Disaster Response Must Help Protect LGBTQ+ Communities

Positives

• This article examines issues of race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status.
• This article is written by three members of the LGBTQ+ community.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a basic understanding of what LGBTQ+ stands for and how that community may experience discrimination.

Differentiation

• This article could supplement a lesson on how climate change leads to more natural disasters and how these disasters influence different communities.
• This article could enhance a classroom discussion on how bigotry seeps into many aspects of existence. 
• For ELLs, it may be useful to define some words before these students dive into the reading.
• This article could be part of a lesson on how the socioeconomic, cultural, and physical aspects of an environment can impact one's personal health.