I wanted to add a plug for John Corvino's article "Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality". Although the young woman on the podcast isn't in the best position to argue with her mom I think that the article is a really good resource for people confronting the question of nature and homosexuality. Corvino runs through five interpretations of "natural" and shows how none of them count against homosexuality. He also addresses the question of the content of the Bible and tries to indicate how homosexuality can be interpreted as consistent with the Bible. The important thing to remember is that arguments from nature do not address the moral question. If someone is against homosexuality on these grounds then in the interest of consistency should take a stand against plastics, glasses, lawn mowers....etc. One needs additional premises to move from somethings being natural OR unnatural to its being immoral. I can show that it is "natural" to eat ones own young but that doesn't mean that it is a good thing for me to eat my children. The moral argument does not hinge on nature.

For the girl who was forced out to her parents and they are freaking out.

Homosexuality, as Dan said, is entirely natural! There are hundreds of species that have been documented as having homosexual sex and relationships. Even in monogamous species it has been documented.

I keep birds and have bred them for a number of years, and have encountered several homosexual specimens in a variety of species. One of my oldest birds is male and was paired with and raised adopted chicks with his mate, also a male. He refuses to even approach a female of his species.

Being gay is as natural as being straight. Don't let your mom get you down - she has the wrong idea of things!

Re: Unicorns as queer symbolism, I remember hearing that a black unicorn was a symbol for sodomy hundreds of years ago when heraldry was big. However I have no sources.

@6- I don't think there's any misogyny involved. I mean, I think people can find childbirth gross or not regardless of gender. This situation is equivalent to not wanting to give your boyfriend a rim job after taking care of him while he was sick with something that causes diarrhea. When a person has seen a vagina get up to 10 times its size and possibly have to be cut and god knows what else, it's difficult to look at it and see something other than the terrifying images. If he's not able to look at it because it's dark, it's probably less scary for him.

its interesting and well judged analysis is reflecting in this writing.

@9- wasn't that not this podcast...? I commented on it on it in the thread for that episode.

He overlooked a plausible explanation for the straight guy with the "gay" tramp stamp--the guy in question could be into pegging. The tattoo is a "landing strip" for women with toys.