This post is written by the LinkedIn for Nonprofits Team and presents ways that nonprofits can utilize the concept of intersectionality to improve LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the workplace. There is broad applicability to other sectors as well.
As nonprofits consider ways to improve LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace, one factor that cannot be overlooked is intersectionality.
“Intersectionality is a term coined by Dr. Kimberele Crenshaw to understand, specifically, Black women’s experiences in the prison punishment system,” explains RaShawn Hawkins, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Workplace Equality Program, which aims to promote LGBTQ+ equality in all workplaces. “Dr. Crenshaw describes intersectionality as ‘a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects.’ The term is now often used to understand the ways our social identities interact to create our lived experiences.”
By recognizing and embracing employees’ intersectionality, nonprofits can better understand the unique experiences, challenges, and needs of their people — and encourage them to bring their whole, authentic selves to work.
Read more at: https://nonprofit.linkedin.com/blog/2022/06/embracing-intersectionality-in-the-nonprofit-workplace
