# Has anyone had pets who were homosexuals?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-pets-who-were-homosexuals/341676>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 26, 2006, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-pets-who-were-homosexuals/341676 "2006-01-26T08:27:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-pets-who-were-homosexuals/341676/41 "2006-01-28T00:27:13Z")

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> [@tygerbryght](#):
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> (I’ve no earthly how they got the name, or what connotations it originally had).

[Bartleby](http://www.bartleby.com/61/1/F0310100.html) thinks it’s from _mart_, the Irish Gaelic word for “heifer”.

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**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-pets-who-were-homosexuals/341676/42 "2006-01-28T08:14:25Z")

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> [@betenoir](#):
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> I wonder why this doesn’t happen with human twins…it doesn’t does it?

Actually, it has. 😃

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-pets-who-were-homosexuals/341676/43 "2006-01-28T08:22:07Z")

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Roomie’s cat would frequently have it off with her own mother when younger, and my fag hag’s cat (male) is totally into her other (male) cat.

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-pets-who-were-homosexuals/341676/44 "2006-01-28T09:03:44Z")

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> [@kimera](#):
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> Actually, it has. 😃

Well for god’s sake, do tell! Or reply over here [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356161](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356161)

I’m interested!

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