Can animals be gay?

For these animals, there is documented evidence of homosexual behavior of one or more of the following kinds: sex, courtship, affection, pair bonding, or parenting, as noted in researcher and author Bruce Bagemihl's 1999 book Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity. read more

Animals do not know their gender so being gay or straight, it really doesn't matter to them. Usually they do try to mount dogs of the opposite gender or even the same gender as an act of dominance. When you ask whether animals can be gay, I tell you, animals do not know what gender they are and have no gender preferance. read more

" "Various forms of same-sex sexual activity have been recorded in more than 450 different species of animals by now, from flamingos to bison to beetles to guppies to warthogs," reported Jon Mooallem. read more