Queer ecology

Queer explorations of nature and place, from fantastical short stories featuring trans characters to activism rooted in the natural world.

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Drawing for the Queer Ecology Hanky Project

"A queer ecological practice demands that we see ourselves in community with other species, instead of above them."

Queer Ecologies is a group exhibition that questions the supposed moral neutrality of heterosexist discourses constructed around ideas of sexuality and nature and reconsiders the relationships between species and environmental politics from the queer perspective.

@instituteforpostnaturalstudies on Instagram: "How can queer experiences and perspectives inspire new modes of inhabiting the planet? What are some of the main categorizations and binarisms that we must break away from to start proposing a better suited future of coexistence? It is with great joy that we announce the second edition of Mutability & Mutualism, a collaboration with The Institute of Queer Ecology (@queerecology). Queer Ecology is a theoretical framework that applies queer…

The term “queer ecology” refers to a loose, interdisciplinary constellation of practices that aim, in different ways, to disrupt prevailing heterosexist discursive and institutional articulations of sexuality and nature, and also to reimagine evolutionary processes, ecological interactions, and environmental politics in light of queer theory. Drawing from traditions as diverse as evolutionary biology, LGBTTIQQ2SA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex, queer…

The Queer Ecology Hanky Project questions the norms that govern our lives and taps into an older form of queer communication to rethink human relationships with the planet, land, and other species.