Q: You cast “furries” in a bad light. Whatever your research indicated, “furries” and “furry fandom” arose in the mid 1980s, not the late 1990s. It grew out of a love for anthropomorphized (i.e., talking) animals, anything from Yogi Bear to Disney’s Robin Hood to Planet of the Apes. Just about every major science fiction convention of the time would have someone hosting a “furry” party, where people of like interest could watch G-rated furry videos, trade sketches of furry characters, and talk about their fan interests.
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A: Excuse me, FUR, but how does stating that “furry fandom” has something to do with sex put furries in a bad light? We’re pro-sex here at Savage Love, Inc., and decidedly pro-fetish. As far as we’re concerned, there’s nothing wrong with having sex in a fur suit or fucking stuffed animals or anything else that doesn’t involve grave bodily harm, real animals, children, or Ann Coulter.
Q: Sorry, Dan, but your “AIDS scared them away from sex and into fucking Pluto” theory about furries is way off.
Q: Your correspondent who wants a modified fur suit should look at fursuitsex.com. This is a fairly new business, run by a fur, and intended to produce and distribute fur suit sex videos. They sell the suits once the video is made. —Ostrich
Q: Being a furry is a lot more than simply wanting to have sex in a fur suit or with a plush toy!
