Unlike most humans, however, individual animals generally cannot be classified as gay or straight: an animal that engages in a same-sex flirtation or partnership does not necessarily shun heterosexual encounters. Rather many species seem to have ingrained homosexual tendencies that are a regular part of their society. That is, there are probably no strictly gay critters, just bisexual ones. “Animals don’t do sexual identity. They just do sex,” says sociologist Eric Anderson of the University of Bath in England.

These observations suggest to some that bisexuality is a natural state
among animals, perhaps Homo sapiens included, despite the
sexual-orientation boundaries mo...

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Unlike most humans, however, individual animals generally cannot be classified as gay or straight: an animal that engages in a same-sex flirtation or partnership does not necessarily shun heterosexual encounters. Rather many species seem to have ingrained homosexual tendencies that are a regular part of their society. That is, there are probably no strictly gay critters, just bisexual ones. “Animals don’t do sexual identity. They just do sex,” says sociologist Eric Anderson of the University of Bath in England.

These observations suggest to some that bisexuality is a natural state
among animals, perhaps Homo sapiens included, despite the
sexual-orientation boundaries most people take for granted. “[In
humans] the categories of gay and straight are socially constructed,”
Anderson says.

This is a great article! Which brings me to question many, many things and I'll give you my humble opinion from many years of unpaid research *LOL*
Many people object to the term bi because of the stigma associated (and there is one), but I embrace the term for myself personally because it fits. The author suggest that most people have bisexual tendencies, but I have to say that I don't agree even though most of my experiences have been with "straight" women. Even though I am neither straight nor gay, probably because of the rural area I live in, I've had to deal with hetero's all of my life and I must say that I truly understand them, but why wouldn't I? A large part of me is straight just like a large part of me is gay. Having said all of that, it has been one of my life's hardest lessons to understand that not all women feel the same way as I do about other women, and I don't think it's a societal thing. Some women truly dig only men, some will act out under the unfluence of drugs or alcohol only and some will only feel comfortable if there is a man present, and some really dig both women and men. (cont)