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Jun 2022
1h 11m

How Queer Is The Animal Kingdom? with El...

Sony Music Entertainment / Jonathan Van Ness
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Were there same-sex couples on Noah’s Ark? Was Glee right that dolphins are just gay sharks? What’s a bonobo handshake?! Eliot Schrefer and Jonathan kick off our “Pride In Nature” series, running through June, with a conversation all about queer behaviors observed in animals. It’s “gay stuff” meets “why we need to ‘say gay’” stuff.   You can follow Eliot ... Show More
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