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The field of intersectional discrimination in Slovenia is not an unexplored topic, but none of the analyses so far has foregrounded the issue of the intersection of (media) representations. This article explores the research question of how the discourse of media texts on online news portals in Slovenia addresses the issues of discrimination and social exclusion in light of the intersectional approach. In the research, we addressed the intersection of the representations of gays and lesbians and foreigners on four Slovenian online news portals (RTVSLO.si, 24ur.com, SiOL.net and Nova24TV.si) during the adoption of laws affecting both social groups. Through the principle of "mirroring" reality, which is based on the assumption of journalistic objectivity, we note that in the case of gays and lesbians, the selected portals uncritically reproduced the conflict between opposing positions pro et contra, which marginalised all views outside of it; in the case of foreigners, there was a normalisation and reproduction of the discourse of the representatives of parliamentary politics. The intersectional perspective was almost completely absent from the discourse of the media texts analysed, which contributed to the weakening of the anti-discrimination position and the strengthening of different articulations of social exclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]