A furry is a form of *cosplayer, it’s just a hobby where someone dresses up as a character with animal traits/features/
characteristics, where someone draws* ‘anthromorphic’ characters or uses them as an avatar online. There is a small
percentage of the fandom that have a ‘fur-fetish’ but most of the fandom steer clear of that stuff and usually have a not so great opinion about it, there isn’t really a set rule of how to be a furry, you can use a full fursuit, a partial, a dinomask, a therian mask, or quite
literally anything! Being a furry is just a choice people make, and it’s not an identity (such as gender/sexuality) and it’s basically just a *form of ‘dress up’, most of the fandom is actually really cool! And most people get into the hobby just because they like the fandom,
creativity (art/making a suit/character/etc.), or even just because they like animals (not in a sexual way) or feel a connection to them, and although there is many misconceptions, such as furries being a fetish, or having sex with animals, *overall furries are actually just cosplayers with animal traits! :)
I’ll add some names of different fursuit examples!
(Fursuit, Partial, Dinomask, Therian, Protogen)
*Also Therians arent typically furries, but some like to call themselves one!
“I am a furry and I like to dress up in a fursuit for fun!”
“I like being a furry artist, there’s so many
creative characters
out there!”
“Oh yeah, they’re a furry”
“Being a furry is a choice, not an
identity.”
“Being a furry is just a hobby, a form of cosplay!”
