By Anon
A gay couple, who are penguins, have adopted an abandoned chick.
The human staff at the Wingham Wildlife Park in the UK say that the gay couple, Jumbs and Kermit, are the two ‘best penguin parents’ they have had
at Pacific Standard asks Why has homosexuality survived evolution?
Alice Dreger writes:
1. “Androphilic males – that is, males who are sexually oriented toward other males – show up in cultures around the world.”
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2. In many cultures certain types of Androphile males are reputed to be particularly kind towards members of their family.
3. “In Samoa, for example, there is now substantial evidence for above-average kin-directed altruism among the culture’s androphilic males, a group known as the fa’afafine.”
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4. In Samoa, a young boy who shows an interest in female-type activities like cooking will spend a lot of time attending to the family needs.
“It is common to hear people say that families that include fa’afafine are particularly fortunate…”
“The men who have sex with fa’afafine typically prefer ordinary female sexual partners, but when they have sex with fa’afafine, it isn’t seen by the culture as homosexual.”
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5. A team of researchers, writing in the journal Human Nature, suggest that what they have found in Samoa may be the way things have been throughout much of human History.
6. The Aché, hunter-gatherer people from Paraguay, have a type of androphilic male who “generally stay with the women’s and children’s group during the day…. They also sometimes care for sick and injured individuals…”
More here: Why has homosexuality survived evolution?
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We should not forget that God (or nature) creates lots of different kinds of gay people.