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A Field Guide to Gay Animals

Official Selection of the 2024 Tribeca Audio Festival.

Selected as one of Apple Podcasts Favourites of 2024 so far.

Strap on your binoculars and lace up your boots: A Field Guide to Gay Animals explores sexuality, gender, and joy in the animal world.

Hosts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson take you on a quest to see beyond the natural world as we know it and into the natural world as it is: queer as f*ck.

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 animal queendom are all around us.

Owen and Laine are your intrepid guides to investigate this variety of animal behaviors – exploring the depths of the ocean, the heart of the forest, and the bushes in your backyard – to dive deep into nuanced conversations about queerness in the animal world.

Cheeky and contemplative, curious and raunchy, Field Guide shows you the natural world is more exuberant, more joyful, and more gay than you could possibly imagine.

Coming in June, 2024.

Artwork features illustrations by John Megahan.

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Copyright: © 2024 CANADALAND

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Introducing: What Is Happening Here (Official Trailer) Nov 17, 2025

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Some say Canada is currently in the throes of a horrible surge of anti-Jew hatred. Others say that anti-zionism is being conflated with antisemitism.

So which is it? And who is to blame for it — activists, or Israel?

What is Happening Here is a co-production of Canadaland and The Canadian Jewish News. Listen to the first two episodes wherever you get your podcasts.

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We're in the Fight of Our Lives Oct 20, 2025

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Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

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Ep. 5 1/2: A LITTLE UPDATE Oct 16, 2024

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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.

Second ~ Our show has been nominated for three Signal awards: Best Show Art, Best Co-Hosts, and Best Documentary. Go to vote.signalaward.com to cast your ballots. Voting closes October 17.

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We love you all. Please keep telling us all about the gay animals in your life by calling the Gay Animal Hotline: (504) 264-2265‬.

xoxoxoxox,

Your Friendly Gay Animal Enthusiasts

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Introducing The Worst Podcast Sep 12, 2024

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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.

Listen to The Worst Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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GAY BONUS: Extended Zoo Tour with GERTRUDE GLOSSIP Aug 15, 2024

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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.

A Field Guide to Gay Animals now has merch! Keep yourself in the shade while you're looking for gay animals, or tote around the illustrations by John Megahan. Shop the limited edition collection at: https://fieldguide.gay

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Ep. 5: GAY MYSTIQUE Jul 11, 2024

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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/

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Ep. 4: GAY FIELDS Jul 04, 2024

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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/

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Ep. 3: GAY DEPTHS Jun 27, 2024

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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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This show cannot get made without you. Become a Supporter and get every episode one week early and ad-free.

Sponsors:

Field Guide listeners get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase at drinkAG1.com/fieldguide.

Field Guide listeners get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at betterhelp.com/fieldguide

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Ep. 2: GAY ARK Jun 20, 2024

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Synopsis: In search of a face-to-snout meeting with real Gay Animals, Laine travels to the Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, where they meet a crew of runaway dogs, feral chickens and escapees from a pig farm. There they learn what a new environment can do for an animal’s sexuality. Then, Owen and Laine speak with Dr. Laurel Braitman about how zoos and natural history museums tell us a much straighter story about animals than the animals themselves.

Guests: Eliza Zeitlin, from Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, and Dr. Laurel Braitman, author of Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds

Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humble_pig_animal_sanctuary/
Dr. Laurel Braitman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurel_braitman/

Additional music: Audio Network

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Field Guide listeners get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp at betterhelp.com/fieldguide

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Ep. 1: GAY TIME Jun 13, 2024

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Synopsis: Owen, Laine and a 200 year-old gay tortoise explore the history of scientific research into gay animals. From gay swans to self-pleasuring elephants and amorous giraffes, they learn how scientists have been understanding and misunderstanding queerness in nature for centuries. And they introduce us to a bold researcher in the 1990’s who helped us see nature for what it is – queer as fuck.

Guest: Joe Hollins - author of Vet at the End of the Earth

Joe Hollins - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joehollins_vet/

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