Queerly Natural is a science-based exploration into the diversity of sexuality, sex, and gender in the natural world. Join three young biologists as they chat about the huge array of LGBTQIA+ diversity among animals, plants, fungi and more. People may tell you that being queer is unnatural, but we're here to show you that it queerly is. Join us each month as we make tons of terrible puns and generally have a nerdy good time. Check out our website or Patreon for more details.
Queerly Natural
Claim This Podcastby Ilana & Sage
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Queerly Natural is a science-based exploration into the diversity of sexuality, sex, and gender in the natural world. Join three young biologists as they chat about the huge array of LGBTQIA+ diversity among animals, plants, fungi and more. People may tell you that being queer is unnatural, but we're here to show you that it queerly is. Join us each month as we make tons of terrible puns and generally have a nerdy good time. Check out our website or Patreon for more details.
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April 3, 2024
Episode 19: The Platypus
<div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN">Learn all about the duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Ilana! This Australian animal shares traits with ducks and coconuts, but it's actually a mammal ready to paralyze it's foes at any moment. </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our <a draggable="false" href= "https://www.patreon.com/queerlynatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Patreon</a> or <a draggable="false" href="https://ko-fi.com/queerlynatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Ko-fi.</a> You can also check out our new <a draggable="false" href= "https://bookshop.org/shop/queerlynatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">bookstore!</a> Thank you so much for listening!</p> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our <a draggable="false" href= "https://www.queerlynatural.com/blog" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">website</a>.</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Timestamps</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Species introduction: 0:00 - 2:54</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Description: 2:55 - 12:15</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Habitat and ecology: 9:13 - 21:27</p> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Reproduction and courtship: 21:28 - 23:14</p> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Platypuses and people: 23:15 - 29:43</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Conservation: 29:44 - 34:10</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">How it's queer: 36:15 - end</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Find Us Online</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Follow us @QueerlyNatural on <a draggable="false" href= "https://twitter.com/QueerlyNatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a draggable="false" href= "https://www.facebook.com/QueerlyNatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Facebook</a>, or <a draggable="false" href="https://www.instagram.com/queerlynatural/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Instagram</a> or check out our <a draggable="false" href= "https://www.queerlynatural.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">website.</a></p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">About Us</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (<a draggable="false" href= "https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/</a>), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.</p> </div>
March 6, 2024
Episode 18: Lungwort
<div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN">Join Ilana to learn all about lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) from Sage. It (or should we say they?) is a charismatic photosynthetic organism that doesn't really fit labels. </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our <a draggable="false" href="https://www.queerlynatural.com/blog" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">website</a>.</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our <a draggable="false" href= "https://www.patreon.com/queerlynatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Patreon</a> or <a draggable="false" href="https://ko-fi.com/queerlynatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Ko-fi.</a> You can also check out our new <a draggable="false" href= "https://bookshop.org/shop/queerlynatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">bookstore!</a> Thank you so much for listening!</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Timestamps</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:49</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Description: 3:50 - 12:15</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Habitat and ecology: 13:18 - 24:14</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Conservation: 26:33 - 33:47</p> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">How it's queer: 35:25 - end</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Find Us Online</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Follow us @QueerlyNatural on <a draggable="false" href= "https://twitter.com/QueerlyNatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a draggable="false" href= "https://www.facebook.com/QueerlyNatural" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Facebook</a>, or <a draggable="false" href="https://www.instagram.com/queerlynatural/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Instagram</a> or check out our <a draggable="false" href= "https://www.queerlynatural.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">website.</a></p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">About Us</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "Text__TextElement-sc-if376j-0 duYgEj encore-text-body-medium umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (<a draggable="false" href= "https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/</a>), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.</p> </div>
February 7, 2024
Episode 17: The Papaya
<p>Join our hosts, two fruits, to learn all about one of the world's favorite fruits, the papaya (Carica papaya). Find out how the papaya breaks the norms of biological sex even among plants, who are already known to not follow "the rules."</p> <p>For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our <a href= "https://www.queerlynatural.com/blog" rel= "noopener nofollow">website</a>.</p> <p>Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/queerlynatural" rel= "noopener nofollow">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://ko-fi.com/queerlynatural" rel= "noopener nofollow">Ko-fi.</a> You can also check out our new <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/queerlynatural">bookstore!</a> Thank you so much for listening!</p> <p>Timestamps</p> <p>Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:21</p> <p>Description: 3:22 - 9:01</p> <p>Habitat and ecology/domestication: 9:02 - 19:23</p> <p>How it's queer: 20:38 - end</p> <p>Find Us Online</p> <p>Follow us @QueerlyNatural on <a href= "https://twitter.com/QueerlyNatural" rel= "noopener nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/QueerlyNatural" rel= "noopener nofollow">Facebook</a>, or <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/queerlynatural/" rel= "noopener nofollow">Instagram</a> or check out our <a href="https://www.queerlynatural.com/" rel= "noopener nofollow">website.</a></p> <p>About Us</p> <p>Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (<a href= "https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/" rel= "noopener nofollow">https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/</a>), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.</p>
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