Brian Lanigan shared his coming-out story to Ikea, saying he came out as bisexual in high school and "as a queer, chubby, blue-haired 9th grader — it didn't go so well." Today, Lanigan performs spoken-word poetry and says poetry has helped him "calmly examine what he was feeling, and ground himself in finding how he identifies."
This love seat was designed by queer fashion designer, illustrator, and researcher Charlotte Carbone.