The persecution of gay people in Russia is horrendous. See this video for the horrific abuse they are experiencing:
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Antony
Saturday 8 February 2014
Homosexuality has been found in 1,500 species of animals through behaviour observation research studies. There’s probably many more species, if you consider that the number only account for the animals that have been studied. Here’s ten animals were gay liaisons or relationships exist:
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1. Lions Male lions in Africa have been observed disregarding available lionesses in order to form their own same-sex prides. These same males have also been seen mounting one another and doing other actions commonly associated with male to female mating interactions. |
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2. Cheetahs When cheetahs bond together, they do for life. Cheetah partners spend about 93% of their time together and male same-sex partners are quite common. The two bonded males will groom one another (usually a sign of partnered straight cheetahs), defend each other in fights and get anxiety if separated. Once reunited the male cheetahs will face-rub one another, mount one another (fully erect) and stutter (a sexual excitement vocalisation). |
It is estimated that 27-40% of wild male cheetahs live with same-sex partners and that 16-19% of wild male cheetahs life in a same-sex trio.
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3. Elephants Male elephants have been known to touch other males with their trunks (elephants see touch as essential for creating and maintaining a deep bond), kissing other males (inserting their trunk into the other elephant’s mouth) and even male on male sex (mounting). Relationships between two male elephants (usually one older and one younger) have been known to last for years. |
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4. Emus Emus travel together in pairs. Male emus have been seen making the same mating behaviours as female do to males. This includes: circling a passive male, patches of bare skin turning light blue (on both males), the passive male stretching his neck, erecting his feathers and swaying from side to side and the dominant male rubbing his breast against the other male’s rump. |
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5. Flamingos Flamingos are sociable animals, living together in large colonies. During mating season, they split off into smaller groups and perform synchronised displays. They choose their mate and stay together for the season. They generally have a new mate for every mating season. The most famous same-sex flamingo couple is Carlos and Fernando. In 2007, when they had been together for five years, they adopted an abandoned chick. They fed it and raised it as their own. Homosexuality is said to be very common with flamingos. |
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6. Penguins Same-sex penguins have been seen performing mating calls to one another and intertwining their necks. There have been a few gay penguin couples in Zoos that have been given abandoned eggs to raise chicks. They have raised these chicks successfully. Famous penguin couples include: Roy & Silo, Inca & Rayas and Buddy & Pedro. |
Each of these couples is a separate subspecies of penguin, meaning that several subspecies of penguin has documented gay penguins.
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7. Dolphins Several subspecies of dolphin have gay or bisexual dolphins. One researcher discovered the incredible seventeen year gay relationship between two male dolphins. Researchers have also found pods of all male dolphins who share sexual and romantic experiences together. Dolphins are known to be highly flirtatious and sexualised. Male dolphins have been known to engage in masturbation of other males. Same-sex dolphins engage in long foreplay, with the sexual act only lasting a short time. Male dolphins regardless of their sexuality tend to be aggressive and violent towards the other during sex. |
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8. Foxes Foxes are nocturnal animals, which out of breeding season live alone. They often share territory were there is a dominant male. The dominant male will mount a same-sex subordinate doggy style. During breeding season foxes generally live in a den, either as a mated straight couple or a male with several young females. I guess you could say foxes are more bisexual than gay. |
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9. Bats Bats are said to have the highest percentage of gayness, above all other animals, including humans. Both male and female bats can be gay with their behaviours including: affection, sexual activity and bonding. There are several subspecies of bats that are gay including Vampire Bats, Fruit Bats and Flying Fox Bats. |
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10. Cats Tom cats (males) have been known to engage in same-sex interludes. As well as humping one another, they have been seen spooning when they sleep and grooming one another. However cats are not picky, they will get together with anyone. Even members of their family, such as their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters. |
I’m sure one of my cats, Russell is gay. He loves any sort of affection, and despite being the bigger of the two cats, he’s not at all dominant.
It’s interesting that homosexuality has been found in many species of animal; but homophobia only exists in one species of animal: humans. We’ve all heard that comment being gay is unnatural. Well sorry homophobes, but Mother Nature disagrees with you.
Published by: The Gay UK on Saturday 25th January 2014.
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Antony
Saturday 25 January 2014
Music Review: McFly 10th Anniversary Concert (Live at The Royal Albert Hall)
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McFly recently celebrated their 10th Anniversary. Their latest album is a live recording of one of their anniversary concerts at The Royal Albert Hall. I’ve always liked the McFly songs I’ve heard; but after listening to this album and watching the video recording of this concert – I’ve become a huge fan!
This MyFly 10th Anniversary Concert at The Royal Albert Hall [CD & DVD] comes with two CDs of live audio recordings and one DVD of the video recording from night three of their anniversary gigs. |
The best way to show you how upbeat, musically talented and great they are is to show you some videos from Youtube:
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Partway through the concert they also introduce McBusted (the coming together of McFly and McBusted):
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They’ve all grown as artists in the last ten years. Tom and particularly Danny’s voice has matured. For this reason, this is one of my favourite tracks from the set:
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I’ve listened to the CDs of MyFly 10th Anniversary Concert at The Royal Albert Hall [CD & DVD] on repeat since I got them and watched the DVD several times. Words that spring to mind are: sensational, energetic, fantastic, upbeat and like attending a party. MyFly 10th Anniversary Concert at The Royal Albert Hall [CD & DVD] is available to buy from Amazon.
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Antony
Saturday 18 January 2014
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