This edited book marks a significant contribution to the development of a new research paradigm and field of inquiry, queer disaster studies. The first book to critically discuss how disaster-related experiences and needs of sexual and gender diverse (LGBTIQA+) people and communities manifest and differ across national, cultural, and regional boundaries, contributions from the Global North and Global South, and from culturally diverse communities, draw together academics and people working in government and non-government agencies, emergency management, and community-based and humanitarian organisations. Uniquely, this volume also contains contributions from sexual and gender diverse people with lived experience of disasters, climate change and humanitarian crises and people who have been subject to heterosexist discrimination in the provision of disaster relief and recovery-related services or as employees and volunteers. Together, they ponder and propose solutions to how disaster and emergency planning, response and recovery can better address specific needs of vulnerable and minority groups.
A crucial, overdue contribution to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 5: Gender Equality, this book identifies areas to further the development of just and equitable disaster, climate change and humanitarian crises policy, programs, and services that include and address the diverse needs of all sexual and gender diverse people.
