Intersectional Solidarity and Shared Struggle

Sor Juana occupied multiple marginal positions simultaneously—woman, intellectual, nun in a patriarchal institution, arguably queer in her life choices and artistic representations. Her work implicitly connected different forms of oppression and the need for integrated resistance. LGBTQ+ rights cannot be divorced from struggles against racism, colonialism, economic exploitation, and gender-based violence; many LGBTQ+ people experience compounded oppression. This concept, essential to global LGBTQ+ justice, insists on both specificity and solidarity. It means centering the most marginalized—trans people, sex workers, migrants, disabled LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people in the Global South—while building broader coalitions. It refuses single-issue activism that sacrifices some for perceived advancement of others. Sor Juana's intellectual framework, which connected knowledge systems and challenged multiple authority structures, offers a model for complex analysis. Intersectional solidarity in LGBTQ+ work means simultaneous attention to gender, sexuality, race, class, disability, and colonialism; recognizing that liberation requires systemic transformation, not merely inclusion in existing hierarchies.