All colours are astounding and uniquely splendid: nature’s lesson on celebrating diversity
If you love birds, and know them, you never stop to be amazed by their beauty and their diversity of colours, shapes, behaviours and songs. This diversity is the main reason why birds are such a flagship class of animals: we simply cannot help but admire their endeavours and their variety.
Birds are a great example we should learn from: as this article highlights, birds (and animals) aren’t judge-y: they don’t care who you are attracted to nor are they going to question your gender. That’s mainly because animals haven’t been raised in the same social structures that we, as humans, have. Nowadays, some progress has also been made by us, humans (although there is still a long way to go to further improve in many aspects). Since 2004, some of us have been celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, which was created to draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics. This isn’t one centralised campaign. Rather this day is a moment that everyone can take advantage of to take action around whatever issue and in whatever format that they may wish. It is an opportunity to reflect and, once again, to see us as a complementary part of a fragile yet unique diversity of life forms.