A queer perspective is a radical reimagining of what constitutes survival, community, and the natural world. Traditional environmentalism often centres the nuclear family and static notions of nature, whereas queer ecology rejects these binaries. 

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We recognise that the same systems that marginalise queer people are also driving the extraction of resources and the degradation of the planet - heteronormativity, cisnormativity, colonialism and capitalism.  

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There is a tenacity and resilience that comes with being queer. We have honed tools developed through centuries of survival without Government support or infrastructure. We have carved out safe and creative spaces for ourselves in response to discrimination. We have made chosen families when our own misunderstand or reject us.  

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We we will continue to find ways of meaningfully embodying our desired future in the present with the aim to inspire change so that liberation can be lived now.  

We wish to find alternatives to mainstream climate messaging that focusses on dread and despair. Queer organising embraces joy and irreverence as political acts; it identifies anger and frustration as a call to action. It challenges the notion that crisis management must be sombre, bureaucratic and entrenched in capitalism. 

Environmental justice is inextricably linked to racial and queer equality. Systemic inequalities compound climate vulnerability. A higher rate of homelessness, poorer career trajectories, insufficient access to healthcare all point to marginalised communities being disproportionately effected by climate change. This makes climate change an issue impacting human rights right now, not in the distant future.