In the academic definition, invisible labor affects a wide range of marginalized groups; often, people who do this work are marginalized because their work is not seen, paid for, or recognized. In more recent years, invisible labor has become a shorthand way of referring to the housework and childcare activities performed by women, and primarily cisgender heterosexual women. Of course, this same inequality exists in LGBTQ+ relationships and can be dictated by personality style, relationship dynamics, established roles within the couple, and/or any number of other reasons.
