong.
When you wear a Miltti tee, you’re not putting on a costume. You’re putting on context, memory, resistance, and the comfort of being seen.
Pride is every month. And so are we
We don’t take July off. We don’t take your story off.
We’ll keep showing up with humor, with fire, with softness, with intention.
And if no one else told you this today: you still belong here.
Join us every month of the year
Pride doesn’t end in June. Neither do we.
Visit Miltti and find something made for who you really are any month of the year.
Written by the Miltti Team | July 2025