Resources

Toolkit

The urgency of climate change, systemic queer and trans* marginalization, and an escalating mental health crises demand intersectional responses. These crises do not occur in silos, and neither should our solutions. We are aiming to co-create a toolkit that aims to serve as an inclusive and intersectional resource that challenges the prevailing heteronormative narratives within climate justice frameworks. The focus will be on addressing the data gaps and documenting the impacts of climate change on lives of transgender, queer and gender-diverse people. This includes varied impacts on physical and mental health, community care spaces and livelihoods in vulnerable ecological areas.

The toolkit will include:

• Testimonies and realities of queer, trans* and gender-diverse communities facing climate disasters, climate grief, exclusion in climate activism spaces
• A visual glossary of key terms like intersectionality, queer ecologies, and climate grief
• Documentation of lived experiences of resilience, trauma, mutual aid, and ecological care
• Offer mental health and healing justice approaches grounded in community wisdom
• Identify policy gaps and advocacy opportunities to push for systemic change
• Provide tools and templates for local action, storytelling, and cross-sector engagement
• Directories of queer-friendly and climate-aware care networks
• Templates for assessments, workshops, and advocacy campaigns
• Resources for creative expression, dialogue, and community building

How You Can Contribute

• Interviews and first-person stories from queer individuals and collectives impacted by or working within climate and mental health spaces.
• Organizational insights from NGOs, policy actors, and academic/research institutions.
• Art, zines, cultural work, and storytelling that reflect queer relationships with land, water, and wellbeing.
• Contributions to a directory of support services and healing practices.