# Are there any examples of 'gay' animals besides human?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 20, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054 "2002-06-20T13:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dbc845/32.png) [@Ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignorant)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/21 "2002-06-23T09:51:32Z")
i believe if an animal was that sick, it would get put down. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/22 "2002-06-23T10:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mswas \* > \*\*I saw a Documentary once that said that Seagulls have an abnormally high level of homosexual behavior as compared to other species. > > Erek \*\* [Engelbert Humperdink] “Fly with me lesbian seagull”[/Engelbert Humperdink] ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/23 "2002-06-23T15:07:08Z")
Scylla wrote: > [@](#): > > You’d think DOMA would address this unacceptable situation, wouldn’t you? It already does. **NO** state recognizes the same-sex marriage of two seagulls. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/24 "2002-06-24T16:36:38Z")
Pardon my glaring ignorance, but what is DOMA? ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/25 "2002-06-24T16:57:10Z")
The Defense of Marriage Act ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/26 "2002-06-25T07:42:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*So, when are we going to do something about all this gay wildlife, or are we just going to let all these wild animals flaunt the Bible? > > Are we going to do something about all the unnatural acts occuring in nature? \*\* I don’t know but I won’t be able to sleep tonight thinking of those poor baby swans forced to grow up in a non-traditional family structure. Won’t someone please think of the…um…cygnets?! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/27 "2002-06-25T09:56:10Z")
Someone wanted cites? The earliest references to homosexual behaviour in animals that I know of is in John Paul Scott’s _Animal Behavior_, published in 1958. [Scott was a major figure in the field.](http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/Stars/Founders/aboutfounders.html) He’s sufficiently famous that even I’ve heard of him… it looks to me that the “It’s disgusting! Animals don’t act like that!” crowd have been yelling in the face of established scientific evidence for at least forty-four years. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054/28 "2002-06-25T13:01:20Z")
Man, nature is gay. It’s like a friggin’ Kylie Minogue concert out there! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-examples-of-gay-animals-besides-human/115054.md?page=1)