A Field Guide to Gay Animals

A Field Guide to Gay Animals

DoubleDouble Podcasts from Canadaland

Episodes 18
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.0 (496)
Since Nov 2019
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Schedule
Monthly
Format
Serial
Hosting
feeds.acast.com

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About This Podcast

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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Recent Episodes

Introducing: What Is Happening Here (Official Trailer)

Nov 17, 2025 4m

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Ep. 5 1/2: A LITTLE UPDATE

Oct 16, 2024 6m Bonus

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…

Introducing The Worst Podcast

Sep 12, 2024 2m Bonus

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”…

GAY BONUS: Extended Zoo Tour with GERTRUDE GLOSSIP

Aug 15, 2024 16m Bonus

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S2E5 Ep. 5: GAY MYSTIQUE

Jul 11, 2024 48m

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…

S2E4 Ep. 4: GAY FIELDS

Jul 04, 2024 43m

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…

S2E3 Ep. 3: GAY DEPTHS

Jun 27, 2024 44m

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,…

S2E2 Ep. 2: GAY ARK

Jun 20, 2024 40m

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…

S2E1 Ep. 1: GAY TIME

Jun 13, 2024 43m

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…

S2 Coming Soon: A Field Guide To Gay Animals (Official Trailer)

Apr 25, 2024 1m Trailer

Nature is so Gay!So why don’t more people know this?Homosexuality has been documented in over 1,500 species of animals. From gay geese and bisexual bison to lesbian elephant love affairs and…

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Mar 23, 2020 38m

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Mar 16, 2020 28m

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Mar 02, 2020 35m

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Frequently Asked Questions

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A Field Guide to Gay Animals has published 18 episodes since November 2019, covering topics in Nature, Relationships.

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A Field Guide to Gay Animals is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 27m.

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