Journal article
28 February 2017

Sexual and gender minorities in disaster

Author: J. C. Gaillard, Andrew Gorman-Murray, Maureen Fordham
Published by: Gender, Place and Culture
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This article aims to draw attention to critical limitations and occlusions concerning sexual and gender minorities in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and practice. It calls for studies that explores vulnerabilities to disasters beyond man/woman and heterosexual/homosexual binaries, in both theory and practice to enable more effective strategies that encompass the entire population in its difference and diversity.