Talk:Homosexual behavior in animals

Small typo on the section: "Applying the term homosexual to animals"
Change "[...]an animal exhibits homosexual behavior or even samee-sex sexual behavior" to "[...]an animal exhibits homosexual behavior or even same-sex sexual behavior" Gogetasj4 (talk) 19:27, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, thank you for reporting it. Nthep (talk) 19:30, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Diversity of Sex
— Assignment last updated by Jrerkens (talk) 14:35, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Removal of Short Description
In accordance with WP:BRD, the description has been removed, seemingly unilaterally. I believe the description to be entirely appropriate, and am about to revert the removal. Now we are discussing it. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:33, 29 October 2023 (UTC)


 * 'Oppose removal but there may be better wording 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:33, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Article needs updating

 * "Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity."

This statement appears in the lead and should by all accounts be removed.

Viriditas (talk) 22:21, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Anderson KA, Teichroeb JA, Ramsay MS, Bădescu I, López-Torres S, et al. (June 20, 2024) Same-sex sexual behaviour among mammals is widely observed, yet seldomly reported: Evidence from an online expert survey. PLOS ONE 19(6): e0304885.
 * Devlin, Hannah (June 20, 2024). Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows. The Guardian.


 * I removed the following material, which is 28 years out of date:
 * Simon LeVay stated that "[a]lthough homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting predisposition to engage in such behavior to the exclusion of heterosexual activities. Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity."


 * Also removed this old research from the lead:
 * A previous 1999 book by Canadian biologist Bruce Bagemihl states same-sex behavior (comprising courtship, sexual, pair-bonding, and parental activities) has been documented in over 450 species of animals worldwide.