Queers Hug Trees
Allegra and Amalie are two queers tree huggers. Our podcast is a collaborative exploration of the links between queerness and environmental justice. We’re asking what it means to be queer in the environmental justice movement, how we can address barriers to queer environmentalism, and what the environmental movement can learn from queer justice struggles. Join our disruptive knowledge journey to create resources for queering conversations about climate, biodiversity, and other environmental issues.
Queers Hug Trees
Is Nature Queer? An Intro to Queer Ecology
This episode, we ask, "is nature queer?" Queer ecology can help us reimagine environmental politics and open an understanding of queerness in nature. In this episode, we dive into the background of queer ecology, speaking to its history, its place in queer activism, and the research that has been done on queer animals around the world. We also engage in an important discussion on the human-nature binary society has built, and how queer ecology disrupts it.
Amalie dives into multiple studies that document animals being gay, bi, gender queer, and more! Allegra get excited about orcas being matriarchs.
We're excited to hear your thoughts!
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