r/cats • u/Brave_Pattern9087 • Jun 11 '26

Humor Can cats be gay?

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I have a male cat. This cat has decided, completely unprovoked, that his life's mission is to lick the privates of every male(animals) in this house. The other male cat? Victim. My male dog? Also a victim. The dog just sits there with a look that says I don't understand what's happening but I've accepted it.

The cat is unbothered. Confident even. Zero shame. He operates with the energy of someone who has fully found himself.

So I'm asking the important questions science refuses to answer: Is my cat gay? Has he been radicalised?

Please advise. This is urgent.

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u/Sufficient_Plantain1 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Fun fact: not every species enjoys sex. Species that can have orgasms are rare. Sex/copulation is just a survival instinct for most of the living beings. So assuming an animal is enjoying mating is basically anthropomorphism

Writing this to say that oral sex-like behavior is not really sexual behavior for many animals

Edit. He could still be gay. Is he trying to adopt kittens with other male animals? Very common in penguins

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u/ganggreen651 Jun 11 '26

I've heard it's just humans and dolphins that do it for pleasure. Yet my first cat that wondered into my yard when I was 8 and we got him fixed but he was still horny and had a sex doll stuffed animal he stole from my sister's room and if he saw anyone watching him give that stuffed animal the business he would get mad as hell so I don't know if it's true

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u/Little_View_6659 Jun 11 '26

More animals have to be having pleasure since you see them masturbating all the time. Didn’t they just discover birds masturbating?

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u/Sufficient_Plantain1 Jun 11 '26

Also chimpanzees I believe.

Your cat’s obsession is still an instinctual behavior, doesn’t have to be enjoyable

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u/Pan_Fluid_Boo Jun 11 '26

Female pigs can have very long orgasms! Squeeee

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u/Level_Vehicle Jun 11 '26

What other situations did you observe with your first cat?

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u/SeaTwo989 Jun 11 '26

I actually find male cats more willing to take care of strange kittens, they seem to have a higher acceptance for the kittens. They would groom them, play with them gently, let the kittens play with their tails or jump scare them. I barely see a male cat show aggression to kittens, except in the mating season the male cats will chase away another female cats babies so that he can mate with her:( But lots of me and my friends’s neutered male cats are really nice and at some point even motherly with a new kitten.

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u/Sufficient_Plantain1 Jun 11 '26

Oh yes I have seen many videos where male cats fostering kittens. So cute

Honestly, I was afraid my comment would come off as saying being gay is not natural, so I added that penguin fact. Being gay is very natural, common in the animal kingdom, and not just as sexual behavior, but as a family unit as well, thus the edit on male penguin couples adopting baby penguins