Inclusive Workplaces

The Double Rainbow: What Happens When You’re Neurodivergent AND LGBTQIA+?

We all bring multiple aspects of our identity to work and everyday life. But while inclusion conversations often focus on one identity at a time, many people experience the world through several overlapping identities simultaneously. For neurodivergent people who are also part of the LGBTQIA+ community, these intersections can shape everything from belonging and wellbeing to workplace experiences and opportunities.

In September, Charlie Hart and Azi Court, from Ausome Minds, will help us to unpack why these intersecting experiences matter, exploring intersectionality, minority stress, and the realities of navigating multiple marginalised identities. Through a blend of research, lived experience, and practical workplace strategies, you’ll gain insights that can help create more inclusive environments where everyone can thrive.

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Inclusive Workplaces

Understanding Intersecting Identities

  • Online
  • Thursday, 3rd September
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM BST

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.

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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.
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Azi Court
Ausome Minds
Azi Court (he/him) is Charlie's eldest child, an emerging speaker and writer at Ausome Minds UK, and is studying Politics and English Literature. Azi is Autistic, has ADHD and identifies as a queer trans man - bringing the trans and Gen Z perspectives to this conversation.

Inclusive Workplaces

What you’ll learn:

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Understand the connection between neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+ identities

Explore minority stress and the impact of intersecting marginalised identities

Learn practical inclusion strategies that support people with multiple marginalised identities

Discover meaningful allyship approaches that help move inclusion beyond awareness and into action

Who should attend?

Whether you’re responsible for supporting a team, shaping workplace culture, or simply interested in learning more about intersectionality, this session will provide practical insights into the experiences of neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ individuals and what meaningful inclusion looks like in practice.

This session is particularly valuable for:

  • Managers and people leaders looking to better support diverse teams
  • HR, People, DEI and Culture professionals responsible for creating inclusive workplaces
  • Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders and workplace inclusion champions
  • Anyone interested in understanding intersectionality and the experiences of neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ communities
  • Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ individuals seeking to better understand the relationship between these identities and the impact of minority stress