I’m with you here. For some it may be a transitional “phase” of getting to know yourself privately in the company of others.
I’m sure there’s plenty of other reasons to put on a fursuit or fursona, most of which we wouldn’t know about, and would vary on an individual basis. The fact remains that furries shouldn’t be excluded because of a minority having some inane thought that they’re somehow promoting bestiality. IMO, that’s as wrong as saying all trans women just want to get into the ladies washroom for reasons.
This community should well know what it’s like to be ostracised, so I would have a hard time believing that the LGBTQ+ community would reject furries because of a few people who have unfounded hangups about it.
I think that’s a good way of seeing it, as a “transitional” phase of getting more comfortable with your real self and building a community with others going through the same thing.
The furry suits are exaggeratedly cute, so there’s no argument that they help augment someone’s attractiveness, and maybe there’s a little animal-philia mixed in there also - in an anime sense of exaggerated animal power and sensuality.
I’m with you here. For some it may be a transitional “phase” of getting to know yourself privately in the company of others.
I’m sure there’s plenty of other reasons to put on a fursuit or fursona, most of which we wouldn’t know about, and would vary on an individual basis. The fact remains that furries shouldn’t be excluded because of a minority having some inane thought that they’re somehow promoting bestiality. IMO, that’s as wrong as saying all trans women just want to get into the ladies washroom for reasons.
This community should well know what it’s like to be ostracised, so I would have a hard time believing that the LGBTQ+ community would reject furries because of a few people who have unfounded hangups about it.
I think that’s a good way of seeing it, as a “transitional” phase of getting more comfortable with your real self and building a community with others going through the same thing.
The furry suits are exaggeratedly cute, so there’s no argument that they help augment someone’s attractiveness, and maybe there’s a little animal-philia mixed in there also - in an anime sense of exaggerated animal power and sensuality.