Many neurodivergent people are also LGBTQIA+, yet awareness initiatives, workplace conversations, and inclusion strategies often address these identities separately.
This session explores the “Double Rainbow” intersection between neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+ identities, examining how overlapping identities can influence lived experiences, wellbeing, and inclusion. Participants will gain insight into the concept of minority stress and how the impact of multiple marginalised identities can compound over time.
Combining research, lived experience, and practical inclusion strategies, Charlie will help attendees explore the relationship between neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+ identities while providing actionable approaches to allyship and inclusion. Using this intersection as a powerful example of intersectionality in practice, the session offers valuable insights for anyone looking to better support colleagues, strengthen workplace inclusion, or broaden their understanding of how identity shapes lived experience.
And the biggest takeaway? You’ll learn why looking at identities in isolation can leave people behind, and what meaningful inclusion looks like when we recognise and support the whole person.
Charlie Hart
Ausome Minds
Charlie Hart — also known as Ausome Charlie — is an autistic and ADHD professional speaker on inclusion, with a 20-year background in HR Analytics. Charlie specialises in neuroinclusion at work, intersecting identities, psychological safety, and translating lived experience into practical, evidence-based inclusion strategies. Drawing on her lived experience as a late-diagnosed autistic, bi/pan, and gender non-conforming woman, Charlie speaks candidly about identity, power, and compounding minority stress. Their work helps organisations move beyond tokenism, to meaningful inclusion.
