Furry

Furry is an animal character that has been anthropomorphized (given human traits) and holds human sentience, or may also refer to those who are simply fans of these characters. As such, furry characters may by bipedal (two legs and two arms as opposed to four legs), wear clothes, speak human or non-human languages (or may be unable to talk), and may live in a human-like society. Characters who meet only some of these qualities may still be considered a furry. Furries (as in the fans) create fursonas for themselves, which represent their furry self or an alter-ego of themself. 
The word "furry" is not strictly literal- birds, lizards, insects, and any other sort of hairless animal may be considered "furry" (in the context of this fandom) although they do not have fur. There are more specific terms (e.g. "scaly" for reptile-based characters and sonas), but "furry" is the umbrella term.
==Terminology==
*Anthro: short for anthropomorphic. Anthro is used interchangeably with furry.
*Fursona: A a furspeech portmanteau derived from the terms furry and persona. Usually represents the person's main furry or main furry alter-ego.
*Furrspeech: The practice of changing words to be furry themed. Ex: somefur (someone), purrfect (perfect), facepaw (face palm).
* Scaly: a term for furries with scales, such as dragons, lizards, dinosaurs, snakes, etc.
* Ferals are animals with more physically realistic body types. They usually walk on all fours, but they may wear clothes or speak. Ferals are sometimes seen as separate from furry rather than falling under the umbrella.
*Quad: short for quadruped, a furry that walks on all fours rather than bipedally.
*Fursuit: a complete, full-bodied animal consume for bipedal furries.
*Quadsuit: a fursuit that is designed for its wearer to walk on their hands and knees inside the suit.
*Murrsuit: A fursuit designed for sex while wearing the suit.
* Original Species: An original species is one created by an artist, rather than simply based on an actual animal. They are original characters more often than fursonas. However, some species, like protogens and dutch angel dragons have had fursuits made of them.
* Popufur: A popular fursuiter, a furry Big Name Fan.
*Poodling: Fursuits using only the head, hands/feet, and tail, while wearing normal clothes.
*Graymuzzle: An old-time furry, sometimes given the cutoff year of being in the fandom since at most 1991, or someone who has been in the fandom between 10-15 years.
*Yiff: The word for explicit furry content or sex, derived from the sound of a fox.
*Lifestylers/Furry Lifestylers: Furries who hold the belief that there are certain aspects that must be upheld to be a furry, such as wearing fursuits, being a therian, or making furry art.
==Discussion on Definition of "Furry"==
Merriam Webster quotes Vox's Dylan Mathews, who said:
There have been ample discussions across multiple years and platforms in which furries and non-furries have tried to decide what exactly counts as a furry. For example, some furries disagree on whether or not media-based anthropomorphic animals can be furries. Those who see media-based anthros as non-furries would classify a character like Timon from The Lion King as simply anthro, but not furry. Subsequently, this viewpoint would see any anthropomorphic animal fan characters as non-furry as well, such as any animal fan character of The Lion King.Patchlamb Editor's Note: From the editor's disagreement on this page. See related talk page, sections Disagreements, Going Ahead with Editing and Fursona Section.
However, this perspective appears to be a minority. Wikipedia cites that it was media-based fandom itself that inspired the furry fandom, specifically "Kimba The White Lion released in 1965, Richard Adams' novel Watership Down, published in 1972 (and its 1978 film adaptation), as well as Disney's Robin Hood as oft-cited examples."Furry History, Wikipedia. (Accessed 7/4/2020) (Archived 4/15/2022) Another furry cited Zootopia and My Little Pony as being undeniably a part of the furry fandom.Furry Fandom. Circa Sept 21, 2019 (Accessed 7/4/2020) (Archived 4/19/2022) A furry survey conducted on Feb 2020, which had 162 responses, also showed that the viewpoint of media-based furries being non-furry was a minority (discussed later in this section).
These discussions have been going on for quite some time, as evident in a 1996 post on alt.fan.furry titled "History of the Furry Part 1." In this thread multiple media-based characters are given credit as being some of the earliest content, such as Gertie the Dinosaur as being the first "scalie," and both Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse being seen as furries. However, a few others questioned whether or not such characters counted as furry, especially Gertie. More extremely, some comments actually credited works of art and gods of ancient history as being furry, such as Anubis and a carved lion statue from 28,000 B.C.History of the Furry Part 1, Alt.fan.furry, May 5, 1996. (Accessed 10/21/2020) (Archived 4/15/2022)
There is also some discussion on whether or not one must actually participate directly in the fandom to count as a furry, or if they may simply enjoy what the community creates. For example, does a fan of Zootopia have the right to call themself a furry even if they don't make fan art, fan characters, fanfiction, fursuits, etc? Or does the enjoyment of furry media inherently make one a furry? One user on Quora asks a question regarding this, saying "What makes a furry a furry?"What Makes a Furry a Furry?, Quora. July 7, 2019 (Accessed 7/4/2020) One reply from Allison Clevenger said: "some furries say you have to just like the art of anthropomorphic animals to be one, some say you have to own a fursuit or have a fursona." Allison also goes into depth discussing the difference between a therian (similar to otherkin) and a furry, saying that because most therians believe their soul is an animal, but don't exactly want a fursuit nor have fursonas, they aren't furries. They said: "You can be a therian and a furry, but there is an exact requirement to be a therian. 
Nathan Gamble's reply to the Quora question discusses the difference between animal costumes and fursuits. They said: "Dressing up in an animal onesie or a mascot costume doesn’t make you either of these things - they might make you LOOK LIKE an anthropomorphic animal, but you’re not one, you’re a human in a costume."
Another user talks about how "furry" is self defined, rather than something innate.
The Burned Fur movement (a furry group dedicated to separating themselves from zoophilia and other sexual furries) discusses ideas of gatekeeping within the community, specifically calling gatekeepers "Furry Lifestylers." Their manifesto calls lifestylers "self-righteous." It goes on to describe furry lifestylers as people who claim one isn't a furry unless they act like an animal or believe they're an animal. Other things associated with furry gatekeepers in their manifesto are lycanthropy, shamanism, and veganism. And indeed, at a time in the 1990s there was a split between the alt.fan.furry group into a separate usenet group called alt.lifestyle.furry. It was here where "furry lifestylers" would discuss all the things that made their lifestyles furry, such as making fursuits, having animal identities, and spirit guides. Conversely, those of the Burned Fur movement believe that one can be a furry even if its only a hobby where one just "draws cartoon animals and enjoys Watership Down."
===Reddit Discussion===
A Reddit discussion on r/Furry was held on May 19, 2015, called "Definition of What's Considered Furry." The original poster asked the forum what they considered to count as furry, and said during their time online they'd come across two main viewpoints, quoted as as: "Anything featuring animals prominently is furry, or at the very least has elements of furry. Ergo things like Star Fox, Secret of NIMH, Redwall, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Lion King, and Kimba the White Lion would be furry," and "anything produced by a furry featuring animals is furry. If a work is produced featuring animals but the creator(s) is/are NOT furries, it is NOT considered "Furry."Definition of What's Considered "Furry", Reddit, r/Furry. May 19, 2015 (Accessed 7/4/2020) (Archived 4/15/2022) Some of the responses are as follows.
===What is a Furry Survey===
In February 2020, the What is a Furry? Survey asked internet users how they defined words like "furry" and "fursona." The demographics between furries and non-furries was a nearly even split, with 50.6% identifying as furries and 49.4% as non-furries. It was advertised in several online locations, including: Toyhouse, furry groups on DeviantART, the furry Reddit, Tumblr, and Furrypile. There were 11 required multiple choice questions and one optional written response. It gathered 162 responses, including from from the surveyor herself. The results may be viewed here. Among the 162 respondents there was little disagreement on whether "furry" is a matter of self-identification or not, as 80.9% saw it as a self identifier, being the overwhelming majority.
68.5% believed an animal character who "neither walks nor talks" can be a fursona, while 31.5% disagreed (it is assumed this is about certain species of feral characters, which do not usually walk in a bipedal fashion). 19.8% believed having a fursona automatically makes one a furry regardless of how they identify. 80.9% believed furry is a self identifier and 19.1% did not. A more wordy question presented a scenario in which an artist who only draws The Lion King characters says they are a furry, though they are restricted to one media-based source. The majority, 90.7%, believed that yes, this person would qualify as a furry. 9.3%, said they wouldn't.
==Fandom==
The fandom's main forms of expression are visual arts and fursuiting, and because it cannot be agreed upon whether or not characters/fan characters based on media count as furries, fanfiction involving bipedal/talking animals may or may not be included in the fandom. Furry conventions are popular and furries have their own economy, which has been described as socialist"Furry Socialism: You’re Soaking in It!" by Tempe O’Kun and Dralen Dragonfox, July 17, 2018 (Archived 4/15/2022) and punk"How furries resist a commercialized fandom", Dogpatch Press, May 22, 2019 (Archived 4/15/2022) by Dogpatch Press, a popular furry news outlet. These values and differences have led some to question whether furry is even a "fandom" at all.
===Discussion on if Furry is a "Fandom"===
Not every furry sees "furry" as a fandom, but rather a community of like-minded people. However, it is common for the majority to call it the "furry fandom," as evident in any simple search online regarding furries. In the "What is a Furry Survey," 84% of the 162 respondents saw furry as a fandom, even though the survey was also half non-furry. Reputable furry sources, such as the website for Anthrocon, also refer to furry as a fandom.What is a Furry, Anthrocon. (Accessed 7/5/2020) (Archived 4/19/2022) Still, there are those who disagree or even see it as a gray area.
Per a Twitter discussion:
	
One of the respondents to the What is a Furry survey said:
In the end what may make furry a fandom or not is dependent upon the community itself and how they define themselves in relation to other types of fandom. Though there are furries and non-furries who see furry as not a fandom, most do indeed label it a fandom. Individual furries may not necessarily consider themself a part of a fandom despite this.
===Demographics===
A study in 2015 done by [adjective][species] took a look at furry demographics among convention goers. Before getting into the data the staff gave a disclaimer: "The Furry Survey is voluntary, which means that our dataset is self-selecting. It's not possible to perform a census of the whole of furry, so we only know about furries who fill in the survey." However, they believe their dataset is large enough to be consistent and have noted it matches other studies, such as the International Anthropomorphic Research Project.
Between 2009 and 2013 [adjective][species] found the average age of furries to be 23. Their study also showed men to be the majority of the community and women to be a minority. They expanded upon this to find that women furries are also more likely to be furry artists. It is also sometimes said that furries are usually gay, but the studies are mixed on this. Furries are "evenly spread across the Kinsey spectrum, from heterosexuality to homosexuality," but Vox reports that less than 30% of furries are "exclusively heterosexual."9 questions about furries you were too embarrassed to ask by Dylan Matthews. Mar 27, 2015. Accessed 4/19/2022 (Archived 4/19/2022) 
[Adjective][species] also noted that "about one in six furries self-identify as a zoophile." [adjective [species] furry demographics], August 24, 2015. Accessed 4/19/2022 (Archived 4/19/2022) 
A Pittsburgh-based research center reports that up to 15% of furries are autistic.For Some With Autism, Furry Culture Offers Comfort And Acceptance by Sarah Boden. Jul 10, 2019. Accessed 4/19/2022 (Archived 4/19/2022) 
The International Anthropomorphic Research Project's website contains several studies on the demographics of furries, even down to income and employment. Most of their studies are done at Anthrocon and are compiled from multiple studies over multiple years. They discovered that furries' annual income does not differ much from the general American population,Furscience Income. (Accessed 7/5/2020) (Archived 4/19/2022) most furries are full-time employees and/or taking full-time education courses,Furscience Employment. (Accessed 7/5/2020) (Archived 4/19/2022), and the majority are whiteFurscience Ethnicity, (Accessed 7/5/2020) (Archived 4/19/2022) and one third of them are atheist or agnostic.Furscience Religion. (Accessed 7/5/2020) (Archived 4/19/2022)
Furries are also said to frequently work in IT; a common running joke among artists is that commissions by rich furries pay their mortgages or rent- the joke usually involves said furries in IT, or furries who are doctors or pilots (such as the Doctors vs. Furries Tumblr thread which became a fancomic). Overall, furries seem to have some demographic similarities to bronies.
===Fandoms within a Fandom===
Several fandoms are popular with furries, and fanworks will often feature crossovers between them:
*Zootopia
*Robin Hood (animated Disney version)
*The Bad Guys
*Beastars
*Usagi Yojimbo
==History==
While humans have been drawing and dressing up as animals for millennia, the modern furry fandom is said to have begun in the 1970s or so, emerging with influence from the Science Fiction Fandom, Western comics fandom, as well as animation by Disney, Osamu Tezuka, Chuck Jones, Don Bluth, and others. Some credit Fritz the Cat comics from 1965 as being a major early influence, especially on zines.Furries (Down the Rabbit Hole) by Fredrik Knudsen. Aug 13, 2018 (Archived 4/19/2022)Other early influential furry media was the Redwall novels which started in 1986, and the Watership Down novel from 1972 (with accompanying animated film in 1978, then TV series in 1999).
Originally they were called "funny animals," with the term "furry" only gaining popularity later, and having been completely replaced with furry in the 2010s. Reportedly, the term "furry" had its first usage in the 1980s and, according to one account, was coined by a non-furry who called himself Doctor Pepper, though there is not enough documentation to be certain of the term's origins. "Fuzzies" may have even been used by some, based on a 1979 flier for The Friends of Sapient Beasties.
In "How Furries Became a Fandom", writer Clare McBride traces major influences on the fandom from Looney Tunes to Disney's Robin Hood, from Animalympics to the Renaissance Age of Animation in the 1980s, up to the release of Zootopia. She says:
Fritz the Cat is thought to have encouraged the creation of a zine called Vootie in 1976, which is posited as the beginning of furry fandom in "Everyone's A Furry 2k16" by Colin Spacetwinks. Vootie may have been the first apazine to accept only funny animal comics. While Vootie was designed out of the belief that comics were too serious, ironically, a funny animal comic anthology called Albedo Anthromoporphics from 1983 was born out of the belief that funny animals weren't being taken serious enough. 
In the early 1970s, Sy Sable, a frequent con attendee and funny animal fan, started the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization, or C/FO. This science fiction club would screen bootlegged versions of Japanese anime. Their mascot was a funny animal. Members of the club would animate her to place as bumpers for the bootlegged anime showings.Furries - Down the Rabbit Hole, Youtube. Timestamps: 6:05, Aug 13, 2018. (Accessed 10/24/2020) (Archived 4/19/2022) At the same time, funny animal zines were growing in popularity. A large portion of them would include nudity or sexual images. The art styles used in these early zines sometimes has hints of anime stylization, likely influenced by the C/FO's anime showings. The C/FO would place advertisements in some funny animal zines. Eventually, Sy Sable took control of a BBS called the The Tiger's Den, which was mostly full of funny animal fans.
An extremly contentions funny animal comic was Omaha the Cat Dancer, a soap opera from 1978, which was condemned by law enforcement in the United States, Canada and New Zealand, based on claims of depicting bestiality. This led to the creation of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Furry artwork continued being distributed in zines and comics until the 1990s, when the Internet revolutionized the fandom with FurryMUCK, Furcadia and other sites dedicated to roleplaying and artwork.
Furry conventions had their start as "Furry Parties" inside singular rooms of larger science fiction cons. Furries were often treated badly at these cons, accused of being gay and/or zoophilic. The ill treatment from other fans is what led to furries creating their own cons. The first furry con, Confurence 0 (co-founded by Sy Sable and Rod O'RileyFurry Fandom Conventions 1989-2015 by Fred Patten (2017) (Wayback Feb 22/24)), had sixty-something attendees, two of whom dressed up as animals.
A few months after Confurence 0 the Baycon staff did make a statement that Furries were in fact welcome, from the 1989 Baycon progress report: "I have to admit that I haven't the slightest idea where this one came from. There were some tasteless fliers put out by individuals who don't like Furry Fandom. It was annoying, but not nearly enough of a disturbance to make us even consider blackballing an entire fringe fan group." 
One post from Baycon reads:
===Newsgroups and Lifestylers===
On December 18, 1990, Tozq created the newsgroup alt.fan.furry, abbrivated as a.f.f or AFF. This makes it one of the earliest places for furry fans to meet and chat, even before Furcadia, which came in 1996 out of alt.fan.furry user Dr.Cat. Wikifur states that it was notorious for flamewars. And indeed, there is even mention of this being caused somewhat in part by the Burned Furs movement during 1998-2001, when the movement was most active. However, Burned Fur cannot be blamed for flamewars alone, considering their relatively short lifespan next to the newsgroup.
"Furry Lifestylers" may have seen themselves born out of alt.fan.furry, and would go on to split from the newsgroup into their own. Lifestylers were furries who believed in order to be a furry certain practices had to take place, such as making/wearing fursuits and art, or having certain spiritual beliefs such as therians. Lifestylers are one of the furry types that the Burned Fur movement fought against, as they seemed to believe that they were gatekeepers for the fandom. Tim Gadd wrote this on lifestylers and the need to split the newsgroup:
Due to the flamewars and disagreements between alt.fan.furry and the lifestylers who resided there, alt.lifestyle.furry was born in June 1996 (also called ALF or The Homestead). Created by Ron Orr (Tirran) and Tim Gadd (Lupercal), this new newsgroup split the fandom well in two. However now there would seemingly be fewer arguments between lifestylers and regular fandom members, as they had their own forum for discussion. Roleplay on alt.lifestyle.furry was much more accepted than at alt.fan.furry as well, which was a draw, though reportedly some members would begin roleplaying in conversations where others were debating. In the mid 2000s there was mass trolling, and since 2015 the newsgroup is considered rather dead, though alt.fan.furry itself still receives many new topics and replies as of 2020.
==Controversy==
Furries have long attempted to understand why they are hated and how best to respond to it. Some believe the fandom should be made more family-friendly to appeal to the mainstream, while others argue that furries are hated because many are autistic and/or LGBTQ.If You Hate Furries, You’re Anti-LGBT, soatok.medium.com. Mar 3, 2020 (Accessed 5/31/2022) (Archived 5/31/2022)Cringe culture is fundamentally ableist, theautisticats. (Archived Dec 25, 2021) In the late 2010s, the phrase "Keep Furry Weird" became common, albeit controversial, in response to the Furry Converse Advertisement sponsoring a Brazilian convention. Furries are often mocked with terms like "furfags," "skunkfuckers," and other derogatory language.What names do furries get called?, Quora. Circa 2018. (Accessed 5/31/2022) (Archived 5/31/2022) Furry art sites constantly suffer DDOS attacks.Furry websites face broad denial-of-service attacks, flayrah. Oct 16, 2014 (Accessed 5/31/2022) (Archived 5/31/2022) In 2014, a furry convention was attacked with chlorine by an unknown person; 19 furries were hospitalized and people could have died. 
The furry fandom has had several controversies surrounding it across the years. Some of the earliest issues to arise are in reference to sexuality and erotic works. Some believe that furries are sexualizing animals, thus consider furries as those practicing zoophilia/bestiality. Responses to this view within furry fandom vary. The Furry Survey covers issues such as human vs. animal identification and zoophilia. [Adjective][species] noted from their survey of furries at conventions that "about one in six furries self-identify as a zoophile." There was also an early disdain for "plushies" and plushophilia, or erotic art of stuffed animals, as early as 1996, based on discussion surrounding it from the alt.fan.furry newsgroup. Many non-furries are squicked by the furry identification and alleged sexualization of animals. This is explicitly demonstrated by putting them on the bottom of a graphic from 2002: The Geek Hierarchy. 
While there are communities of furries who participate in zoophile art, most furries publicly decry them. For example, the Burned Fur movement was created to explicitly form a group of furries who publicly disapprove of zoophilia and other practices that they deemed sexually deviant (such as furries attracted to stuffed animals). They cite that this is one of the reasons why people call furries "skunk-fuckers." This has led to some furry zoophiles to create secret secondary accounts where they post their explicit zoophile (or underage) art, a practice especially rampant on Twitter. This has lead to some well known popular furry artists being suddenly outed as having secret Twitter accounts for controversial art. For example, in July 2020 a popular furry on Twitter named SethPup was revealed to run a secret Twitter account where he would post drawings of his fursona having non-con sex with dogs and puppies.
Another issue in relation to sexuality is the concept of the murrsuit. A murrsuit is a fursuit designed to have sex in. While the majority of furries wouldn't consider doing this, there are some furries who consider fursuit sex their specific kink. This has lead to some sigma among fursuit wearers, that those who wear fursuits may be secretly getting off on it. According to Tumblr user Daffodi1 accusing fursuiters of using fursuits for sex is a serious accusation, and "publicly wearing a fursuit that you wear during sex is considered a sex offense."
Other controversies include poodling, babyfur/cub art, and other fetish art. There is also discussion on similarities, differences, and rivalries with bronies, anime fans, and other fandoms.
Debate over individuals or events is more likely to be dubbed "drama" than discourse or wank.
==Example Works==
===Drawn Fanart===
File:Bianca by birchlyart.jpeg | Bianca from The Rescuers, source Archived Version
File:LynxPatchlamb.jpg | A typical furry Archived Version
File:SA1B0T SPECIES.png | Original species "Vestibules" Archived Version
File:MandySeley Furry.jpg | Evolution of a Furry Archived Version
File:Hellogoodbye carlos.jpg| Meerkat Manor character anthropomorphized, source Archived Version
File:Puss in boots death by stargureisu.jpg|Puss In Boots - DEATH (Jan 2023) by StarGureisu
File:1298003 ponsex spyro.jpg|Spyro (Jun 2020) by ponsex, featuring a scaly!Spyro.
File:Ratopombo cathay-raht-khajiit.png|Cathay-raht Khajiit (May 2023) by RatoPombo, featuring a Cathay-raht Khajiit from The Elder Scrolls.
===Fursuits===
File:Tosca fursuit by joecifur.jpg|Typical fursuit by joecifur, inspired by Meerkat Manor Archived Version
File:Wolflink2.jpg|quadsuit of Wolf Link from The Legend of Zelda by Beastcub Archived Version
File:Magpieboneswerewolf.jpg| werewolf by Magpieb0nes Archived Version
File:Fursuit commission slots by cordlessgryphon.jpg| A poodling suit by CordlessGryphon Archived Version
File:Artistic liberty pink sergal by dreamvisioncreations.jpg|Sergal original species head by DreamVisionCreations Archived Version
===Fanfiction and Literature===
Note: Not all furries consider media-based works to be "furry" and may not count fanfiction as furry art.
*Possibilities-- Watership Down fanfic Archived Version
*A Mountain I'm Willing to Die On-- Zootopia fanfic Archived Version
*Computer Blues [Protogen X Human]Archived Version
*Traditions (or, Goat Story) Archived Version
*In a Cat's Eyes Archived Version
*Fur and Fantasy's Realm of the Muses - a fiction archive for multifandom furry fanfiction and original fiction.
===Video===
*Furries Of Anthrocon: Beneath The Fursuit | NBC NewsArchived Version
*The Fandom: A Furry DocumentaryArchived Version
*THE 9 LEVELS OF BEING A FURRYArchived Version
*The Failure of RainfurrestArchived Version
*I'm a Furry. Ask Me AnythingArchived Version
*All the Single Furries!Archived Version
===Zines===
File:Talivisions2.jpg|Tali Visions, second issue
File:AnthropoMORPHINE.jpg|AnthropoMORPHINE covers
File:Dallasbrawlseptember1992.jpg|The Dallas Brawl, Sept 1992
File:Yarf43.jpg|YARF! Issue 43
File:Heatfurry.jpg|Heat
File:Taipan6front.jpg|The Tai-Pan issue #6, Gary Fletcher.
*Anthro
*Anthro-furry Pictorial
*Anthrolations
*AnthropoMORPHINE
*Bestiary
*Dainties
*The Dallas Brawl
*Fauna Urbana (furry zine)
*Furball Express
*Furry Furry
*Furtherance
*FurVersion
*Fur Visions
*Heat (furry zine)
*Herd Mentality
*Karno's Klassics
*Rowrbrazzle
*Swishy?
*The Tai-Pan
*Viktoria's Secret
*Vootie
*YARF!
See also .
==Cons and Communities==
*Anthrocon
*FurAffinityArchived Version
*FurNationArchived Version (Furnation shut down in 2017)
*Furry RP HavenArchived Version
*FurtopiaArchived Version
*So FurryArchived Version
*Wolf HomeArchived Version
*InkBunnyArchived Version
*FurtooniaArchived Version
*FurvillaArchived Version
==Meta/Further Reading==
* Praxonomist (June 2008)
* Will Furries Ever Go Mainstream? by EJ DicksonArchived Version
* The State of the Furry Zine, 2006Archived Version
* The Furry Doc: An Interview With Tommy Bruce,Archived Version who documents Furry Fandom in photography and art
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* Wikipedia: Furry FandomArchived Version
* Introduction to Furry 101
*Furry fandom, aesthetics, and the potential in new objects of fannish interestArchived Version by Kameron Dunn, Journal of Transformative Works
==Other Links==
*http://www.furholt.net/Lists/ the Furry Lists Central mailing list by Rauhnee move to FLC: Fur Links Central at http://www.furryfandom.net/ (defunct on October 23, 2018)
* Dogpatch Press,Archived Version furry news reporting cited by Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Vice, and more
* WikiFur -- Furry community wiki in many languagesArchived Version
* ConFurence archive,Archived Version scans of early fandom ephemera.
* Useful Notes/Furry Fandom on TV TropesArchived Version
*Furry.Org.Au
*Fur.com - Foxes' Underground Revolution
==Notes & References==
===Notes===
===References===
Category:Fandoms by Community
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Category:Furry Fandom Glossary