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Hidden from view? Examining government policy support with sexual and gender minority entrepreneurs

Helen Williams Orcid Logo, Katrina Pritchard Orcid Logo, Alice Elworthy, Bianca Mares

Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management

Swansea University Authors: Helen Williams Orcid Logo, Katrina Pritchard Orcid Logo, Alice Elworthy, Bianca Mares

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/QROM-09-2025-3179

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AbstractPurposeOur paper offers a critical consideration of how gender, sex and sexuality binaries underpin the neoliberal obsession with entrepreneurial success. While there is an emerging empirical interest in minority and marginalised entrepreneurs, we argue that this has yet to appropriately the...

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description AbstractPurposeOur paper offers a critical consideration of how gender, sex and sexuality binaries underpin the neoliberal obsession with entrepreneurial success. While there is an emerging empirical interest in minority and marginalised entrepreneurs, we argue that this has yet to appropriately theorise how gender, sex and sexuality binaries might be implicated. Design/methodology/approachOur research adopts a qualitative approach combining secondary and primary data analyses. We offer a reflexive thematic analysis exploring 17 selected UK government policies where business and gender were discussed. This is supported by policy discussions in interviews with 18 sexual and gender minority entrepreneurs.FindingsOur findings contribute to discussions of diversity within entrepreneurship beyond a straightforward binary view of in/visibility and suggests how the inclusion of sexual and gender minorities has unintended consequences. OriginalityWe contribute by identifying how entrepreneurial policies form cis and heteronormative mechanisms reproducing exclusionary narratives despite their inclusionary intention. Our empirical analysis of both government policy and participant data, demonstrates how policies are shaped by a logic of appropriateness that renders sexual and gender minority entrepreneurs invisible. Moreover, our participants comprise entrepreneurs who identify beyond gender, sex and sexuality binaries extending current empirical contributions that focus predominantly on cisgender lesbian and/or gay entrepreneurial experiences.
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