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Contents:

• CAN DOGS BE GAY? WELL, Y AND NO…
• DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN
• FIFI OR FIDO? NEW YORK’S GAY MEN DEFY WORN-OUT CANE STEREOTYP
• GAYT DOG BREEDS
• STUFF GAY GUYS LIKE
• CAN DOGS BE GAY?
• CAN DOGS BE GAY?
• CAN DOGS BE GAY? IS THERE SUCH A THG IN CANE WORLD?
• DOG ABANDONED FOR BEG 'GAY' IS ADOPTED BY SAME-SEX UPLE

CAN DOGS BE GAY? WELL, Y AND NO…

We attribute a lot of human quali to our ne iends, g people to wonr – n my dog be gay? But are the same-sex scenars nothg more than hormon n wild, or do they actually reprent homosexual behavr and imply that such dogs are gay? In short, dogs n’t really be gay, simply bee dogs don’t have a sexual orientatn or nsistent sexual preference the way some humans do.

However, dogs n certaly exhib gay sexual behavr for a variety of reasons, which we’ll expla below! Homosexualy Dogs and Animal Sexualy.

Homosexualy Throughout the Animal Kgdom.

DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN

Whether or not dogs and other animals posss a “sexual inty” or exhib long-term sexual preferenc, homosexual behavrs have been documented a wi variety of animals. But once aga, exampl of homosexual behavr abound. Many birds exhib homosexual behavr.

Defg the Term “Gay” for Non-Humans. Jt bee an animal exhibs homosexual activy do not mean is a homosexual.

FIFI OR FIDO? NEW YORK’S GAY MEN DEFY WORN-OUT CANE STEREOTYP

We obvly n’t munite wh dogs well enough to illumate such topics, so is difficult to distguish between an animal that has a long-term preference for same-sex dividuals, vers a heterosexual animal that engag a homosexual activy. One lm tt rearchers have vised seeks to distguish between the two possibili by notg whether or not the homosexual animal qutn will still breed wh a member of the oppose sex when is likely to lead to offsprg.

If, for example, a prumed “gay” male dog will still breed wh a female dog heat, he probably don’t have a tly homosexual inty; he jt engag homosexual behavr (such animals uld probably be intified as bisexual).

Most animals to which this qutn has been applied turnout to be exhibg homosexual behavr – meang that while they may enjoy a romp the hay wh another male dog, they’ll rarely pass up the chance to breed wh a female. Do It Matter If Your Dog Is Gay?

GAYT DOG BREEDS

Your dog don’t know whether he is straight or gay; nor do have any ia that sexual orientatn is a thg. Homosexualy don’t even prevent your dog om succsfully reproducg, if that is somethg you have planned.

Have you ever spected that your pup was gay? Have you wnsed any homosexual ne behavrs first hand?

STUFF GAY GUYS LIKE

We’d love to hear all about or your general thoughts about the topic of homosexualy animals the ments below. So are gay dog lovers somehow different om straight on? A Gay Man’s Gui to Dogs (Bow Tie Prs).

“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.

CAN DOGS BE GAY?

3) Dogs love to be the spoiled ‘kids’ of a gay uple — two and all the bbl and nylon bon that money n buy.

” What’s the, ahem, biggt difference between gay dog lovers and straight on? “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.

CAN DOGS BE GAY?

” 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. “Y, gay men tend to spoil their dogs, treatg them like te fay and givg them high prry. For lots of gay men, dogs exist as substut for lovers, children, close fay, and maybe even good iends.

Secretly, most gay men want to be like dogs, even when they’re standg.

CAN DOGS BE GAY? IS THERE SUCH A THG IN CANE WORLD?

” 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? “Gay men have a lot to learn om dog love, ” DePris says.

” But serly, he adds, “Many gay men feel a disnnect wh their own fai. 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.

DOG ABANDONED FOR BEG 'GAY' IS ADOPTED BY SAME-SEX UPLE

Might gay people be more likely to overlook “what everybody else thks” by boldly selectg a maligned breed as a ne pann? “Who’s more keenly aware of stupidy this world than gay people?

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”? Unlike gay men, dogs are fairly discrimate about the tails of their liftyle. Is a gay man quicker to give his whole heart to a dog?

“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.