I’m reading through papers, books and reports related to queerness, the environment, and occasionally other topics. As I read, I’m taking notes so I can refer back to my old readings and remember their key points more easily. Why not post my notes here, so you can all learn with me?

Each article will open with my reflections on the paper, after which will follow a summary of the reading, which is usually the bulk of the piece. Early pieces will have the reverse; the summary first and reflections at the end, before I decided to change it. Square brackets throughout the summary indicate comments from me.

Unlinked text indicates what I’m currently reading. Always feel free to give me recommendations or ask me to focus on a particular reading.

Enviroqueer

PAPER: Queer vulnerability & resilience to natural disasters (Higgins, K., et al. May 2023)

PAPER: Queer pedagogy for, with and within education for sustainable development (Higgins, K., November 2021)

BOOK: Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire (Mortimer-Sandilands, C., & Erickson, B., July 2010)

• BOOK: Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire, Chapter 1, (Mortimer-Sandilands, C., & Erickson, B., July 2010)

Environment

REPORT: Independent Review of the EPBC Act – Final Report (Samuel, G., October 2020)

• REPORT: Independent Review of the EPBC Act – Final Report, Chapter 1, pp 39-57 (Samuel, G., October 2020)

Queer

PAPER: A scoping review of non-binary research in “Australian” social sciences: Community, solidarity, resilience and resisting marginalisation. (Nicholas, L., Clark, S., & Falzon, C., November 2024)

PAPER: Non-binary gender/sex identities (Schudson, Z., C., & Morgenroth, T., October 2022)

PAPER: Erasure and Health Equity Implications of Using Binary Male/Female Categories in Sexual Health Research and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance: Recommendations for Transgender-Inclusive Data Collection and Reporting (Tordoff, D. M., Minalga, B., Gross, B. B., Martin, A., Caracciolo, B., Barbee, L. A., Balkus, J. E., & Khosropour, C. M., February 2022)

PAPER: Un-Mapping Gay Imperialism: A Postcolonial Approach To Sexual Orientation-Based Development (Ali, M., A., December 2017)

PAPER: How Erasure Impacts Health Care for Transgender People (
Bauer, G., R., Hammond, R., Travers, R., Kaay, M., Hohenadel, K., M., & Boyce, M., October 2009)

Polycrisis

PAPER: Polycrisis and Long-term Thinking: Reimagining Development in Asia and the Pacific Foresight Brief (United Nations, August 2022)