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.
The furry community helped me to make friends and branch out from a very sheltered upbringing. It gave me a place where I knew I could be myself, and really let me section off the parts of me that weren’t safe to express at home. It has been a good half a decade since, and I live with much better people and can really be myself.
I had to do a bit of exploring to figure myself out, but I couldn’t have done that without having a place to be queer without fear of judgement or rejection.