07/03/2026
TN has been gay since the critters started crawling here! 😂
Same-s*x s*xual behavior has been documented in more than 1,500 species. Many animals also have the ability to change their s*x, and some species have a combination of s*xes.
In Tennessee, red foxes commonly engage in homos*xual mating with multiple partners outside the breeding season: Males typically display equal preferences for female and male partners, but female foxes are more oriented toward same-s*x relationships. Female black bears co-parent cubs together. Male southeastern blueberry bees mount each other, and eastern bluebirds engage in ritual exchanges of food gifts with all genders.
Across the planet, female bonobos are more likely to have homos*xual encounters. Male bottlenose dolphins form lifelong relationships with other males. Clownfish can change s*x, while some butterflies and beluga whales can be a combination of s*xes. Female Laysan albatrosses in Hawai’i share nests, engage in s*xual behavior and raise their young together.
Scientists now think it may be rare to find a species that does not exhibit some form of q***r behavior.
“Being a purely heteros*xual species is the exception,” Josh Davis, a science writer at London’s Natural History Museum, wrote in the book “A Little Q***r Natural History.”
https://wpln.org/post/animals-can-be-q***r-here-are-tennessee-critters-that-show-love-is-love/
Photos: Fox family: Jeremy Hynes/Unsplash, Black bears: Ben Owen/Unsplash, Lone fox: Zetong Li/Unsplash, Bee: iNaturalist user jill1004, Bluebird: Patrice Bouchard/Unsplash
