Climate and Culture

Queer Ecology

Queer Ecology

Queer Ecology

The queer experience is rooted in expression and acceptance—a celebration of all the unique and individual natures that make up the whole of nature, a rich tapestry woven by biodiversity.

Lighting strikes as a car drives to Tucumcari, NM from Dalhart, TX

Lighting strikes as a car drives to Tucumcari, NM from Dalhart, TX

Storm Chasing While Trans The pursuit of extreme storms, like the weather industry, is a space dominated by white, straight, cis-men.

Identity & Community Queer Ecology

A phallic looking green cactus stands erect amongst nature, wrapped in white fur with orange spikes on top.

A phallic looking green cactus stands erect amongst nature, wrapped in white fur with orange spikes on top.

Ecosexuality Urges Us To Cherish the Earth As Our Lover Ecosexuality is a distinctly queer strand of climate activism rooted in pleasure and love.

Queer Ecology Environmental Justice

A blurry shot of a hyena running through the grass.

A blurry shot of a hyena running through the grass.

The Organizational Concept What does it mean to be female? Historically, the answer to this question has been defined by male scientists—but nature offers another view

Queer Ecology The Overview

A faint rainbow shines in the light of a waterfall.

A faint rainbow shines in the light of a waterfall.

Unearthing Queer Joy In a cultural moment where people like me are coming out into a world of pain, it can feel easier to center our hurts rather than our joy.

Queer Ecology Identity & Community

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth

Riley Black Reflects on the Power of Growth Over 300 bills have been introduced this year in an attempt to erase queer people. Riley Black plants seeds of hope against bigotry.

Identity & Community Queer Ecology

Queer Climate Activists Speak Out After COP27 in Egypt

Queer Climate Activists Speak Out After COP27 in Egypt

Queer Climate Activists Speak Out After COP27 in Egypt COP27 was held in Egypt, a country known for its abuses against the queer community. Queer climate activists talk about why they still went.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

Uprooting the Tree of Life

Uprooting the Tree of Life

Uprooting the Tree of Life The image of the biological Tree of Life depicts a world organized by lines of progress. But the living world is much more exciting.

Science & Nature Queer Ecology

ANOHNI On Queer Ecology and Trans Ferality

ANOHNI On Queer Ecology and Trans Ferality

ANOHNI On Queer Ecology and Trans Ferality In the early ’90s, few artists were connecting the dots between queer erasure and ecocide—but transdisciplinary artist ANOHNI was.

Art & Culture Earth Sounds

In Florida, Queer Youth Battle Bigotry and Climate Change

In Florida, Queer Youth Battle Bigotry and Climate Change

In Florida, Queer Youth Battle Bigotry and Climate Change In Florida, queer youth climate activists speak out against Republican politicians passing homophobic and anti-trans bills.

The Frontline Democracy

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature

Full Spectrum: Honoring Queerness in Nature For many queer people, nature is a place to celebrate the full spectrum of diversity—a reminder that being who you are is natural.

Art & Culture Queer Ecology

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination

ALOK and Munroe Bergdorf on the Power of Trans Imagination Alok Vaid-Menon speaks with fellow luminary Munroe Bergdorf about the rise of fascism and the power of trans imagination.

Art & Culture Identity & Community

What Can Queer Ecology Teach Us About Monkeypox?

What Can Queer Ecology Teach Us About Monkeypox?

What Can Queer Ecology Teach Us About Monkeypox? Queer ecologist Alex Carr Johnson talks about monkeypox and how queer ecological imagination can help us prepare for future viruses.

The Frontline Queer Ecology

Creatures of Possibility

Creatures of Possibility

Creatures of Possibility My transition was a crash course in biology, writes Riley Black. It made me think harder about the boundaries we create and uphold.

Queer Ecology

Redefining Gender in the Amazon

Redefining Gender in the Amazon

Redefining Gender in the Amazon As we celebrate Pride, The Frontline shares the work of Uýra Sodoma, an Indigenous nonbinary performance artist fighting to save the Amazon.

The Frontline Queer Ecology

For Your Pleasure

For Your Pleasure

For Your Pleasure Battling COVID and climate change, how can we understand activism and social engagement not as separate from, but intertwined with pleasure?

The Overview Queer Ecology

Exxon’s Rainbow Smokescreen

Exxon’s Rainbow Smokescreen

Exxon’s Rainbow Smokescreen Oil giant ExxonMobil is quick to wave Pride flags. In a collaboration with EXXONKNEWS, The Frontline shows the reality its workers face.

The Frontline Queer Ecology

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