Does the LGBTQ community include intersectional identities in its fight for equality? The simple answer is no, it does not. While the things being fought for by the mainstream LGBTQ equality movement do benefit all LGBTQ people, LGBTQ individuals with other intersecting identities face harsher and more serious issues that they would rather see addressed before things such as marriage equality and the right to serve in the military, such as access to adequate healthcare and the ability to work without being discriminated against. A majority of these issues that affect one group of intersecting identities also affect others so working to solve these issues would affect many people and help many groups.

This lack of inclusion partially comes from a lack of research into issues facing members of the LGBTQ community who hold other identities that are not cisgender white, wealthy, educated, able-bodied men and women. This is due to who makes up the funding for research and the boards and leadership of organizations that do this work also. The next step needs to be inclusive research and the inclusion of individuals with these intersecting ideas into mainstream LGBTQ organizations and leadership roles to help influence and conversation and let the movement know what is needed. However, this must be done in a way not to tokenize and say the problem is fixed without it truly being fixed.