Climate Change Harming Gay Couples?! By Brian Simpson

Of all the surprising things said by the climate change alarmist lobby about the supposed ill-effects of climate change, surely the claim made by a university of California LA study (see below), must rate as the strangest yet. Allegedly, same-sex couples are at greater "risk of exposure to the adverse effects of climate change" than straight couples. But risk from what? Why, "wildfires, floods, smoke-filled skies, and drought," it was put. Same-sex couples disproportionately live in coastal regions and cities, which are supposedly more vulnerable to these sorts of disasters. Gays are also more likely "to live in areas with poor infrastructure, worse-built environments."

So what places are threatened by these homophobic climate patterns? For the US, Washington DC and San Francisco, have the largest proportions of gay couples, and should be the most affected. For example, San Francisco's Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District flooded 22 years ago!

Rather than showing that gays are at a greater risk of supposed climate change effects, assuming for the sake of argument such effects exist, all this shows is that certain parts of cities may be prone to flooding, and it a coincidence that same sex people live in these areas, along with many straight people. It seems like yet another woke beat up story to me!

https://www.thecollegefix.com/ucla-study-gay-couples-at-greater-risk-from-climate-change/

Ari Shaw, director of International Programs at UCLA's School of Law's Williams Institute who specializes in "international human rights, LGBTI politics, and U.S. foreign policy," noted the study "cuts against the narrative" that LGBT individuals "have access to all the resources that they need."

Shaw said his team considered same-sex couples because the U.S. Census gathers information on cohabitating same-sex households but does not broadly collect sexual orientation or gender data.

"This study helps to shine a light on what is likely a much larger and more complicated picture," he said. "Our findings probably understate the true impact that climate change is having on LGBTQ people."

The new research moves the needle in helping the nation understand who is at risk of climate disasters, UC Irvine sociology professor Michael Méndez said. He previously studied how queer communities are often left out of disaster planning.

"The needle is moving slowly," Méndez said. "These disasters are not happening in isolation. If an individual is feeling discrimination, or a lack of safety in their home and a disaster happens, they can feel even more vulnerable."

But what Méndez said the study doesn't reveal is who the same-sex couples are in terms of [race], income and their positions in society.

Among several recommendations, Shaw and study co-author Lindsay Mahowald say climate disaster relief should be "administered without discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression," and that future surveys like the U.S. Census ought to include "measures of sexual orientation and gender identity."