Why Climate Change Is an LGBTQ+ Issue

• This brief article examines how climate change has impacted the LGBTQ+ community, the connection between solving climate change and gaining rights for LGBTQ+ people, and how the LGBTQ+ community is uniquely equipped to fight climate change.
• Students will learn that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be severely impacted by natural disasters and that this community knows how to build solidarity and effectively advocate for human rights.

Positives

• This article has a very broad geographical scope.
• This article highlights the distinct experiences of racial minorities within the LGBTQ+ community.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students need to understand why climate change leads to more natural disasters. 
• Students need to have a basic understanding of discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community.
  

Differentiation

• This article could support a lesson on the social, economic, and political impacts of climate change.
• After reading the article, the teacher could lead a classroom discussion on why natural disasters impact some groups more than others.
• This article could enhance a classroom discussion about the critiques levied against capitalism.
• For government or civics classes, this article could supplement a mini-lesson about the Department of Homeland Security, its responsibilities during a natural disaster, and how this department has handled this responsibility in the past.

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