Defining Intersectionality “intersectionality describes the ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class and other forms of discrimination “intersect” to create unique dynamics and effects.”
(Centre for Intersectional Justice)
- The British Academy (2018) What is intersectionality? – an article that defines intersectionality and identifies its uses for addressing contemporary issues.
Resources/Opportunities
Allies in the Arts – a non-profit organisation intended to support artists who are women, BIPOC, and LGBTQQIA2S — all of whom are underrepresented individuals in creative industries.
Allies in the Arts. Black Queer Futures 2021 – a photography collection that highlights a different queer Black artist each week via Instagram features about their influences, practice, and what’s needed to support their careers.
Allies in the Arts. Reel Her In - An annual screening of short films directed by womxn of colour and LGBTQQIA2S identified female, trans* and non-binary people.
Unmuted – a cultural organisation that exists to raise the voices and representation of LGBTQI People of Colour / QTIPOC (Queer Trans Intersex People of Colour) in Birmingham.
Natasha Brown, A Younger Theatre (2018) On Creating Intersectional Theatre.
Queer East Film Festival - An LGBTQ+ film festival that showcases rarely seen queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia and seeks to amplify the voices of Asian communities in the UK.
Queer Youth Arts Collective – an organisation seeking to challenge isolation, provide free and engaging arts workshops and build skills and infrastructure for a resilient, peer-led LGBTQ arts and education culture in London and throughout the UK.
Black Womxn in Theatre - to celebrate the contributions that black womxn have made to the British arts industry by hosting and holding spaces and campaigning for long-lasting sector changes.
#AllofUs Redundancy Care Campaign run by Black Womxn in Theatre was an immediate response to support Black, Asian, ethnically diverse and migrant arts workers facing redundancy.
#AllOfUs Independent Evaluation report – a report on the delivery of the deliver of the #HeretoStay programme that developed out of Black Womxn in Theatre’s All of Us Campaign. The programme supported 42 Black, Asian and ethnically diverse cultural workers experiencing insecure employment during the 2020 pandemic