The experience of the interconnected nature of ethnicity, race, creed, etc., (cultural, institutional and social), and the way they are imbedded within existing systems such that they define how one i [..]

the study of the intersections (=meeting points) between different minority groups; for example, how being a gay woman or a black woman affects the inequalities experienced by women as a wholeToday I’ [..]

When two or more oppressions overlap in the experiences of an indi­vidual or group, creating interconnected barriers and complex forms of discrimination that can be insidious, covert and compounded.

The intersection of ethnicity, race, class, gender, age, ability, sexual/affectional orientation, physical size, etc., in the lived experience of individuals, which is influenced by the simultaneity i [..]

An approach largely advanced by women of color, arguing that classifications such as gender, race, class, and others cannot be examined in isolation from one another; they interact and intersect in in [..]

the social justice warrior method for analyzing the various privileges or oppressions that a person may experience. This creates the progressive stack.

was "originally articulated on behalf of black women, the term brought to light the invisibility of many constituents within groups that claim them as members, but often fail to represent them. I [..]

A conceptual framework that makes visible the multiple discriminations that people face, the ways in which systems of oppression (for example, those framing gender, race, class, sexuality, ability) interact with each other, and thus the activist imperative to name and challenge multiple inequalities as part of seeking justice for different constitu [..]

Identities, experiences or approaches to equality work that fall into more than one protected characteristic

The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrim [..]

Describes the way in which different personal characteristics can combine and the effect this has on equality or inequality.

the intersections between forms or systems of oppression, domination or discrimination, a term originally coined by Kimberle Crenshaw. The theory originated in the work of Black feminists, and is now [..]