Gay pengus raise newly hatched chick at New York zoo

Contents:

• THE GAY PENGUS OF ATRALIA
• WHAT’S WH ALL THE GAY PENGUS?
• GAY PENGUS
• GAY PENGUS RAISE NEWLY HATCHED CHICK AT NEW YORK ZOO
• GAY PENGUS, AND THEIR HOPE FOR A BABY, HAVE ENCHANTED BERL

THE GAY PENGUS OF ATRALIA

Not bee they were the lony’s only gay pengus, though they were, but bee Sphen and Magic looked like they would make great, diligent, reful egg-warmg parents. Now the chick of a gay pengu unn is waddlg around an ice enclosure by the touristy docks Sphen and Magic beme a uple, Atralia had jt gone through a bter battle about whether gay marriage should be legal.

The human gay marriage bate had brought out thorny personal and relig tensns. Sudnly, though, Atralia’s biggt animal celebri were two gay pengus, which their keepers noticed wh pleasure. Visors now e jt to see the new gay parents, and ask tour guis which were the gay were those who objected to e of the word “gay.

“People said we shouldn’t ll them gay bee maybe they’re jt iends.

WHAT’S WH ALL THE GAY PENGUS?

The SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium scrib them as a "same sex pengu power uple" who beme a symbol of Atralia's gay rights movement when they got together 2018. Silo and Roy are, to anthropomorphize a b, gay pengus.

Ined, scientists have found homosexual behavr throughout the animal growg body of science has been creasgly drawn to charged bat about homosexualy Amerin society, on subjects om gay marriage to sodomy laws, spe reluctance om experts the field to extrapolate om animals to humans. Gay groups argue that if homosexual behavr occurs animals, is natural, and therefore the rights of homosexuals should be protected. ''But if homosexualy occurs among animals, do that necsarily mean that is natural for humans, too?

And that rais a faiar qutn: if homosexualy is not a choice, but a rult of natural forc that nnot be ntrolled, n be immoral? The open discsn of homosexual behavr animals is relatively new. Female bonobos have been observed to engage homosexual activy almost his own book, ''Amerin scientists who vtigated bonobos never discsed sex at all, '' said Mr.

GAY PENGUS

' ''Then 1999, Bce Bagemihl published ''Blogil Exuberance: Animal Homosexualy and Natural Diversy'' (St. Bagemihl said homosexual behavr had been documented some 450 speci. (Homosexualy, he says, refers to any of the behavrs between members of the same sex: long-term bondg, sexual ntact, urtship displays or the rearg of young.

GAY PENGUS RAISE NEWLY HATCHED CHICK AT NEW YORK ZOO

''Sexual Exuberance'' was also ced 2000 by gay rights groups opposed to Ballot Measure 9, a proposed Oregon statute prohibg teachg about homosexualy or bisexualy public schools. Bagemihl scrib homosexual activy a broad spectm of animals. He asserts that while same-sex behavr is sometim found ptivy, is actually seen more equently studi of animals the birds, for stance, studi show that 10 to 15 percent of female wtern gulls some populatns the wild are homosexual.

GAY PENGUS, AND THEIR HOPE FOR A BABY, HAVE ENCHANTED BERL

Their bonds, too, may persist for mammals, male and female bottlenose dolphs equently engage homosexual activy, both ptivy and the wild. Homosexualy is particularly mon among young male dolph lv.

Rearchers have noted that some s same-sex behavr is more mon for dolphs and female rh maqu, a type of monkey, also exhib homosexualy ptivy and the wild. Vasey, a profsor of psychology and nroscience at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada, who studi homosexual behavr Japane maqu, is edg a new book on homosexual behavr animals, to be published by Cambridge Universy Prs. ''Some scientists say homosexual behavr animals is not necsarily about sex.

Marlene Z, a profsor of blogy at the Universy of California at Riversi and thor of ''Sexual Selectns: What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex From Animals'' (Universy of California Prs, 2002), not that scientists have speculated that homosexualy may have an evolutnary purpose, ensurg the survival of the speci. By not producg their own offsprg, homosexuals may help support or nurture their relativ' young.