The climate crisis requires interdisciplinary, inclusive and collaborative approaches for effective solutions that engage all of society with the necessary changes that sustainable transformation requires. At present LGBTQ+ voices are under-represented which risks limiting both the solutions proposed and the ability to successfully foster wider society engagement in climate issues. This research uses participatory illustration methods to engage local queer communities in discussions on the interconnections of queerness and the climate. This draws upon queer ecology, to consider how queer individuals feel, relate to, and engage with natural spaces and actions to address the climate crisis.

This involves five illustrative workshops alongside interviews and co-produced data analysis, in a bricolage methodology that draws heavily upon action research (AR) and participatory action research (PAR) approaches. Illustration can move beyond artefact production to become an experiential process toward transformative, sustainable change. This furthers the applications of illustrative methods to new disciplines, alongside enhancing equitable, socially just, and holistic engagement methods. This has applications beyond LGBTQ+ inclusion and queer ecologies, to apply to a broad range of demographics, especially other marginalised groups such as the global majority or disability demographics.