Queerly Natural

By: Ilana & Sage
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  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • Episode 19: The Platypus

    Episode 19: The Platypus
    Apr 3 2024
    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.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening!

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 2:54

    Description: 2:55 - 12:15

    Habitat and ecology: 9:13 - 21:27

    Reproduction and courtship: 21:28 - 23:14

    Platypuses and people: 23:15 - 29:43

    Conservation: 29:44 - 34:10

    How it's queer: 36:15 - end

    Find Us Online

    Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website.

    About Us

    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 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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    48 mins
  • Episode 18: Lungwort

    Episode 18: Lungwort
    Mar 6 2024
    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.

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening!

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:49

    Description: 3:50 - 12:15

    Habitat and ecology: 13:18 - 24:14

    Conservation: 26:33 - 33:47

    How it's queer: 35:25 - end

    Find Us Online

    Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website.

    About Us

    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 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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    52 mins
  • Episode 17: The Papaya

    Episode 17: The Papaya
    Feb 7 2024

    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."

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening!

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:21

    Description: 3:22 - 9:01

    Habitat and ecology/domestication: 9:02 - 19:23

    How it's queer: 20:38 - end

    Find Us Online

    Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website.

    About Us

    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 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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    37 mins

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