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Small typo on the section: "Applying the term homosexual to animals"[edit]

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)[reply]

 Done, thank you for reporting it. Nthep (talk) 19:30, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Diversity of Sex[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 6 September 2023 and 12 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Carlogp20, Jrerkens (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Jrerkens (talk) 14:35, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of Short Description[edit]

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. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 18:33, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs updating[edit]

"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)[reply]

I removed the following material, which is 28 years out of date: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."[1]
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.[2]: 12

References

  1. ^ Levay S (1996). Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexuality. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780262121996.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bagemihl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).