Comments on: A Queerty Menagerie of Gay Animals http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GG http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-341114 GG Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:06:53 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-341114 Incredibly fascinating! Go read that now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals Incredibly fascinating!

Go read that now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.....in_animals

]]> By: fallout_girl818 http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-147695 fallout_girl818 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:53:56 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-147695 Oh, that's so adorable. Hopefully all is well in the animal world regarding homosexuality... It's incredibly inspiring. :) Oh, that’s so adorable.
Hopefully all is well in the animal world regarding homosexuality…
It’s incredibly inspiring. :)

]]> By: The Gay Numbers http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146607 The Gay Numbers Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:47:47 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146607 @<a href="#comment-146593" rel="nofollow">bb</a>: The response of some Christians to the scientific evidence that you describe is that God meant for us to resist our nature or that we are not animals. @bb: The response of some Christians to the scientific evidence that you describe is that God meant for us to resist our nature or that we are not animals.

]]> By: bb http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146593 bb Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:14:48 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146593 I like how they stress in the dolphin video that same-sex bonds are vital to keeping together the social fabric (instead of its biggest threats, as anti-marriage advocates would have it). I'm not one for the naturalistic fallacy. Lots of things that are moral are unnatural, and lots of natural things are immoral, but I think this really does help void that claim that homosexuality is deviant and socially splintering. I like how they stress in the dolphin video that same-sex bonds are vital to keeping together the social fabric (instead of its biggest threats, as anti-marriage advocates would have it). I’m not one for the naturalistic fallacy. Lots of things that are moral are unnatural, and lots of natural things are immoral, but I think this really does help void that claim that homosexuality is deviant and socially splintering.

]]> By: JD http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146461 JD Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:28:34 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146461 @DANA - yes, Bruce Bagemihl's Biological Exuberance is incredibly comprehensive, exhaustive even, and should be mentioned here, so I'm mentioning it again! It was published ten years ago and is nearly 800 pages long... a brilliant academic tome backed up by massive amounts of research and evidence of homosex throughout the animal kingdom... http://www.amazon.com/Biological-Exuberance-Homosexuality-Natural-Diversity/dp/0312192398 @DANA –

yes, Bruce Bagemihl’s Biological Exuberance is incredibly comprehensive, exhaustive even, and should be mentioned here, so I’m mentioning it again! It was published ten years ago and is nearly 800 pages long… a brilliant academic tome backed up by massive amounts of research and evidence of homosex throughout the animal kingdom…

http://www.amazon.com/Biologic.....0312192398

]]> By: dgz http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146447 dgz Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:06:09 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146447 and don't forget about the sheep! several of the seminal (sorry) studies on biological homosexuality focused on ram ramming. and don’t forget about the sheep!

several of the seminal (sorry) studies on biological homosexuality focused on ram ramming.

]]> By: The Gay Numbers http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146425 The Gay Numbers Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:41:24 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146425 If you mention homosexuality in other species to queer theorists or fundamentalists (difficult to refute examples of biological components to sexuality in nature), the typical response is to ignore that and fall back on philosophy, psychology, ethics and other considerations outside of the actual indicators of biology. I did not know it was up to 15,000 species. Wow. If you mention homosexuality in other species to queer theorists or fundamentalists (difficult to refute examples of biological components to sexuality in nature), the typical response is to ignore that and fall back on philosophy, psychology, ethics and other considerations outside of the actual indicators of biology. I did not know it was up to 15,000 species. Wow.

]]> By: Leisha Camden http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146411 Leisha Camden Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:11:01 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146411 Grzes is even stupider than you think ... since Nino is only 10 years old and therefore has not yet reached his sexual maturity. So obviously it's years too soon to say whether he's straight or gay. :-) Also, it makes little sense to call his new home 'crappy' and then go on to quote facts about it that reveal that it is in fact the largest elephant setup in Europe, brand new and very expensive. Kind of flies in the face of what you just said there. And it's 'how they *fare*', not 'how they *fair*. Just sayin'. :-) Grzes is even stupider than you think … since Nino is only 10 years old and therefore has not yet reached his sexual maturity. So obviously it’s years too soon to say whether he’s straight or gay. :-)

Also, it makes little sense to call his new home ‘crappy’ and then go on to quote facts about it that reveal that it is in fact the largest elephant setup in Europe, brand new and very expensive. Kind of flies in the face of what you just said there. And it’s ‘how they *fare*’, not ‘how they *fair*. Just sayin’. :-)

]]> By: nikko http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146399 nikko Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:51:02 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146399 Sweeeet!!! Sweeeet!!!

]]> By: rogue dandelion http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146363 rogue dandelion Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:53:10 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146363 @<a href="#comment-146350" rel="nofollow">Mark M</a>: in wolves, no one except the alpha male and female are allowed to produce pups-- I am guessing they find other ways to fulfill their desires(and i don't mean oral) @Mark M: in wolves, no one except the alpha male and female are allowed to produce pups– I am guessing they find other ways to fulfill their desires(and i don’t mean oral)

]]> By: Mark M http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146350 Mark M Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:33:12 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146350 It makes sense, in pack animals, for a small percentage of the adults to be homosexual- so that they can contribute to the pack's kids instead of making their own. It makes sense, in pack animals, for a small percentage of the adults to be homosexual- so that they can contribute to the pack’s kids instead of making their own.

]]> By: alan brickman http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146323 alan brickman Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:47:46 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146323 I guess the animals don't have an animal pope saying this is wrong... I guess the animals don’t have an animal pope saying this is wrong…

]]> By: John Santos http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146307 John Santos Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:07:21 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146307 That picture of the giraffes is adorable 8^) That picture of the giraffes is adorable 8^)

]]> By: AJ http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146301 AJ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146301 The dolphin near the end of that clip was a whore. The dolphin near the end of that clip was a whore.

]]> By: Dana http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146291 Dana Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:32:08 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146291 Don't forget <a href="http://mombian.com/2005/08/15/lesbian-swans/" rel="nofollow">swans</a> and <a href="http://www.mombian.com/2007/02/25/lesbian-koalas/" rel="nofollow">koalas</a>. Biologist Bruce Bagemihl calls it "biological exuberance" in his book of the same name. Don’t forget swans and koalas. Biologist Bruce Bagemihl calls it “biological exuberance” in his book of the same name.

]]> By: Alexander http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146269 Alexander Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:38:01 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146269 It's Nurtural. It’s Nurtural.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.queerty.com/a-queerty-menagerie-of-gay-animals-20090413/#comment-146263 Wayne Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:10:26 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=48583#comment-146263 It's Natural. It’s Natural.

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