Did the furry fandom helps you discover your gender? Did it help you feel more welcome?
For me personally, being a furry helps me to cope with dysphoria for years before my egg cracked. I used to imagine that I’m an anthro animal all the time to cope with dysphoria before I even knew what dysphoria was.
And aside from a few trans communities (like r/egg_irl), the furry fandom also exposes myself to queer people and queer media in general, which in retrospect might help me sympathize with them more instead of hating it like what most people do.
I’m so glad that this community is very accepting towards people of all sexualities and gender. Being trans in this fandom generally feels pretty safe, at least safer than most other fandoms. Thank you so much.
I honestly only consider myself ‘furry-adjacent’ rather than a fullblown furry (as in being a furry isn’t a big part of who I am as a person, and it kinda just exists as one thing among my other interests), but I think I can mayhaps comment on this. I do consider myself a catboy (as in nekomimi, the type that’s mostly human in appearance but with cat ears and a tail) and that definitely relates heavily to my gender, to the point that I would say “catboy” kinda is a part of my gender. Makes me feel a bit goofy to admit unfortunately tho :x
Eh, I often do that too, sometimes feeling being a raccoon girl is a part of my gender. But I’m not just nekomimi, I feel more like a full-blown anthro like your typical furry art