When you’re an LGBTQ person living in a heteronormative, cisnormative world, encounters of subtle discrimination, known as microaggressions, are a frustrating yet often unavoidable part of daily life.

Battling cancer is already a mentally taxing time, but it is worse for those in the LGBTQ+ community, who will likely experience microaggressions while receiving cancer care and treatment. There are ...

Microaggressions may create a hostile environment for people in historically marginalized groups — especially in the healthcare industry. Microinsults, microassaults, and microinvalidations are the ...

In describing heterosexism—the attitude or belief that heterosexuality is the only normal and natural expression of sexuality—I often use humidity as an analogy. Heterosexism isn’t something you can ...

Many microaggressions are subtle, but they can still harm marginalized employees and create a toxic work culture. Over the past few decades, companies have taken significant steps to improve workplace ...

Sheryl Sandberg had barely gotten started in her career when she noticed how often she was interrupted midsentence. “Even to this day, when I am in meetings where I am the same seniority as the other ...