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A Field Guide to Gay Animals
Ep. 3: GAY DEPTHS
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 Diane - Composer ; Dr Janet Mann Professor of Biology and Psychology at Georgetown University ; Dr Alexis Pauline Gumbs author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals
- Cory Diane - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savorypancakes/
- The Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project: https://www.monkeymiadolphins.org/
- Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/
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Coming Soon: A Field Guide To Gay Animals (Official Trailer)
01:03||Season 2Nature is so Gay!So why don’t more people know this?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 natural world are all around us. Learn why a phenomenon so abundant is so often dismissed and forgotten.Join hosts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson as they traverse the animal queendom, and celebrate Queerness, gender, and joy in the world around us. Premieres Thursday, June 13.
1. Ep. 1: GAY TIME
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