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Scottish Sun
8 hours ago
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Aquarium mocked for launching woke special exhibition on ‘non-binary' fish as part of Pride Month
The one-day exhibition called Sunset Seas, is to highlight 'diversity in all its forms' 'LOAD OF POLLOCKS' Aquarium mocked for launching woke special exhibition on 'non-binary' fish as part of Pride Month Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A TOURIST attraction has been mocked for launching a special exhibition of 'non-binary' fish. Bristol Aquarium says visitors can see species that 'challenge binary classifications' and 'parallels between marine life and the rich spectrum of LGBTQ+ identities'. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 The exhibition will tell how clownfish can change from male to female Credit: AP The exhibition is to highlight 'diversity in all its forms'. Bosses at the popular tourist hotspot explained that guests would be shown fish which have 'sequential hermaphroditism' – the ability to change biological sex naturally. The phenomenon occurs in fish to help endangered species reproduce naturally underwater. They include the wrasse, which can change from female to male, and the clownfish, which typically change from male to female. But Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver wrote: 'We're presumably to conclude . . . that because some fish change sex and hermaphroditic undersea organisms are commonplace, for humans sex is a phantasmagorical multiple choice and we can change sex, too. 'If some fish can change sex . . . [it's] to their Darwinian advantage.' The Sunset Seas event will be held on June 28 and is part of Bristol's Pride Month celebrations. Chloe O'Dell, events and experiences manager at Bristol Aquarium, said: 'Our oceans are full of incredible stories of transformation and diversity. 'Sunset Seas is our way of celebrating those stories while creating a safe, inclusive, and joyful space for people to connect and be themselves.' Dr Who gone Woke 2 Bristol Aquarium has been mocked for launching a special exhibition of 'non-binary' fish Credit: PR SUPPLIED Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme - Sun Club.
The Irish Sun
8 hours ago
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- The Irish Sun
Aquarium mocked for launching woke special exhibition on ‘non-binary' fish as part of Pride Month
A TOURIST attraction has been mocked for launching a special exhibition of 'non-binary' fish. Bristol Aquarium says visitors can see species that 'challenge binary classifications' and 'parallels between marine life and the rich spectrum of LGBTQ+ identities'. 2 The exhibition will tell how clownfish can change from male to female Credit: AP The exhibition is to highlight 'diversity in all its forms'. Bosses at the popular tourist hotspot explained that guests would be shown fish which have 'sequential hermaphroditism' – the ability to change biological sex naturally. The phenomenon occurs in fish to help endangered species reproduce naturally underwater. They include the wrasse, which can change from female to male, and the READ MORE UK NEWS But Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver wrote: 'We're presumably to conclude . . . that because some fish change sex and hermaphroditic undersea organisms are commonplace, for humans sex is a phantasmagorical multiple choice and we can change sex, too. 'If some fish can change sex . . . [it's] to their Darwinian advantage.' The Sunset Seas event will be held on June 28 and is part of Bristol's Pride Month celebrations. Chloe O'Dell, events and experiences manager at Bristol Aquarium, said: 'Our oceans are full of incredible stories of transformation and diversity. Most read in The Sun 'Sunset Seas is our way of celebrating those stories while creating a safe, inclusive, and joyful space for people to connect and be themselves.' Dr Who gone Woke 2 Bristol Aquarium has been mocked for launching a special exhibition of 'non-binary' fish Credit: PR SUPPLIED Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme - Sun Club.
Spectator
28-05-2025
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The war on normality
Exciting news. To 'showcase the vibrant diversity of both marine life and the LGBTQ+ community', the visionary Bristol Aquarium has just announced a one-off tour of non-binary fish. On 28 June, its Sunset Seas exhibit will 'celebrate love, life and the beauty of being yourself' by illuminating with brightly coloured lights a collection of creatures that 'defy the binary, change sex and mirror the spectrum of identities found in the human world'. Adults-only tickets are a mere £18.50, so rush to reserve your place now. We're presumably to conclude from this racy reveal that because some fish can change sex and hermaphroditic undersea organisms are commonplace, for humans sex is a phantasmagorical multiple choice and we can change sex, too. Thus the aquarium's attendees can enjoy 'a safe, inclusive and joyful space for people to connect and be themselves'. Or be other than themselves, which is more the point. Now, I'm fractionally sympathetic with the yearning of marine biologists to appear with-it and right-on as the hallowed month of 'Pride' looms ever closer, when their field must present few opportunities to, if you will, get in the swim of things. There's just one little problem: people are not fish. Nature, which many progressives feign to revere, may display an exhilarating variety – or what those ineluctably drawn to the now most overused noun in the English language would choose to call 'diversity'. But nature can also be infuriatingly rigid. She may seem bossy and unfair, but Gaia determined many years ago that humans are mammals, which reproduce through the mating of male and female. I hate to break it to the scads of young people desperate to distinguish themselves from dreary flat-out men and women and dumpy old heterosexuals, but for people there is no such thing as being 'non-binary'.
