Lesbian processing at the end of the world: lesbian identity and queer environmental futurity.

This essay responds to the current moment when two seemingly disconnected issues are happening contemporaneously: the climate crisis and what seems to be a turning away from lesbian identity. Processing has been central to lesbian identity since the 1970s, partly as an inside joke but seriously as well. In art and activism, a focus on process can be a way of centering ethical ways of relating: a good process considers feelings, power dynamics, and who gets paid. Process is as important as the final outcome. Queer environmental futurity draws on our histories of art, activism, and resilience, to confront the "unthinkable futures" of climate change. Drawing on Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue's massive interactive installation, , this essay argues that the particularities of lesbian processing might inform how to deal with climate change.