Can animals be gay? | Disver Wildlife

Contents:

• DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN
• MALE LN CGHT “MATG” WH MALE LN… GAY PRI? NOT QUE
• GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD
• 11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL
• CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
• HOW DO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GAY/HOMOSEXUAL ANIMALS IMPACT THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S?

DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN

“Dogs wele any chance to be outdoors wh a group of half-drsed homosexuals, whether ’s for a gay pri para, a Lady Gaga ncert, or a Log Cab nventn the Ozarks, ” says the charmg thor, who unts Joan Rivers and Carson Krsley among his book’s many fans.

As turns out, there are a few key factors makg dogs grateful for Gay Pri Month, DePris explas. “Here are three reasons a dog prefers to be ‘owned’ by [gay people] stead of hets: 1) The gay ‘fay’ dog ually don’t have to play send oboe to two-legged children. Gay men are sentially jt as greedy, though we will share our toys wh men if they buy a meal first.

MALE LN CGHT “MATG” WH MALE LN… GAY PRI? NOT QUE

3) Dogs love to be the spoiled ‘kids’ of a gay uple — two and all the bbl and nylon bon that money n buy. “There are wonrful gay and straight dog owners out there, and there are horrible gay and straight dog owners out there, too. When a sensible, rponsible gay man — if such a creature exists — ms to a dog, the dog be his fay, his kid, and a tly important part of his world.

” When breers, rcuers, or shelter-dog adoptn unselors see a potential dog owner/adopter who is gay, they tend to jump for joy, figurg that dog will enjoy a great, pampered life. For lots of gay men, dogs exist as substut for lovers, children, close fay, and maybe even good iends.

GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD

” Acceptance, tolerance, unndnal love … the are thgs dogs give everybody, but gay people haven’t always been the beneficiari of such gifts om their fellow humans. Are gays pecially appreciative of that ne love — more, perhaps, than someone who’s never experienced tolerance or prejudice?

11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL

Dogs live to nnect, and the unndnal love a dog offers when he rais a paw or bs his nose his new owner’s crotch may be the first te moment of ‘fay’ a gay man experienc. Might gay people be more likely to overlook “what everybody else thks” by boldly selectg a maligned breed as a ne pann?

CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?

If dogs let some gay people experience fay at s nonjudgmental bt for the first time, do dogs livg wh gay folks feel the difference, not beg objectified as “pets”? “I don’t see gayns havg much to do wh how open you are to givg of your heart or yourself, ” the thor says. “I know plenty of gay men who wouldn’t expend the energy to water a Christmas ct, no ls re for a needy, four-legged animal.

But I thk ’s fair to say that most gay dog owners are equally, if not more, as voted to their ne panns as our straight unterparts.

HOW DO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GAY/HOMOSEXUAL ANIMALS IMPACT THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S?

“Gay men — some gay men — are unaaid of exaggeratn, moved by strong emotn and passn, and tend to go a wee b over the top. For gay men who tly live for our dogs, we give our whole hearts to everythg we love, and our dogs are on the top of the list, right above our partners, parents, and personal traers.

However, scientific quiry to such behavrs didn’t happen until relatively recently due to historilly pervasive, negative attus towards homosexualy humans. New work by evolutnary blogists suggts that perhaps, bld by historil homophobia, we have been askg the wrong qutn all along.

In the past, was thought that female maqu engage homosexual relatnships this way only when suable mal are not prent. In other words, rearchers assumed that homosexual behavr only happens when animals are isolated om members of the oppose sex. Therefore, acrdg to experts, many female Japane maqu nnot be nsired eher preferentially homo- or heterosexual.