Editing Gnolls (section)

=== Sexuality ===
Gnolls are casual, open, and unbiased about sexuality, even involving same-sex or interspecies pairings.<ref name=":30" /> When a Gnoll gets laid, the whole tribe can smell it on them the day after.<ref name=":13" /> Their noses are too good to try and hide it, so they simply don’t consider it a private matter. They don’t even mind loudly talking about it in public.<ref name=":13" /> Voluntary abstinence is an odd concept to them; sex is fun, after all, so why would someone not be interested? That’s just unnatural and unhealthy!<ref name=":13" /> Gnolls do pair off for marriage and raising a family,<ref name=":31" /> but among singles, promiscuity is the rule, rather than the exception.<ref name=":13" /> Since their period of heat only affects them about twice a year, this would mean that most sexual encounters are of a purely recreational nature. Unwanted offspring is controlled by means of contraceptive teas.<ref name=":13" />

While most Gnoll tribes do not discourage same-sex relationships, there is still an expectation for members to contribute to the tribe by producing children. This can prompt homosexual Gnolls to leave for the cities, in spite of the risk of severe persecution by intolerant Drakes there.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/10/11/7-51/ Chapter 7.51]</ref> Conversely, the cities' sexual minorities would leave to join the tribes during periods when persecution was especially bad.<ref>{{VERef|Saliss the Architect}}</ref>

Gnolls appear more adventurous in bed than other species<ref name=":13" /> - or at least, they’ll admit to it more readily than others.