Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Friday, February 11, 2005

Redefining "Found in Nature"

Via Simbaud, King of Zembla, homophobia in the human species has reached a new low, with a German zoo trying to "cure" three perfectly normal gay penguin couples using aversion therapy. After being mystified as to why there were no chicks, they realized it was because, um, no chicks were involved. We're leaving behavioral therapy (that doesn't even work on humans) up to these clueless ones? All in the name of desperately trying to deny that sexual diversity in the animal kingdom is natural and plentiful. Because from there it's a short step to admitting that, creation myths aside, humans are also members of the animal kingdom.

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