The Gorilla Was Gay, Part II · The Gorilla Was Gay: Rememberg Ronald Tavel's "Gorilla Queen," March 1967, by David Kerry Heefner · OutHistory

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• GAY GORILLAS UGHT THE THRO OF PASSN AT ZOO
• GAY GORILLAS CGHT HAVG SEX IN DUTCH ZOOONLOOKERS UGHT THE TWO EMBRACG MULTIPLE WAYS—AND POSNS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY LAMAR DAWSONAPRIL 19, 2018/12:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2870PX;WIDTH:3900PX;}JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAGTWO MALE GORILLAS ARE SEEN THE ENCLOSURE "GORILLA'S CAMP" AT THE AMNEVILLE ZOO, EASTERN FRANCE, ON APRIL 04, 2012. YA KWANZA, A SILVERBACK GORILLA MALE, ALSO ARRIVED WH SEVEN OTHER GORILLAS OM OTHER WTERN ZOOS, AS PART OF A THE EUROPEAN BREEDG OF ENDANGERED SPECI PROGRAMM (EEP) TO PROMOTE THEIR BREEDG. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY LAMAR DAWSONAPRIL 19, 2018 / 12:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY GORILLAS CGHT HAVG SEX IN DUTCH ZOO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-04-19T16:22:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-04-19T16:22:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAMAR DAWSON","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO GORILLAS WERE WNSED DOG THE ED AT A ZOO THE NETHERLANDS. VISORS SPOTTED THE ISKY PAIR, INTIFIED BY OFFICIALS AT ROTTERDAM ZOO AS AYBO AND THABO, ENGAGED VAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WNS SHIRLEY KROOSE TOLD METRO THE TWO AP DIDN'T SEEM TO MD THE DIENCE—AND SHE WASN'T PUT OUT, EHER. "THEY WERE DOG SOME ADULT THGS WH EACH OTHER PLAYFULLY," KROOSE SAID. "BEFORE AND AFTER THEY WERE NNG AROUND WH SOME TOYS THEY WERE GIVEN BY THE ZOOKEEPERS. IT WAS GREAT WATCHG THE TWO BOYS HAVG FUN TOGETHER. IT WAS VERY UNIQUE PTURG THEM ON MERA."JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAGTWO MALE GORILLAS S THE ENCLOSURE "GORILLA'S CAMP" AT THE AMNEVILLE ZOO, EASTERN FRANCE, ON APRIL 04, 2012. YA KWANZA, A SILVERBACK GORILLA MALE, ALSO ARRIVED WH SEVEN OTHER GORILLAS OM OTHER WTERN ZOOS, AS PART OF A THE EUROPEAN BREEDG OF ENDANGERED SPECI PROGRAMM (EEP) TO PROMOTE THEIR BREEDG. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR IS NOT UNMON THE ANIMAL WORLD, WHERE SEXUAL NTACT N HELP CEMENT RELATNSHIPS AND RELIEVE SEXUAL TRATN. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMERO S OF ANIMALS CHOOSG TO BOND WH MEMBERS OF THE SAME SEX SPE THE PRENCE OF SUABLE PARTNERS OF THE OPPOSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2016, REARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSY OF WTERN ATRALIA DOCUMENTED HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR FEMALE GORILLAS FOR THE FIRST TIME: LOOKG AT A GROUP OF 22 FEMAL THE WILD RWANDA, THEY FOUND 18 ENGAGED OTTAGE AND OTHER SAME-SEX ACTIVY. "GIVEN THAT THE OBSERVATNS E OM WILD GROUPS, NOT GORILLAS HELD PTIVY, IS OBV THAT HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY IS PART OF THE GORILLAS' NATURAL BEHAVRAL," SAID PROFSOR CYRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE GORILLA WAS GAY: REMEMBERG RONALD TAVEL'S "GORILLA QUEEN," MARCH 1967, BY DAVID KERRY HEEFNER
• GORILLA GAY BAR POP-UPS CREATE SAFE, CLIVE PRI CELEBRATNS UNEXPECTED PLAC

GAY GORILLAS UGHT THE THRO OF PASSN AT ZOO

Among ee-rangg gorillas, homosexual behavur has been observed mounta gorillas: Adult gorilla femal are sexually active almost exclively durg ots, i.

The two femal then s together close physil ntact, such as a close embrace, and b their genals on the ground or on the other female’s gorillas: Homosexual behavur is observed very rarely harem groups (ocsnally durg play between youngsters), but is mon all-male groups. "Homosexual behavr is not unmon the animal world, where sexual ntact n help cement relatnships and relieve sexual tratn.

There have also been numero s of animals choosg to bond wh members of the same sex spe the prence of suable partners of the oppose 2016, rearchers at the Universy of Wtern Atralia documented homosexual behavr female gorillas for the first time: Lookg at a group of 22 femal the wild Rwanda, they found 18 engaged ottage and other same-sex activy. "Given that the observatns e om wild groups, not gorillas held ptivy, is obv that homosexual activy is part of the gorillas' natural behavral, " said Profsor Cyril Geter.

GAY GORILLAS CGHT HAVG SEX IN DUTCH ZOOONLOOKERS UGHT THE TWO EMBRACG MULTIPLE WAYS—AND POSNS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY LAMAR DAWSONAPRIL 19, 2018/12:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2870PX;WIDTH:3900PX;}JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAGTWO MALE GORILLAS ARE SEEN THE ENCLOSURE "GORILLA'S CAMP" AT THE AMNEVILLE ZOO, EASTERN FRANCE, ON APRIL 04, 2012. YA KWANZA, A SILVERBACK GORILLA MALE, ALSO ARRIVED WH SEVEN OTHER GORILLAS OM OTHER WTERN ZOOS, AS PART OF A THE EUROPEAN BREEDG OF ENDANGERED SPECI PROGRAMM (EEP) TO PROMOTE THEIR BREEDG. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY LAMAR DAWSONAPRIL 19, 2018 / 12:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY GORILLAS CGHT HAVG SEX IN DUTCH ZOO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-04-19T16:22:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-04-19T16:22:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAMAR DAWSON","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO GORILLAS WERE WNSED DOG THE ED AT A ZOO THE NETHERLANDS. VISORS SPOTTED THE ISKY PAIR, INTIFIED BY OFFICIALS AT ROTTERDAM ZOO AS AYBO AND THABO, ENGAGED VAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WNS SHIRLEY KROOSE TOLD METRO THE TWO AP DIDN'T SEEM TO MD THE DIENCE—AND SHE WASN'T PUT OUT, EHER. "THEY WERE DOG SOME ADULT THGS WH EACH OTHER PLAYFULLY," KROOSE SAID. "BEFORE AND AFTER THEY WERE NNG AROUND WH SOME TOYS THEY WERE GIVEN BY THE ZOOKEEPERS. IT WAS GREAT WATCHG THE TWO BOYS HAVG FUN TOGETHER. IT WAS VERY UNIQUE PTURG THEM ON MERA."JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAGTWO MALE GORILLAS S THE ENCLOSURE "GORILLA'S CAMP" AT THE AMNEVILLE ZOO, EASTERN FRANCE, ON APRIL 04, 2012. YA KWANZA, A SILVERBACK GORILLA MALE, ALSO ARRIVED WH SEVEN OTHER GORILLAS OM OTHER WTERN ZOOS, AS PART OF A THE EUROPEAN BREEDG OF ENDANGERED SPECI PROGRAMM (EEP) TO PROMOTE THEIR BREEDG. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR IS NOT UNMON THE ANIMAL WORLD, WHERE SEXUAL NTACT N HELP CEMENT RELATNSHIPS AND RELIEVE SEXUAL TRATN. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMERO S OF ANIMALS CHOOSG TO BOND WH MEMBERS OF THE SAME SEX SPE THE PRENCE OF SUABLE PARTNERS OF THE OPPOSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2016, REARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSY OF WTERN ATRALIA DOCUMENTED HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR FEMALE GORILLAS FOR THE FIRST TIME: LOOKG AT A GROUP OF 22 FEMAL THE WILD RWANDA, THEY FOUND 18 ENGAGED OTTAGE AND OTHER SAME-SEX ACTIVY. "GIVEN THAT THE OBSERVATNS E OM WILD GROUPS, NOT GORILLAS HELD PTIVY, IS OBV THAT HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY IS PART OF THE GORILLAS' NATURAL BEHAVRAL," SAID PROFSOR CYRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Nearly 30 years after his ath, mic by poser Juli Eastman began poppg up on programs around Los Angel—his work, reflectg his nflicted experience as a gay Black Amerin, fdg new relevance among dienc. What Juli did that other posers may not have done, ” says thor Renée Leve-Packer, -edor of Gay Guerilla: Juli Eastman and His Mic, “was fe jazz, even popular motifs or nuendos to classil. Before that he was llg his piec The Moon’s Silent Modulatn or Piano Piec 1-4, but after Atti he started namg his piec Gay Guerilla and Evil Nigger—the thgs were polilly aggrsive on purpose, he wanted to e very toxic words to be emphatic about what was gog on and how he felt about .

He was Black and gay at a time when was difficult to be eher, let alone both. Gay-Friendly Gorilla Trekkg Rwanda | Out2Ai.

THE GORILLA WAS GAY: REMEMBERG RONALD TAVEL'S "GORILLA QUEEN," MARCH 1967, BY DAVID KERRY HEEFNER

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GORILLA GAY BAR POP-UPS CREATE SAFE, CLIVE PRI CELEBRATNS UNEXPECTED PLAC

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Effects of Captivy on the Morphology of the Insertn S of the Palmar Radrpal Ligaments Homoid Primat. Homophobia was sttered throughout revu and feature stori of Gorilla Queen. In those days crics felt fortable referrg to gay people as "the homosexual mafia" as Robert Bste did The New Republic, and wrg that "the homosexual mafia has now cid to advance the sexual revolutn another step by exposg s privat that most public of plac, the theatre.