The Double Rainbow – Intersecting Identities

Facilitated by Charlie Hart — AKA Ausome Charlie

Many neurodivergent people are also LGBTQIA+ yet workplace inclusion often addresses these identities separately. This session explores this ‘Double Rainbow’ intersection — combining research, lived experience, and practical inclusion strategies.

Participants will:

• Understand the link between neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+ identities
• Explore minority stress, and the impact of intersecting marginalised identities
• Learn practical inclusion and allyship strategies
• Gain insights into creating psychologically safe, neuro-inclusive environments

About the facilitator

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 neuro-inclusion 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, minority stress, and community power. Her work helps organisations move beyond tokenism, to meaningful inclusion.