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The term "fursona" is a portmanteau of the words "furry" and "persona". [1] The term was first used in 1997. [2]According to Fred Patten, it was common for attendants to use their real names or nicknames at ConFurence (world's first furry convention) in 1989.
A large group of fursuit owners at a furry convention. The furry fandom is a subculture interested in anthropomorphic animal characters. [1] [2] [3] Some examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, speaking, walking on two legs, and wearing clothes.
A fursona reference sheet used as part of the design and build process for constructing a fursuit. Fursuits originated due to the dissatisfaction with the quality of mass-produced mascot costumes. [4] Fursuit making is a growing industry, with new costume makers who handcraft custom suits entering the market every week. [5]
Stay Up Late is a 1992 erotic furry watercolor painting by Brian Swords. The work depicts two anthropomorphic white rats embracing on a bed. Between 1988 and 1993, Swords donated paintings to an annual art auction for WITF-TV , a public television station in central Pennsylvania .
Rumors that San Luis Obispo County school districts are placing litter boxes in restrooms to accommodate students who identify as “furries” are false, school district administrators say.
Fur Affinity [2] (also written as FurAffinity) is a furry-centric art community that hosts artwork, literature, photography, and audio recordings. It was launched in 2005 by a pseudonymous individual using the moniker "Alkora" and was owned by Sean "Dragoneer" Piche through his limited liability corporation Ferrox Art from 2007 until 2015 when it was purchased by virtual world platform IMVU ...
Furry, as it applies to this category, is a slang term typically used in the mainstream to indicate a relation to furry fandom, a group of people who enjoy depictions of anthropomorphic animals. Within furry fandom, the word may also be used to indicate the animal characters themselves.
Over the next several years, while McLean continued to play games, they came into the furry fandom around the age of ten or eleven, and developed the "SonicFox" character. [4] They are known to participate in tournaments in the fursuit of their fursona , a blue-and-white anthropomorphic fox.