Queer Ecology Presentation

In celebration of Pride Month and in collaboration with Nantucket Pride, please join us in the Great Hall at the Nantucket Atheneum for a riveting lecture "Queer Ecology: How Nature Defies Expectations.” Using a queer lens, this presentation will celebrate the diversity of the natural world and present scientific examples of species that defy society’s expectations of biological sex, social structure, and sexual orientation. Despite taxonomic efforts to strictly classify species, the reality of nature is much more fluid. Rather than treating these examples as ‘exceptions’ we will demonstrate that the processes of adaptation and evolution lead to a vast variety of life strategies. We will also ground this presentation in local examples from Nantucket, to appreciate the diversity of life here on the island. Building off of this will be a Queer Ecology Nature Walk at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation from 10 AM - 12 PM the next day, Saturday June 21st. This program is free and open to all.