Wild, Indigo Rae and Treviño Gonzalez, Maria Jose and Williams, Andy (2025) Queering adventure: building communities outdoors to combat social and environmental injustice. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1754-0402
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Themes of masculinity and heteronormativity are woven through the history of outdoor education and recreation. Whilst there has been more exploration of the experiences of women, the experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially trans and non-binary people, have been largely ignored in research, and there is a significant gap in understanding how the community connects with outdoor spaces. This paper explores how outdoor community groups aimed at the LGBTQIA+ community remove barriers to the outdoors and impact social and environmental justice. A questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, field notes and a study of social media were used to explore the community’s barriers to accessing green and blue spaces and how outdoor activity groups overcome these. The paper uses concepts of queer ecology and eco pedagogies to understand how the outdoors supports the building of communities, intersectional identities, and the protective factor of hope for this marginalised and overlooked group.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | ** Article version: VoR ** From Crossref journal articles via Jisc Publications Router ** History: received 25-09-2024; accepted 12-03-2025; published 01-05-2025. ** Licence for VoR version of this article starting on 01-05-2025: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Divisions: | Institutes and Academies > Institute of Management and Health > Sport Health and Outdoor Education |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2025 14:25 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jun 2025 14:25 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/3736 |
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