Steve Bull once raced agast time to try to save the memoirs of one of Mae's gay rights pneers. His trip led him down memory lane.
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RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * homosexual animals history *
From the middle of October until next summer the Norwegian Natural History Mm of the Universy of Oslo will host the first exhibn that foc on homosexualy the animal kgdom. Homosexualy is both mon and highly sential the liv of a number of speci, " explas Petter Boeckman, who is the amic advisor for the "Agast Nature's Orr?
Among some animals homosexual behavur is rare, some havg sex wh the same genr only a part of their life, while other animals, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, homosexualy is practiced throughout their liv. Related StoriBra anoids shed light to the evolutn of the human braMache learng tools help unravel why human accelerated regns evolved so quicklyCommunitn is the key for operative huntg wild chimpanzeAnimals that live a pletely homosexual life n also be found. "If a female has sex wh a male one time, but thoands of tim wh another female, is she bisexual or homosexual?
Ined, there is a number of animals which homosexual behavur has never been observed, such as many sects, passere birds and small mammals. "To turn the approach on s head: No speci has been found which homosexual behavur has not been shown to exist, wh the exceptn of speci that never have sex at all, such as sea urchs and aphis. The problem is that rearchers have not seen for themselv that the phenomenon exists or they have been nfed when observg homosexual behavur or that they are fearful of beg ridiculed by their lleagu.
CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said.
Although Darw’s theory of natural selectn predicts an evolutnary disadvantage for animals that fail to pass along their tras through reproductn wh the oppose sex, the validy of this part of his theory has been qutned wh the disveri of homosexual behavr more than 10% of prevailg speci throughout the world. ” In addn, male giraff have also been observed engagg homosexual behavr by bbg their necks agast each others’ bodi while ignorg the femal.