ABSTRACT
Spirituality, sexuality, and intersectionality are three themes that may not appear to organically overlap at first glance, but for those of us who belong to multiple oppressed groups and identities, the connection between the three is not only evident, it is essential. In addition, the science of behavior analysis has failed to dedicate significant time and energy to better understanding the needs, lived experiences, and challenges faced by historically marginalized and minoritized groups. The scarcity of literature and research in our field that addresses these three themes (either in isolation or altogether) and how to end nefarious contingencies, metacontingencies, and macrocontingencies that reinforce and maintain othering/oppressive behavior, as it relates to the aforementioned themes, is alarming. The purpose of this chapter is to share my lived experience as a spiritual, Black, queer, gender-noncomforming individual who engages in spiritual activism to dismantle systems of othering, oppression, and inequity that are selected and maintained on both the behavioral and cultural levels in our society.
