More Gay Penguins Desperate to Parent

Another blow to the “it’s unnatural” argument against same-sex parents:

Two male penguins at a zoo in China are so desperate to become parents that they are attempting to steal other penguins’ eggs and replace them with stones, reports Britain’s Daily Telegraph. The zookeepers have separated the pair from the rest of the group, but insist, “It’s not discrimination. We have to fence them separately, otherwise the whole group will be disturbed during hatching time.”

Clearly, they need to form a support group with Tango’s dads, Silo and Roy.

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8 Responses to “More Gay Penguins Desperate to Parent”

1. 
   A.Smith
   on Nov 28th, 2008
   @ 9:49 pm: 

   Poor, poor gay penguins.

2. 
   Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Tango Gets a Reprieve
   on Dec 3rd, 2008
   @ 10:03 am: 

   [...] as many of you know, Tango is based on a true story. Just this week, too, we learned of another real-life same-sex penguin pair. Normalize that. (Not that reality should be the measure of all children’s stories. I rather [...]

3. 
   More Gay Penguins Desperate to Parent « Brenworld’s Blog
   on Dec 3rd, 2008
   @ 2:07 pm: 

   [...] More Gay Penguins Desperate to Parent More Gay Penguins Desperate to Parent [...]

4. 
   Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » March of the Penguins Becoming a Pride Parade
   on Dec 15th, 2008
   @ 8:11 pm: 

   [...] weeks ago, I posted about the pair of male penguins in China who were trying to steal other penguins’ eggs in an attempt to become parents. Now, at the [...]

5. 
   L
   on Dec 16th, 2008
   @ 12:22 am: 

   But… this shows that it IS natural!

6. 
   Dana
   on Dec 16th, 2008
   @ 7:55 am: 

   That’s what I meant.

7. 
   Banned Books Week: And Tango Turns Three | Book Dads
   on Sep 25th, 2009
   @ 2:55 pm: 

   [...] The people who are opposed to this book … okay, perhaps “opposed” is rather a mild word for trying to keep this book from being seen not only by their own children but by everyone else’s children, including yours and mine.  Let’s speak the truth here instead: The people who hate and fear this book do so because they hate and fear the truth.  These people refuse to deal with reality and the facts of the world around us.  Bad enough that Roy, Silo and Tango exist in the first place, it’s even worse for them now that we are learning that the Central Park Zoo penguins are not an isolated case at all . [...]

8. 
   Banned Books Week: And Tango Turns Three | Green Dads
   on Sep 25th, 2009
   @ 3:01 pm: 

   [...] The people who are opposed to this book … okay, perhaps “opposed” is rather a mild word for trying to keep this book from being seen not only by their own children but by everyone else’s children, including yours and mine. Let’s speak the truth here instead: The people who hate and fear this book do so because they hate and fear the truth. These people refuse to deal with reality and the facts of the world around us. Bad enough that Roy, Silo and Tango exist in the first place, it’s even worse for them now that we are learning that the Central Park Zoo penguins are not an isolated case at all . [...]