Intersectionality of LGBTQ+ Disabled Individuals and Their Work Experiences: A Review of the Literature.

Having multiple-minority status, individuals who have a disability and identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) are at the intersection of multiple stigmatized identities (Kempapidis et al., 2023). Individuals with disabilities and who identify as LGBTQ+ are not in abundance but do exist. The workplace environment matters significantly for LGBTQ+ individuals with disabilities (Holman et al., 2018). Literature suggests that the combination of the social stigma strain of being, having a disability, and having other barriers to work can be a lot to manage. Furthermore, in addition to all those components experiencing the daily stress of living with discrimination, hate, and stigma as well as encountering social situations can be all too much. The experiences of the LGBTQ+ or LGBTQIA population including gender-nonconforming, intersex, and asexual remain poorly understood, underexamined, and underrepresented in the extant literature. LGBTQ+ experiences and behaviors of these workers are typically misunderstood and underrepresented in the literature. The purpose of this literature review is to synthesize the extant literature on the employment experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals with disabilities and to examine the importance of recognizing intersectionality in the workplace.