Homosexuality: It's as natural as the ground beneath your feet and the sun in the sky. Animals are blissfully uninfluenced by pop culture or human parenting, so if homosexuality exists in so many different species of animals, it's safe to say that gay love is as natural as heterosexual love.
As a little girl, my mom owned two grey female cockatiels.
They weren't the best playmates (kids shouldn't be left unattended with birds, anyway!) but they were fun to watch and it was lovely to listen to them sing. One day we found them mating.
"Aren't they both girls?" I asked.
"Some girls like girls, just like some boys like boys, just like some girls like boys and some boys like girls," my mom explained simply.
Then I think I went back to what I was doing without a care in the world – and it should be as simple as that.
These animal lovers are proof that homosexual love is just like any other form of love – 100% natural. Please SHARE if you agree!
Lions
From nuzzling and caressing members of the same sex to full-on mounting and play-humping, homosexuality in male lions is quite common. Contrary to popular belief, homosexual pairings of lions occur in the wild as well as in captivity.
Penguins
Silo and Roy were a famous homosexual couple in the Central Park Zoo in NYC. They actually raised an "adopted" egg and a penguin chick together. Prior to being given an egg of their own, the gay penguins attempted to steal eggs from straight penguin couples – that's how desperate for a family the two were!
Giraffes
Gay Giraffes are a remarkably common phenomena. It was even popularized in the movie The Gladiator when Prospero attempted to mate and sell giraffes that he buys, but gets angry at the guy who sold him queer giraffes. Young male giraffes often have their first sexual encounters with another male even if they move on to practice heterosexuality later in life.
Bonobos
Our critically endangered closest relatives, the bonobos, widely practice homosexuality and are considered a fully bisexual species. Both males and females bond homosexually, and these highly social animals are also famous for using a “language of love” to resolve problems and communicate with other colonies.
Swans
Approximately 25% of all black swans are gay. Homosexual male swans tend to form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs. After the chicks are born, the female swan is driven away and the males raise their family together.
Elephants
The above image depicts two male elephants just hangin' out and cuddling, as per usual. Gay sexual relations are frequent in both male and female elephants, with an estimated 45% of all encounters same-sex. What’s sweeter? Relationships between gay couples in the elephant species typically last longer than heterosexual relationships, which are typically fleeting.
Rams
Over 8% of male Rams are gay, forsaking ALL contact with female ewes. This makes them statistically the gayest animals in existence. While the homosexual males don’t have sexual contact with one another, they form adorable monogamous pairs and act as a couple for their entire lives. Often, homosexual herds run in packs and hang out together – no ladies allowed.
Mallard Ducks
Mallard Ducks are actually bisexual, mating with women to start a family and often pairing off into same-sex couples after raising a family. Roughly 20% of mallard males are part of a same-sex relationship.
Remember, just because YOU aren't gay doesn't mean you can't support gay pride and gay rights.
...so says PRIDE PUG, the almighty squish face of rainbow cuteness..
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