26 June 2019

Zookeepers have made a special mini banner for the Penguin Beach home of the Zoo’s most famous gay residents, Humboldt penguins Ronnie and Reggie, paying homage to Stonewall’s groundbreaking ‘Get Over It.’ campaign. 

'Some penguins are gay, get over it' sign at London Zoo with penguins

Ronnie and Reggie got together in 2014, and famously adopted an egg that was abandoned by another couple a year later. The pair shared parenting duties of their chick, Kyton, until he fledged the nest. They remain as strong as ever and are often found snuggled up in their nest box together. 

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. 

Penguins at London Zoo

  • Two Humboldt penguin chicks in a keepers hands
    5 December 2022

    How a penguin lays an egg

    Watch one of our penguins lay their first ever eggs in their nest, which is called a scrape.

  • Penguins at Lubetkin penguin pool at London Zoo designed by Berthold Lubetkin
    Pioneering Berthold Lubetkin design

    Lubetkin penguin pool

    Our Lubetkin Penguin pool at London Zoo is iconic. The sweeping spiral ramps kick-started a new era for British architecture, and inspired an enduring love of penguins in the British public.

  • Humboldt penguin underwater swimming at London Zoo
    Spheniscus humboldti

    Humboldt Penguin

    Humbolt penguins are from the beaches of Peru and Chile, and can swimming speeds of up to 30mph!

  • London Zoo visitors watching a live talk and feeding of the penguins at Penguin Beach
    Penguin Beach

    Penguin Beach

    There are p-p-plenty of penguins at London Zoo's stunning Penguin Beach – England’s biggest penguin pool.