Stage 4 Woke Mind Virus: Activists push for acceptance of 'furries' as part of LGBTQ spectrum

The Post Millennial Reports: A popular LGBTQ+ magazine has come out in defense of “furry” acceptance arguing that there is a large overlap between the LGBTQ+ community and the furry fandom .

Furries are people, mostly males, who identify with and often dress up as anthropomorphic cartoon animals. Members of the furry community will typically deny there is a sexual element to such interest, but one 2019 study of the community found that almost all were driven by "some degree of sexual motivation."

PinkNews suggests that the furry community innocently comes together to share their love of anthropomorphic cartoon animals, but researchers in the 2019 study observed that "[b]oth sexual attraction to anthropomorphic animals and sexual arousal by fantasizing about being anthropomorphic animals were nearly universal” in the cohort studied.

According to PinkNews, there is a significant LGBTQ+ presence in the furry fandom and that participation in the group has helped many to understand their queer identity.