A Field Guide to Gay Animals

Sweet listeners, we wanted to provide you a little update from Gay Animals HQ.

First ~ Merch is now available at fieldguide.gay, yes, that is, fieldguide DOT gay. There are tote bags, hats, and pins of humping animals.

Celebrities are always talking about their bests. Now hear them at their worst.

Join award-winning filmmaker and noted curmudgeon Alan Zweig for refreshingly honest conversations with “notable people” about the worst things in life.

Alan has no interest in best-selling books or Hollywood triumphs, and doesn’t know (or care) much about his guests. 

He’s looking for real conversations that dig deep and get to the worst things: nagging fears, embarrassing secrets and haunting regrets. And he’ll no doubt share a few of his own along the way.

This episode came out for free on August 15 and was available early and ad-free for Canadaland Beyond + subscribers / Canadaland Supporters.

Join Drag Queen and Gay Animal Enthusiast Gertrude Glossip for an extended tour of the Gay Animals at Australia's Adelaide Zoo.

Synopsis: After a Drag Queen tour of the gay animals at the zoo, Owen and Laine look deeper into the legacy of the book Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, which has been their talisman throughout this journey. They begin with a conversation with the book’s illustrator and discover why he had to keep his illustrations of hedgehog cunnilingus a secret. Then, Owen and Laine speak with Queer animal scholar Stacy Alaimo, and Atmos Magazine editor-in-chief Willow Defebaugh to discuss the legacy and future of Queerness in Nature.

Guests: Gertrude Glossip – Drag Performer and Tour Guide ; John Megahan - science illustrator ; Stacy Alaimo - author of Eluding Capture: The Science, Culture, and Pleasure of ‘Queer’ Animals ; Willow Defebaugh editor-in-chief of Atmos.Earth

• Stacy Alaimo - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moreadventure/
• Willow Defebaugh - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/willowonearth/

Additional music by Audio Network

Synopsis: On the steps of New York’s Natural History Museum, Owen and Laine meet Eliot Schrefer, author of Queer Ducks (and Other Animals), a book Eliot wrote to tell young gay humans that they are not alone in their Queerness. Predictably, the book faced backlash and banishment from schools and libraries. Owen and Laine then turn their binoculars across the pond to hear the story of how the Irish people rallied together to save the life of a little gay bull named Benjy.

Guests: Alex Leigh ; Eliot Schrefer - author of Queer Ducks (and Other Animals); John Carmody - founder of Animal Rights Action Now

• Alex - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexander_rudolfo/
• Eliot Schrefer - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schrefer/

Additional music by Audio Network