The Birds And The Bee

You know the right-wing conservative think we chose to be LGBTQ+ that one day we wake up and thinking… “You know what? I think that I’ll be trans!” It would be great to get the cr*p beat out of me and be discriminated against.”

And they totally ignore that the birds and bees do it!

Elliot Page is narrating Second Nature, a documentary about gay animals
The documentary explores over 1,500 species that engage in same-sex relationships, following how some parent, change sex, and more.
The Advocate
By RYAN ADAMCZESKI
JUNE 04 2024

Elliot Page wants audiences to see the "full spectrum of life."

The Oscar-nominated actor is the executive producer and narrator on the new film Second Nature, a documentary that aims to "debunks harmful myths about sex and gender." The movie explores over 1,500 species that engage in same-sex relationships, following how some parent, change sex, and more.

“What a joy and honor it has been to narrate this beautiful, funny, enlightening and inspiring documentary," Page said in a statement. "Second Nature reveals the full spectrum of life and how when it comes to gender and sexuality in nature, the diversity is endless. I learned so much and am thrilled others will too.”

The documentary, awarded grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and the Frameline Completion Fund, is the first to follow the work of transgender researcher and trailblazer Joan Roughgarden, as well as several other groundbreaking women, BIPOC, and immigrant scientists who "face fierce opposition for correcting the record" — evolutionary biologists Patricia Brennan and Joseph Graves, as well as primatologists and anthropologists Frans de Waal and Amy Parish.

Growing up we had farms on three side of my parents house and every once in a while the cows and horses got loose and we woke up to them on our front lawn. So I know Mother Nature. And all those conservative farmers know it.

Study shows same-sex behaviour is widespread and heritable in macaque monkeys
Observations of a wild colony of macaques over three years show same-sex sexual behaviour among males is widespread and may be beneficial.
Imperial
by Hayley Dunning
10 July 2023

The results, published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, suggest same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) has evolved and may be a common feature of primate reproduction.

Conducted by researchers at Imperial College London, the observations and genetic data form the first long-term study of SSB in males within one species. Their study challenges the beliefs of some that SSB is a rare behaviour in non-human animals or solely the product of unusual environmental conditions.

First author Jackson Clive, from the Georgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet at Imperial, said: “We found most males were behaviourally bisexual, and that variation in same-sex activity was heritable. This means that the behaviour can have an evolutionary underpinning; for example, we also found that males that mounted each other were also more likely to back each other up in conflicts – perhaps this could be one of many social benefits to same-sex sexual activity."

"Our research therefore shows that same-sex sexual behaviours can be common amongst animals and can evolve. I hope our results encourage further discoveries in this area.''

The conservatives like to quote Sgt. Schultz, “I see nothing!”

Though the researchers caution against direct comparisons to humans, they say their study challenges the beliefs of some that SSB is a rare behaviour in non-human animals or solely the product of unusual environmental conditions.

What about us? Do we find cross gender behavior in the animal world?

Are There “Transgender” Proclivities in Animals?
We tend to think of gender expression as uniquely human. But many species gain advantages by projecting an opposite-sex appearance.
JSTOR Daily
By: Juliet Lamb
October 6, 2016

I spent last week at a bird conference in North Carolina, a state where gender identity has been at the forefront of conversation. Between scientific talks, I sat down with a group of conference attendees to discuss how we could better include underrepresented voices in our research. Inevitably, as always seems to happen when scientists attempt to discuss non-scientific concepts, we found ourselves drawing on examples from our work—in our case, wildlife biology.

We tend to think of gender expression, and especially gender non-conformity, as uniquely human. However, many other species gain distinct advantages by projecting an appearance that doesn’t “match” their biological sex. Snakes, lizards, beetles, fish, and birds, to name a few, all exhibit “transgender” behaviors in which males imitate females to gain advantages, including reduced competition, better access to territory, and improved mating opportunities.

The JSTOR article says, “In some species, however, we witness permanent female mimics: males that continue to resemble females throughout their lives.”
 

Ah… Mister Republican you are trying to force us to be something we are not. You are trying to fit us into your little neat Judeo-Christian world, have you heard of North America indigenous people’s Two Spirit, but when the Christian missionaries came they forced them to give up their beliefs.

We are found in cultures around the world the Britannica Encyclopedia list them. In India we are the Hijra, in Indonesia we are the Calalai, Calabai, and Bissu, in Mexico we are know as the Muxe, we are the Sekrata in Madagascar, and in the Philippines we are known as the bakla!

The Republicans last year tried to pass over 360 bills to wipe us out, to change who we are, to force us in to the evangelical Christian ideology of maleness and femaleness. We are not a flash in the pan, we have been here since day one.