eighties, and since then they've become the subject of ridicule. mainstream media has painted this community as a deviant sex cult with its own sexual language term. for intercourse. is he hitting? first heard of the furry phenomenon. did you think that there could be a like a sexual component to it at the time? it's usually the stories that you hear, so i was a little bit concerned about that. but it was so different from when i was expecting everyone was just so welcoming and happy. while there was no sex cult, lindsay found a kind of freedom in the extreme creativity of the furry world. and comic book conventions. people cause play dressing up as well known figures from comic books and movies, furries create their own characters give them what's called a persona, an animal identity and sometimes get a first suit made to match