McQuaid, K. orcid.org/0000-0003-4919-2958 and Crawford, N.J.W. (2025) Gender and Sexual Diversity and the Urban Climate Crisis: Intersectional Injustices of Housing and Livelihoods in Kampala, Uganda. In: Dominey-Howes, D., Rushton, A., Leonard, W., Cianfarani, M., Overton, L. and Wu, H., (eds.) Queering Disasters, Climate Change and Humanitarian Crises. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer Nature, Singapore, Singapore, pp. 147-163. ISBN: 9789819638567.
Abstract
This chapter examines how the everyday exclusions, discrimination, and increased vulnerabilities experienced by gender and sexual diverse people intersect with urban environmental hazards in the context of global climate change. The chapter draws on in-depth interviews and research conducted in Kampala, Uganda, between 2021 and 2023. The research spotlights the critical issues of housing and livelihood injustices experienced by gender and sexual diverse people. The chapter argues that these injustices are becoming more extreme due to climate change and are driven, in large part, by the ‘messy, everyday workings of gendered power’.
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. This is an author produced version of a book chapter published in Queering Disasters, Climate Change and Humanitarian Crises. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
| Keywords: | Cities, Africa, Environmental injustice, Intersectionality, Gender and sexual diverse |
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| Institution: | The University of Leeds |
| Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2026 09:11 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2026 09:11 |
| Published Version: | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-... |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Series Name: | Sustainable Development Goals Series |
| Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-981-96-3857-4_10 |
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| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:238444 |
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