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In the 1970s, as LGBTQ+ people in the United States faced conservatives whose top argument was that homosexuality is \\u201cunnatural,\\u201d a pair of young scientists discovered on a tiny island off the coast of California a colony of seagulls that included\\u2026 a significant number of\\xa0female homosexual couples making nests and raising chicks together. The article that followed upended the culture\\u2019s understanding of what\\u2019s natural and took the discourse on homosexuality in a whole new direction.

In this episode, our co-Host Lulu Miller grapples with the impact of this and several other studies about animal queerness on her life as a queer person.

Special thanks to the\\xa0History is Gay\\xa0(https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/) podcast.

EPISODE CREDITS

Reported by - Lulu Millerwith help from - Sarah QariProduced by - Sarah QariOriginal sound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloomwith mixing help from - Arianne WackFact-checking by - Diane Kellyand Edited by - Becca Bressler

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