Cats are gay
Brown About Town with Suma Iyer
We as humans take it for granted that we have a level of enjoyment in the reproductive process that other animals do not.
Broadly, that’s probably genuine. It doesn’t look like most animals don’t enjoy sex. From what I can tell, animals have intercourse with dead eyed certainty. It is a purposeful act for them, and short-lived else. Sex equals babies. That’s it.
Once, I was sitting upstairs in a café looking down on a church, and I saw two pigeons of top of one another on a church steeple. If there was any thrill at all, it was from the balancing act. The female pigeon was pinned on top of the spire, with the male pigeon fatly grinding on top of her.
He finished in seconds and they parted ways. No pleasantries were exchanged, and I don’t reckon he texted her afterwards.
However, I contend that there can be exceptions to this rule.
I hold two cats, and they are pleased (and I signify PROUD) members of the LGBTIQ+ collective. I know this because, the morning after I brought them home, I came downstairs to find them gently rimming one another with real ability and affection in what can top be described as a Tight 69 formation.
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Homosexuality in Cats
I don't know about cats, but in many animals it's a completely normal behaviour, for example I DO know a lot about birds, and a avian will often bond with a wings of the alike sex, even in the wild, usually most common in species where a bird forms a lifelong monogamous bond with a significant other you will come across birds of the same sex bonding as mates! Very common in parrots and penguins in the wild and in captivity.
I would think that because cats don't form lengthy partnerships with their mates, but just encounter up for a 'quickie' (sorry) in order to generate offspring, that what you are seeing is more likely to be superiority behaviour. With species of animals that form longer bonds, you are more likely to notice same-sex pairing, because there is an element of traits and long-term ability to co-habit emotionally attached in what is found attractive in a mate, rather than just the need to reproduce.
And a male cat wanting fulfillment may well pick a spayed female, a male, a blanket, or a cushion if his desire to procreate cannot be fulfilled with an intact female. Cat matings are short and without emotion or thought of the future!
Purr-ide Post: Are Gay Cats a Thing?
While I communicate about this topic from a scientific standpoint, this post gets a small NSFW at times given that we’re talking about reproductive behaviors in animals. You have been warned.
June is Pride month and many of us humans are celebrating our hold identities or those of people we care about. Even if you’re not part of the Gay community yourself, it’s an important time as Diverse individuals still face significant discrimination and are at an exceptionally higher uncertainty of being victims of violent crime.
Now, my blog and business are kitten focused so you may be wondering how Identity festival (or Purr-ide, to utilize the cat centric term) ties into cats. That leads us to the topic of today’s post: gay cats.
To write this blog post, I spent way more time reading articles on homosexuality in cats than I ever thought I would. My search history now includes terms such as “homosexual behavior in cats” and “can cats be lesbians.” It’s been a strange day, let me inform you. But before I share my findings, let’s take a step support and make sure we are all on the same page as to what we’re talkin
Have you ever noticed that your cat is way too affectionate towards her female friends than you think she should be? Or maybe you’ve seen your dog trying to mount another pup and suspect there might be another explanation to this behavior than just a playful mood.
As the research on human gender and sexuality has seen tremendous progress over the last several decades, many people contain opened their minds to the idea that their pets can be more queer than we’re used to thinking. However, the answer to the question “Can a dog be gay?” might be quite complicated.
What does study say about homosexuality in animals?
The topic of homosexuality was a taboo even not so prolonged ago. Only around 20 years back, in 1999, Bruce Bagemihl published his book Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, which unveiled that over 300 species of vertebrates engage in homosexual behavior, while some scientists were still opposing the concept that homosexuality among animals is a common thing.
Today it is no longer a revelation that many animals engage in distinct kinds of same-sex interactions: in some species only males, in others only females, and in many both do. As Joan