I think the lions should just have sex #QueerAnimals #2026MMM

Grindr Presents 'I Wool Survive': Gay Sheep Wool Becomes High Fashion | Grindr Grindr debuts 'I Wool Survive,' a 36-piece collection by Michael Schmidt made from rescued gay sheep wool. See how we transformed discrimination into runway art.

www.grindr.com/blog/grindr-... this is lovely, #knitting #animalrights #queeranimals #gayrights

Discovered in the deep: the rainbow fish that’s born female and becomes male Scientists in the Maldives were only able to reach the rose-veiled fairy wrasse by using specialised diving gear

They say being trans is against nature...
Nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#transgender #smashthecistem #ftm #nature #queeranimals #science #transrightsarehumanrights

There’s a reason that scientists at primate conferences rarely bring up homosexual behavior.👇

That’s because it’s not shocking to them at all — it’s expected. 🌈🦧 In the wild and captivity, same-sex behavior is just a normal part of primate life.

#queeranimals #lgbtq #primates #academicconference

Trunks: nature’s multipurpose sex toy 🐘👀

#scicomm #elephants #QueerAnimals #lgbtscience #animalfacts

Queer flamingos make amazing parents! 🦩🌈

#scicomm #lgbt #queerscience #queeranimals #queernature

Bed bug s*x = stab wounds and infections AKA literal nightmare fuel

#bedbugs #scicomm #queeranimals #gayscience

🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.

Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈

Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜

#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab

🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.

Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈

Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜

#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab

Nature doesn’t follow the rules of gender you learned in kindergarten.

Cows, birds, lobsters - even whales - can be born intersex. And they have been for a long time!

Intersex is natural. Queerness is everywhere. 🐋🌈

#QueerAnimals #Intersex #SciComm #LGBTQ #IntersexAwareness #LGBTQSCience

Jonathan the tortoise is 193 and might be the oldest queer icon alive.

He spent years mating with “Frederica” until vets found out that “she” was actually Frederick!

P.S. He had female options… he just liked Fred better.

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#queeranimals #scicomm #lgbtscience

The way animals determine biological sex? Straight-up weird AF 🦎🐠

From temperature-dependent turtles to fish that switch genders like it’s no big deal, nature’s got queerness coded into the DNA of life itself. 🌈✨ #QueerAnimals #NatureIsQueer #SciCom #QueerScience

part 1👇

🌈 Think there are only 2 sexes ruled by X & Y chromosomes? Think again 👉 nature LOVES to get weird!

From haplodiploid bees where brothers have no dads, to salamanders cloning females, sex determination is way more than XX or XY.

#Scicom #QueerAnimals #morethan2sexes #lgbt #queerscience

Did you know up to 8% of rams are gay due to biological factors?? 🐏💕Studies show their brain structure and hormones differ from “straight” rams. Nature’s spectrum is real and wild! 🌈

Let us know if there are any queer animals you want us to talk about 😊🦄

#queeranimals #queerscience #scicom

Disney got it wrong! 🐠❌ In real life, Nemo’s dad would’ve become his mom.

That’s right — the largest male clownfish changes sex when the female dies. It’s called sequential hermaphroditism.

Follow for more queer animal facts! 🦄

#queerscience #scicomm #queeranimals #lgbt #pride

26.06.2025, Pridemonth - LIB

So proud to be an associate researcher @leibnizlib.bsky.social

#QueerAnimals #PrideMonth
leibniz-lib.de/en/news/2606...

Also interesting for
@joshlukedavis.com & @rossb-brighton.bsky.social ?

Aristotle and Hemingway were completely WRONG about hyenas — they aren’t scavengers OR hermaphrodites.

What do we know? Females run their societies, choose their mates, and their clitorises look a lot like penises. 😂

Plus, they may be able to choose what sperm gets to survive. 👀

#queeranimals

🐧 In 1913, scientists misgendered penguins—they assumed only females sat on eggs.
Surprise! 👉 Males nest too.

Fast forward to 2019, where two female penguins hatched a chick at SEA LIFE London—and staff didn’t assign it a gender. 💜

Why label someone before they waddle? 🐣🌈 #QueerAnimals

Anyone can be a parent, even queer penguins! 🐧🌈

From the famous Roy and Silo in New York to a same-sex pair in the Netherlands, queerness is observed across penguin species in both zoos and the wild.

#QueerAnimals #SciComm #pride #lgbt

Meet Tarquin. Tall. Queer. Legs for days. I heard tall queers get called giraffes, and honestly, it tracks. Then I found out male giraffes are basically gay 90% of the time. So, I had to paint one.
#queerart #lgbtqart #giraffeart #tarquin #tallandgay #queeranimals #legsfordays #artwithhumour

🥳 Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 and welcome to Queer Animals, our new series celebrating the many ways queerness shows up in the natural world!

First up: masturbating dolphins 🐬💦

#pride #lgbt #queer #animalbehavior #queerscience #queeranimals