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How does climate change impact the LGBTQIA+ community?

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Impatience Earth

PART 2 The Purposeful Investment Landscape

Philanthropic Giving

Strategies for Giving

Considers the unique vulnerabilities of the LGBTQIA+ community to climate change and the importance of incorporating intersectional approaches in climate philanthropy.

In PART 2 (The Purposeful Investment Landscape), this Impatience Earth website piece by Impatience Earth explains that LGBTQIA+ people face heightened climate vulnerability—driven by higher rates of homelessness and lower incomes, exclusion from disaster policies, greater exposure to pollution and extreme weather, and amplified mental‑health and eco‑anxiety risks—and highlights corporate rainbow‑washing; it recommends that funders apply an intersectional lens, back queer‑led organisations and capacity‑building, advocate for inclusive disaster and climate policies, and amplify queer climate voices. Included in the 'Philanthropic Giving — Strategies for Giving' chapter, the article provides evidence and concrete donor strategies and examples (e.g., PermaQueer, GiveOut’s Climate Fund) to guide purposeful investment that reduces inequities and centers LGBTQIA+‑led climate solutions.

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