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April 2, 2024 33 mins

In this episode, we analyze the intersection of 2SLGBTQI+ identity and climate justice, exploring the unique vulnerabilities and potential opportunities for policy intervention for these communities. Our guest host Idalmis Vaquero (she/her), Senior Policy Analyst at Just Solutions, speaks to Leo Goldsmith (he/they), a climate & health scientist and doctoral student at the Yale School of the Environment where they study climate impacts on the social, health, and economic well-being of diverse sexual and gender minorities. We examine how climate justice issues disproportionately affect 2SLGBTQI+ communities, particularly in the areas of disaster preparedness, natural resource extraction, and displacement. From distinct challenges during climate disasters to the interplay of race, gender identity, and socioeconomic status, we dissect the multitude of factors amplifying climate impacts on 2SLGBTQI+ communities. 

RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE:

Queer And Present Danger: Understanding The Disparate Impacts Of Disasters On LGBTQ+Communities 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/disa.12509 

Queering Environmental Justice: Unequal Environmental Health Burden on the LGBTQ+ Community  

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306406 

Amplified Harm: LGBTQ+ Disaster Displacement

https://socialecology.uci.edu/news/amplified-harm-lgbtq-disaster-displacement 

The Repeal of Race-Based Affirmative Action Is An Inherently Queer Issue 

https://www.them.us/story/how-the-repeal-of-affirmative-action-affects-queer-students-of-color 

Book Reccomdation: Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

 

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EPISODE CREDITS: 

Host: Idalmis Vaquero 

Producer: Tayler Ward 

Editor and Recording Engineer: Angel Bautista

Graphic Designer: Angel Bautista

Music: Paolo Pavan - Street Walk

Album: The Swing of Things - Mar 14, 2019

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