Support animals like them by avoiding zoos and other places where they’re held captive. But while their sexualities are as normal as can be, their living situation isn’t – these two lovebirds shouldn’t be denied their freedom, locked in a zoo, and gawked at by a constant stream of visitors, with every aspect of their lives controlled by humans. Well known among them are Ronnie and Reggie, a gay couple at London Zoo. Since then, thousands more same-sex penguin couples have been noted. In 1911, George Murray Levick observed homosexual activity in a wild penguin colony at Cape Adare in Antarctica. Among these long-lasting, loving relationships are countless same-sex couples sticking together through thick and thin. Penguins are famously monogamous, known to link up with one partner for life. These primates often display bisexual behaviour, exploring sexual activity with both the same and opposite sex.įemale Japanese macaques sometimes pursue same-sex sexual partners even if a male macaque is showing interest in them – they just prefer to get together with another female. Let’s get one thing straight: Japanese macaques aren’t always. They’re here, they’re queer – get used to it. Yep, humans aren’t the only ones born this way – giraffes, penguins, lions, and members of other species have been observed engaging in same-sex activity, too.įor Pride Month, we’re spotlighting same-sex relationships among other animal species to showcase that sexuality is a spectrum and a natural part of the animal kingdom – while also reminding everyone that, like us, every animal is an individual with a wide range of emotions and the ability and desire to form relationships. Like humans, some animals are heterosexual, some are homosexual, and some are somewhere in between.