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Abstract
This community geography project bridges the literature on LGBTQ+ disaster disparities with the climate justice narratives of queer social movement organizations. It describes an arts-based practice of research-creation to foster representational justice for climate justice communities. For this community geography project, I documented the recipients of the Astraea Foundation’s inaugural Climate Justice grant through a set of StoryMaps that weaves the grantees’ queer climate justice narratives with an experimental visualization of a “queer disaster risk map.” This thesis engages in critical reflexivity of the research-creation process to examine the trap/doors of visibility: while I intentionally chose to create a public-facing, visual research product to stimulate more research, funding, and power for queer climate justice organizers, this thesis ultimately offers a case study of ethical considerations for when shifting political conditions impact the safety of community partners collaborating on public-facing research projects.