Whatever reason you love the furry community is more than enough. Smutty or otherwise, there’s no “right” way to enjoy being a furry. That said, there are plenty of fans that draw, develop, animate, and adore furry porn more than anything. Many furries enjoy anthropomorphic creatures for purely platonic reasons and nothing more others cherish the NSFW side of the fandom, but only as one piece of a much larger fandom experience. One 2012 study surveying furry con-goers revealed they are “much likelier than the public at large to report a non-straight sexual orientation,” with less than 30 percent identifying as exclusively heterosexual, Vox reports.ĭespite anti-furry conjecture during the 1990s and 2000s, furrydom isn’t an inherently sexual experience. That includes “scalies,” or anthro reptile fans, as well as artists who adore anthropomorphic depictions of monstrous creatures like dragons and giant nagas.Īs social psychologist Kathy Gerbasi told the Daily Dot in 2011, the furry community values open-minded and accepting people-hence its laid-back creative vibe. There’s a huge overlap between furrydom and queerness, too.
While the term “furry” is commonly associated with bears, lions, deer, wolves, cats, and other mammals, it’s better understood as a catchall for all humanlike animal characters. The furry fandom is an enormous, decentralized community based around one thing: a love for anthropomorphic creatures.