Gay penguins Ronnie and Reggie have a wonderful Pride message to share
Ronnie and Reggie, two Humboldt penguins living in ZSL London Zoo, have a message for people this Pride: "Some penguins are gay. Get over it."
According to a blog from the zoo, the pair got together in 2014 and later adopted an egg that had been abandoned by another penguin couple.
"The pair shared parenting duties of their chick, Kyton, until he fledged the nest," reads the blog. "They remain as strong as ever and are often found snuggled up in their nest box together."
Zookeepers made a banner for Ronnie and Reggie's home, situated on Penguin Beach at the zoo.
"The duo share their home with 91 other penguins, including fellow same sex couples Nadja and Zimmer and Dev and Martin, as well as one-year-old Rainbow who hatched during Pride celebrations last year and will celebrate her first birthday this weekend," the blog continues.
The banner is part of Stonewall UK's "Get Over It" campaign to tackle homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic bullying.
Happy Pride, Ronnie and Reggie!
Topics Animals Social Good
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
