My So-Called Ex-Gay Life. Early in my freshman year of high school, I came home to find my mom sitting on her bed, crying. She had snooped through my e-mail and discovered a message in which I confessed to having a crush on a male classmate. “Are you gay?” She asked. Tales of MU. Rachel Maddow: Curing homosexuality totally baseless. BBC Nature - Homosexual zebra finches form long-term bond. 15 August 2011Last updated at 02:30 By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC Nature The male-male pairs nestled and preened each other just like male-female pairs Same-sex pairs of monogamous birds are just as attached and faithful to each other as those paired with a member of the opposite sex.
The insight comes from a study of zebra finches - highly vocal, colourful birds that sing to their mates, a performance thought to strengthen the pair's bond. Scientists found that same-sex pairs of finches sang to and preened each other just like heterosexual pairs. The study is reported in the journal Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology.