A Field Guide to Gay Animals Canadaland Beyond

Synopsis: Owen, Laine and a 200 year-old gay tortoise explore the history of scientific research into gay animals. From gay swans to self-pleasuring elephants and amorous giraffes, they learn how scientists have been understanding and misunderstanding queerness in nature for centuries. And they introduce us to a bold researcher in the 1990’s who helped us see nature for what it is – queer as fuck.
Guest: Joe Hollins - author of Vet at the End of the Earth
Joe Hollins - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joehollins_vet/
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Synopsis: In search of a face-to-snout meeting with real Gay Animals, Laine travels to the Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, where they meet a crew of runaway dogs, feral chickens and escapees from a pig farm. There they learn what a new environment can do for an animal’s sexuality. Then, Owen and Laine speak with Dr. Laurel Braitman about how zoos and natural history museums tell us a much straighter story about animals than the animals themselves.
Guests: Eliza Zeitlin, from Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, and Dr. Laurel Braitman, author of Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds
Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humble_pig_animal_sanctuary/Dr. Laurel Braitman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurel_braitman/
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Synopsis: Owen and Laine take a refreshing dip with Dr. Janet Mann, a dolphin researcher whose research chronicled the 30-year relationship of Cookie and Smokey, two gay dolphins in Australia. Next, they speak with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals about the liberatory lessons we can learn from our Queer undersea kin.
Guests: Cory Diane - Composer ; Dr Janet Mann Professor of Biology and Psychology at Georgetown University ; Dr Alexis Pauline Gumbs author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals

Cory Diane - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savorypancakes/The Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project: https://www.monkeymiadolphins.org/Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/
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Synopsis: On the steps of New York’s Natural History Museum, Owen and Laine meet Eliot Schrefer, author of Queer Ducks (and Other Animals), a book Eliot wrote to tell young gay humans that they are not alone in their Queerness. Predictably, the book faced backlash and banishment from schools and libraries. Owen and Laine then turn their binoculars across the pond to hear the story of how the Irish people rallied together to save the life of a little gay bull named Benjy.
Guests: Alex Leigh ; Eliot Schrefer - author of Queer Ducks (and Other Animals); John Carmody - founder of Animal Rights Action Now
Alex - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexander_rudolfo/Eliot Schrefer - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schrefer/
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Synopsis: After a Drag Queen tour of the gay animals at the zoo, Owen and Laine look deeper into the legacy of the book Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, which has been their talisman throughout this journey. They begin with a conversation with the book’s illustrator and discover why he had to keep his illustrations of hedgehog cunnilingus a secret. Then, Owen and Laine speak with Queer animal scholar Stacy Alaimo, and Atmos Magazine editor-in-chief Willow Defebaugh to discuss the legacy and future of Queerness in Nature.
Guests: Gertrude Glossip – Drag Performer and Tour Guide ; John Megahan - science illustrator ; Stacy Alaimo - author of Eluding Capture: The Science, Culture, and Pleasure of ‘Queer’ Animals ; Willow Defebaugh editor-in-chief of Atmos.Earth

Stacy Alaimo - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moreadventure/Willow Defebaugh - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/willowonearth/
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Nature is so Gay!
So why don’t more people know this?
Homosexuality has been documented in over 1,500 species of animals. From gay geese and bisexual bison to lesbian elephant love affairs and all-male, all-whale orgies, expressions of same-sex action in the natural world are all around us. Learn why a phenomenon so abundant is so often dismissed and forgotten.
Join hosts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson as they traverse the animal queendom, and celebrate Queerness, gender, and joy in the world around us. 
Premieres Thursday, June 13.



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