Resumo
Queer ecology is born from the intersection between queer theory and environmental issues, aiming to question the hierarchy that builds our worldview and our interactions with the environment, in order to propose new ways of perceiving the relationships between nature, human beings and sexuality. Therefore, the research proposal aimed to investigate, through a systematic literature review (SLR), the scientific production referring to queer ecology. The SLR was elaborated according to the following steps: 1) elaboration of the questions to be investigated, 2) collection of articles, 3) filtering of studies based on their relevance, 4) analysis of research and 5) synthesis of results. The StArt software was used in order to manage the collected content. Through the present analysis, it is concluded that the adherence of queer theory to environmental and ecological studies contributes to the understanding of the relationship between gender and society within the different ecological systems.