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Fun/Ephemera

Penguin chick of Mararma and Rocky. Photo credit: SEA LIFE London Aquarium

Female Penguin Pair Raising Gender-Neutral Chick

The SEA LIFE London Aquarium has announced that a chick born recently to a female penguin pair will be the first penguin at the aquarium not to have an assigned gender. Regardless of gender, however, we know it will look good in a tux when it grows up!

Sea Life Kelly Tarlton's Auckland and Tourism New Zealand World Penguin Day campaign. Pictured: Thelma and Louise with their foster chick born on the 25/02/2017. Tuesday 18 April 2017. Photograph Richard Robinson © 2017.

A Parade of Same-Sex Penguin Parents!

Same-sex penguin pairs raising chicks aren’t new—but another expectant couple made the headlines this week, so let’s take a look at just how many there are!

North Carolina Bans All Bathrooms

The North Carolina legislature has responded to the backlash from its recent anti-LGBTQ law by banning all bathrooms throughout the state.

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