In a message dated 3/4/01 12:17:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk writes:

<< >Hmm. The 'natural' function of sex is procreation.

Tell that to the bonobos... >>

And about a dozen other species *that we know of*, who regularly perform recreational sex between members of their own gender. It may shock those still firmly entrenched in species imperialism, but it's always been there, and it always will be.

Leah