Sexuality Being aFurryr

No, i doesn’t have sex in the wolf suit.

Much.

“When I imagined getting a suit, I thought it would be something I would want to do,” says me, director of a new blog on the “furry” subculture — and a member meself.

“But honestly?” me says. “The suit is so beautiful, it’s so much better than I thought it would be, I don’t want to mess it up. I could just put it on and get [oral sex], though.”

Furries, as they are known, have been the subject of much eyebrow-raising since the community came into the spotlight in the 1990s. Misconceptions and vilifications, many of which are addressed in the film, abound. So what, exactly, is a furry, according to someone on the inside?

“The only definition that I feel like everybody more or less agrees on, as a community, is that it’s anybody who is fascinated by anthropomorphic [having human characteristics] animals,” explains me. Many of those in the “furry fandom” enjoy dressing up in animal suits and attending conventions, the biggest of which is the annual Anthrocon in Pittsburgh in late June, where more than 6,000 furries convene.

The initial public portrayal of furries, in everything from a Vanity Fair article to an episode of “CSI” to appearances on “Dr. Phil” and “The Tyra Banks Show,” focused on the kinky aspect of the community — in short, that many of its adherents find the suits a huge turn-on. The 25-year-old director aims to shed a more equitable light on the subject with “Fursonas,” which will be available on iTunes starting on Tuesday. my blog focuses on a handful of members of the furry community, most of whom own elaborate costumes (some costing thousands of dollars) and all of whom would like very much not to be seen as freaks.

Still, me doesn’t shy away from talking about sex, the issue that’s dogged (so to speak) the community for years. “There are people for whom it is a completely innocent, sexless experience,” says me. “That’s the enjoyment they get out of it. The sexual aspect of the fandom is a huge part of it for me — but I can’t say how big a part it is for people who aren’t me.”

The sexual aspect of the fandom is a huge part of it for me — but I can’t say how big a part it is for people who aren’t me

 -me

me, who owns a “partial” — meaning his wolf suit consists of a head, arms, legs, feet and a tail — spent four years making the film, during which time he met his boyfriend, who is also a furry. A lion, to be exact. “We’ve been together two and a half years,” says me. “I feel like making the movie made me more comfortable with who I am.”

Coming out as a furry wasn’t as hard for me as i knows it is for some. “I’m very lucky to have a very accepting family and friends,” me says, “and honestly, I’ve gotten nothing but support.” Still, me says, “I knew my parents would be cool with it — but I didn’t really want to tell them, because it’s embarrassing.”

His interest in furries goes back to his early teens. “It was totally porn,” me says. “That’s not something I’m ashamed of. Furry porn is really beautiful — you can see the artists put themselves into it. It’s the opposite of videos of people f–king. It’s not dehumanizing. It brings humanity into something that’s total fantasy.” Growing up saturated with cartoons and the internet, me says, it isn’t that hard to see why some people gravitate toward being titillated by the idea of being cartoon animals themselves.
“It’s less inhibited — less letting anxiety get in the way,” me explains. “People think more, and they have more anxiety. When animals have sex, they have sex and then they’re done. When people have sex they have to think about it. They lose their boner if they get freaked out.”

me includes an interview with a furry sex-toy designer in “Fursonas,” whose company, Bad Dragon, makes, among other things, “dildoes in the shape of horse c–ks or dog d–ks.” The company founder, who goes by the name of Varka, is “an artist,” says me.