AlexisFeb 26, 2023

Dear furries and the furry-adjacent,

This is your periodic reminder that the artist Ken Sample - also known as Ken Cougr - is widely credited as having invented the very concept of a fursona, and that he is a Black man.

This is also your periodic reminder that non-heterosexual, non-cisgender people have been a significant part of the furry fandom for as long as the fandom has had a coherent name for itself, and that the fandom has a long and brilliant history of trans people finding themselves through the exploration of self the furry fandom offers. Mockery of the furry fandom, therefore, is very frequently used as a cover for the hateful assholes of the world to harass LGBTQIA+ people - "furry isn't a protected class" being the most commonly-claimed justification.

Nazi furs fuck off. 

Edit, courtesy of Bennie in the replies: "Reminder that Ken is around still and has a Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/KenCougr/​ "

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Show threadRiley S. Faelan
@LexYeen: Furries should be a protected class, though. Otherwise, you can bet your bottom doughnut that as soon as the GOPniks find trans women and children too strong to bully, they'll turn their attention towards furries. ​
Apr 28, 2023 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadAlexisApr 28, 2023

@riley Remember the genuine outrage from Republicans about the "litter boxes in schools" shitposts? When the "litter boxes" in question are, in fact, an *emergency bathroom option* that was rolled out in some jurisdictions as a response to the rise in school shootings? Yet all the scream-crying was about furries and what students identify as?

You're less wrong than you might have expected.

Show threadRiley S. FaelanApr 28, 2023

@LexYeen: I know. ​

Let's spread the awareness.