Pride Outside

Happy Pride Month!

We have put together a Read, Watch, Listen guide featuring books, films, podcasts, resources, and accounts to explore. Plus some amazing outdoor opportunities to explore and celebrate Queer Ecology and creating safe spaces in the outdoors!

Read

For Educators

• Nature Needs a New Pronoun by Robin Wall Kimmer
• Evoluntion’s Rainbow by Joan Roughgarden
• Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer and illustrated by Jules Zuckerberg
• Queer Ecology: Relationships to Nature by Braelei Hardt (National Wildlife Federation)

For Learners

• Together, a Forest by Roz Maclean
• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
• Granddad’s Camper by Harry Woodgate

Watch

• Why joy is a serious way to take action (TedTalk) – Pattie Gonia
• Is nature queer? Out + About
• Understanding Myself as an Amphibian by May Matchim-Stewart
• Animal Pride by Connel Bradwell

Listen

• What is Queer Ecology? with Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and July Hazard
• How to Save a Planet – Environmentalist Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Says The Outdoors Are For Everyone 

People to Follow

• Pattie Gonia (@pattiegonia)
• Connel Bradwell (@connellbradwell)

Organizations to Follow:

• Feminist Bird Club: Inclusive birding organization
• Intersectional Environmentalist: Movement connectors radically imagining a more equitable future for environmentalism
• zoboomafoolish: Land-based learning organization centering Black, Indigenous + Queer Theories Reframing Conservation for Cities.
• Queer EcoJustice Project: Queer Ecojustice Project organizes at the intersection of ecological justice and queer liberation. We are storytellers weaving together the threads of a complex, multidimensional story of queer survival and collective ecological futures through collaborative projects that aim to catalyze culture, consciousness, and community.
• Brave Trails: Camp for LGBTQ+ Children and Youth
• Queer Nature: Our program envisions and implements ecological awareness and place-based skills as vital and often overlooked parts of resiliency-building and echantment-tending for populations who have been marginalized and even represented as ‘unnatural.’ Our curricula strive to go beyond recreation in nature to deep, slow, and thoughtful engagement with the natural world to build inter-species alliances and an enduring sense of belonging for all.
• Venture Out: An organization that leads backpacking and wilderness trips for the queer and transgender community.
• LGBTQ+ Summit: Pre-conference summit for the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) International Conference.
• Outdoorist Oath: Founded by Teresa Baker, José González, and Pattie Gonia, the Outdoorist Oath is here to support a different and healthier outdoors.

Outdoor Pride Events to Check Out

• Pride Outside: Connecting the LGBTQ+ Community around the outdoors.
• Pride Paddle Vancouver: Jericho Beach Kayak is hosting two Pride Paddles this year! One at the end of June to celebrate Pride Month (in memory of the Stonewall Uprisings) and one in early August for Vancouver Pride Week!
  • When: Tuesday, June 17, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. (during Pride Month); Thursday, July 31, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. (Vancouver Pride Week).
  • Cost: Sliding scale of $30-$60
  • Where: Jericho Beach, BC.
  • To book a spot: Register in advance.
• Mountain Pride Revelstoke:
  • When: Mountain Academy (Saturday, June 28); Queer Village (Sunday, June 29)
  • Cost: $50 for day-long lessons; subsidies available
  • Where: In the town of Revelstoke, as well as Mount Revelstoke National Park, BC
  • To book a spot: Visit Open Mountains.
• Out n’ Aboot: A Pride Hike: Join Mountain Equipment Company and Hike Nova Scotia as we go “Out n’ Aboot” for a celebratory Pride Hike on Sunday, July 20 in Halifax. Registration is required. Here are the details:
  • Trail: Hemlock Ravine Park, Halifax
  • Time: 10:30 am to 1 pm