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The Furry fandom, which comprises of people who express an interest in animals with human qualities, began in the 1980s - with members since being spurred on via a love of anthropomorphic animals.
Several Furries from across America have spoken out about the common misconceptions that engulf the fandom - particularly with regards to it being branded as just a fetish.
Pittsburgh City Paper spent a day at 2023's Anthrocon and lived to tell the tale.
 Still don't get it? Here's an explanation from the woman doing the wrapping, a fursuit maker known in the furry world as Skye, the wolfdog, real name Gabi (surname withheld for fear of trolls). "You remember when you were a kid and you said to your friends, 'What would you be if you were an animal?' And you were like, 'Oh, I'd be a wolf'. We take that into our adult lives and turn it into an artform and a performance." And yet, that's just scraping the surface of the curious world of furries. It's a subculture, born out of science fiction conventions in the US in the 1980s, but not e...