A Field Guide to Gay Animals

Oct 16 2024 16 ep. 28 mins 1.1k
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Official Selection of the 2024 Tribeca Audio Festival.

Selected as one of Apple Podcasts Favourites of 2024 so far.

Strap on your binoculars and lace up your boots: A Field Guide to Gay Animals explores sexuality, gender, and joy in the animal world.

Hosts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson take you on a quest to see beyond the natural world as we know it and into the natural world as it is: queer as f*ck.

Homosexuality has been documented in over 1,500 species of animals. From gay geese and bisexual bison to lesbian elephant love affairs and all-male, all-whale orgies, expressions of same-sex action in the animal queendom are all around us.

Owen and Laine are your intrepid guides to investigate this variety of animal behaviors – exploring the depths of the ocean, the heart of the forest, and the bushes in your backyard – to dive deep into nuanced conversations about queerness in the animal world.

Cheeky and contemplative, curious and raunchy, Field Guide shows you the natural world is more exuberant, more joyful, and more gay than you could possibly imagine.

Coming in June, 2024.

Artwork features illustrations by John Megahan. 

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Ep. 5 1/2: A LITTLE UPDATE

Oct 16 2024 6 mins  
Sweet listeners, we wanted to provide you a little update from Gay Animals HQ.First ~ Merch is now available at fieldguide.gay, yes, that is, fieldguide DOT gay. There are tote bags, hats, and pins of humping animals.Second ~ Our show has been nominated for three Signal awards: Best Show Art, Best Co-Hosts, and Best Documentary. Go to vote.signalaward.com to cas

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GAY BONUS: Extended Zoo Tour with GERTRUDE GLOSSIP

Aug 15 2024 16 mins  
This episode came out for free on August 15 and was available early and ad-free for Canadaland Beyond + subscribers / Canadaland Supporters.Join Drag Queen and Gay Animal Enthusiast Gertrude Glossip for an extended tour of the Gay Animals at Australia's Adelaide Zoo.A Field Guide to Gay Animals now has merch! Keep yourself in the shade while you're looking for gay animals, or tote

Ep. 5: GAY MYSTIQUE

Jul 11 2024 48 mins  
Synopsis: After a Drag Queen tour of the gay animals at the zoo, Owen and Laine look deeper into the legacy of the book Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, which has been their talisman throughout this journey. They begin with a conversation with the book’s illustrator and discover why he had to keep his illustrations of hedgehog cunnilingus a secre

Ep. 4: GAY FIELDS

Jul 04 2024 43 mins  
Synopsis: On the steps of New York’s Natural History Museum, Owen and Laine meet Eliot Schrefer, author of Queer Ducks (and Other Animals), a book Eliot wrote to tell young gay humans that they are not alone in their Queerness. Predictably, the book faced backlash and banishment from schools and libraries. Owen and Laine then turn their binoculars across the pond to hear the stor

Ep. 3: GAY DEPTHS

Jun 27 2024 44 mins  
Synopsis: Owen and Laine take a refreshing dip with Dr. Janet Mann, a dolphin researcher whose research chronicled the 30-year relationship of Cookie and Smokey, two gay dolphins in Australia. Next, they speak with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals about the liberatory lessons we can learn from our Queer undersea kin.Guests: Cory

Ep. 2: GAY ARK

Jun 20 2024 40 mins  
Synopsis: In search of a face-to-snout meeting with real Gay Animals, Laine travels to the Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, where they meet a crew of runaway dogs, feral chickens and escapees from a pig farm. There they learn what a new environment can do for an animal’s sexuality. Then, Owen and Laine speak with Dr. Laurel Braitman about how zoos and natural history museums tell us

Ep. 1: GAY TIME

Jun 13 2024 43 mins  
Synopsis: Owen, Laine and a 200 year-old gay tortoise explore the history of scientific research into gay animals. From gay swans to self-pleasuring elephants and amorous giraffes, they learn how scientists have been understanding and misunderstanding queerness in nature for centuries. And they introduce us to a bold researcher in the 1990’s who helped us see nature for what it i

Coming Soon: A Field Guide To Gay Animals (Official Trailer)

Apr 25 2024 1 mins  
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