Artwork / Crime Against Nature / Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (Mountain Gorilla)

painting of mountain gorillas by New Jersey artist Gwenn Seemel
Gwenn Seemel
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (Mountain Gorilla)
2012
acrylic on panel
10 x 10 inches

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Certain boys don’t partner with girls.

Since heterosexual mating among gorillas usually takes place between one male and the multiple females who associate with him, it is not uncommon for there to be sexually mature male gorillas without mates. These males tend to gather in bachelor groups where they may engage in homosexual exchanges.

Sometimes boys have sex with boys.

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gorilla illustration by wildlife painter Gwenn Seemel
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