We are delighted to have this paper accepted for publication in QROM and now available online. Helen and Katrina wrote this paper along with Alice Elworthy and Bianca Mares, and also thank ISBE for the RAKE award that made this research possible. This paper is also available to read on Swansea University’s CRONFA repository.
The paper abstract is posted below:

Purpose

Our 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/approach
Our 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.

Findings

Our 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.

Originality

We 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.