This special issue addresses a significant gap in entrepreneurship scholarship by focusing on 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs, whose experiences remain underexplored despite growing recognition of identity's importance in entrepreneurial processes. The special issue seeks to advance conceptual, empirical, and methodological understanding of how sexuality and gender identity intersect with entrepreneurial ecosystems and institutional structures.
The editors welcome diverse theoretical frameworks including identity theory, queer-feminist perspectives, intersectionality, and institutional theory. They are particularly interested in how 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs navigate visibility, stigma, belonging, and legitimacy within institutional contexts and across geographic scales. The issue encourages methodological diversity, including qualitative research, mixed methods, and innovative research approaches, with particular interest in collaborations between scholars and practitioners.