it’s okay for two men (or women) to love each other, as long as they don’t have sex

So, I’m not hated by the über-religious because, even though I like men, none will give me the time of day? That’s cool. That I’m hated, that is. The whole thing about being undatable kinda sucks.

One: “Bagemihl begins with an overview of same-sex activity in animals, carefully defining courtship patterns, affectionate behaviors, sexual techniques, mating and pair-bonding, and same-sex parenting. He firmly dispels the prevailing notion that homosexuality is uniquely human and only occurs in “unnatural” circumstances. As far as the nature-versus-nurture argument–it’s obviously both, he concludes. An overview of biologists’ discomfort with their own observations of animal homosexuality over 200 years would be truly hilarious if it didn’t reflect a tendency of humans (and only humans) to respond with aggression and hostility to same-sex behavior in our own species. In fact, Bagemihl reports, scientists have sometimes been afraid to report their observations for fear of recrimination from a hidebound (and homophobic) academia.”

Two: “Homosexual behavior has been observed in barnyard animals (bulls, cows, stallions, donkeys, cats, rams goats, pigs), 18 species in captivity (including rats, antelope, elephants, hyenas, monkeys, apes, rabbits, lions, porcupines, hamsters, mice, porpoises). For example, two female macaque monkeys were observed giving each other orgasms. Homosexual behavior has also been observed in several species in the wild– anolis lizards, mountain sheep, seagulls, langurs, bonobo chimpanzees.”

Would you like me to continue? Or have you familiarized yourself with Google yet? Or perhaps a library?

EDIT: added this link, more for my own reference