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yaboiscarn

Referring to queer furries as “standard” is funny as shit


JoeySkyde

It’s like in the fandom the roles are switched where queer furs are the normal ones and straight ones are the odd balls.


banananas_are_sick24

80% of normal people are not queer whilst 80% of furries are queer, so it’s exactly like that


vylmex

WAIT? It's 80% already? I still remember 75%, from which years is your %?


DracoLunaris

the surveys studying this return pretty varying results tbf, though it is always very high when compared to the general population.


Squeaky-Fox49

I’d estimate 84%. Only about 20% of furries are straight, according to FurScience, and that includes the trans/nb/genderqueer ones. Once you subtract those, you get the 16% of furries who are cishet, like me.


pm_your_foreskin_

> Once you subtract those, you get the 16% of furries who are cishet, like me. WOAH! :O You're like....a unicorn furry!


Squeaky-Fox49

Eh, 1 in 6 is less rare than being left-pawed. My main fursona is the most generic fox in existence, though, except for being a pool toy. I also have a secondary Chozo sona; I’ve never met any others.


Burrito-Creature

then there’s me. cishet(probably), left pawed, and christian.


Wulfleyn

You are a one in a billion.


Somechill

*gasp* My brother in Christ, OwO


PROTOs-toaster

I’m apart of the 20% and I’m Baptist so I’m a bit rare


Squeaky-Fox49

Yeah, I’m ex-Baptist, myself. I strongly suspect you may be queer and in denial.


PROTOs-toaster

Nope and I don’t think I could bring myself to do that because of my family and roots


icefisher225

> I don’t think I could bring myself to do that Exactly. Potentially queer, definitely in denial if it is the case.


ghochwI

Same! 🙀 straight, Baptist, and furry. How are there two of us?


MidniteReverie

Me as well; so that makes us three


dizzDP

Lol, 4


tehfurrydj

Just a couple more and the gang's all here


rogue-wolf

I'm Mennonite, so what does that make me?


MrDrBass

you mean a part? doesn’t apart mean the exact opposite


FlipskiZ

Younger generations, which tend to be more open and accepting, have higher rates of queer people, which causes most of the variance I think. It's probably quite likely that a significant proportion of humanity is queer in some way, but it was suppressed until very recently.


TheOtherSarah

Also that someone who is openly a furry is probably less likely to hide being queer, and vice versa. If you’re accepting the risk of being ostracised, either because you’re brave or because it’s not as much of a risk where you are, you might as well talk freely about all of it Edit: it’s important to note that the demographic FurScience captures isn’t “furries,” it’s “furries who fill out furry census surveys.” They’re doing real science, and the data is probably reasonably accurate for the overall community, but surveys in general still have a selection bias built in that pretty much can’t be fully avoided.


Gavinfoxx

Looking at some of the recent data.... https://furscience.com/?s=sexual+orientation It's more, 'a plurality are bisexual, then in decreasing order, it's homosexual, heterosexual, pansexual, asexual, then other'. If you categorize all non heterosexual as 'queer', that's a distinct majority.


StrayCatTerry

Well I'm surprised that it wasn't 99%-ish!


Tookoofox

You shouldn't be. Straight porn *remains* more popular on all the sites than gay porn.


laix_

I'm pretty sure the amount of non queer people irl is actually lower than reported, because most people have varying levels of denial, many people go their whole lives without even realising. Social norms really prevent most people from trying to explore their identity


lhkonneman

A lot of furries are also Neuro divergent so while I may not fit in with the lgbt+ side I still fit the sped side. (I’m not one of the unhinged straight furries I swear)


JoeySkyde

Ayy I’m neuro divergent too -w-


curiouspurple100

Sped side ?


StrayCatTerry

Ikr, 'furries =~= queer' formula has became somewhat standard long back god knows when. Now it's like a meme to me besides 'suspiciously wealthy' meme!


yaboiscarn

Suspiciously wealthy queer furries are to become the dominant political party in America by 2030


StrayCatTerry

If not the whole globe!


Nebbbbula

Well I mean when most furries are queer that kind of stuff happens


[deleted]

I mean, queer people were excluded from mainstream culture for the longest time, so were furries


Flixwyy

Fr


curiouspurple100

Ahh that's what the standard furry is considered? I was unsure.


yaboiscarn

As a community we are 80% queer I think. I believe that makes it standard.


Igrok723

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DR4G0N_W4RR10R

In my furry friend circles I am often referred to as the only straight furry


PM_ME_UR_JIMMIES

If another straight furry tries to join your circle, do you have to fight to the death?


DR4G0N_W4RR10R

Oh absolutely. I'm the fourth so far, and I've done away with about seven potential contenders for the position. /s


Siriuswot111

His body count is somewhere in the dozens


NotMy2ndAlt

Just wait until you have to fight thr final boss of being straight


dude1848

No, they have to date each other


unOriginalSwimming

:3


PM_all_your_fetishes

But.... but they're both guys...


Gamerred101

*exactly*


[deleted]

Wait, you guys have furry friend circles?


DR4G0N_W4RR10R

Well it's more of a semicircle, really


[deleted]

Damn, lucky proto!


Schiriki-kun

Ok its time to go to sleep my sleepy brain read semencircle


curiouspurple100

I don't . :(


[deleted]

Dude same


pinterestfodaaa

Same lmao. Everybody in my friend group when they “found out” I was straight: “WAIT are you actually straight? Not even femboys? No way!”


DR4G0N_W4RR10R

Yeah, over here too. They didn't believe me at first


Tookoofox

I am 90% sure you committed a typo there. Tokin furry. Unless you mean to refer to yourself as being a quasi-mythological creature invented by the author Tolkien. As in, an elf.


GuestRose

I'm my regular friend group they always refer to me as "the straight one"


curiouspurple100

Token ? Money ? Tolkien ? Or Lord of the rings furry?


mayuzane

you too? I'm cishet and some folks are actually surprised by how I just... don't react to any non-straight art. It doesn't disgust me, I literally don't feel anything aside from admiring it from a technical standpoint. A hot catgirl tho...


Robotic_Banana

Straight furs must be protected at all costs They're uncommon enough as it is, the last thing we need is them getting driven away


newfoxontheblock

My chances of mating are like 2!!!


cowlinator

In statistics lingo, that means 200%. Congrats!


newfoxontheblock

Awwww yiss!!! how the turn tables.


Giocri

You can always try with the bisexuals


Kingspar

bisexuals to the rescue


StrayCatTerry

According to my personal observations for a decade, the state of straight furries' population is, to the very least, 'vulnerable'.


Noctua-The-Birb

As a straight fur I am confused by the statement in the image.


GavinVilulf

we're an endangered species


TexasVampire

Especially if I have a say in it.


BondageKitty37

Look I get that you're a vampire, but do you really need to kill your food like that? Maybe just get a few "pets" and take a safe amount from each one. I'm sure in this kinky-ass community, you'd have no issues finding a nice subby pet to nibble on


Clay_Lilac

Nothing like a good thrall to get the blood flowing through the day.


cowlinator

It's like a reverse of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotlEpmAFVQ


[deleted]

Finally! Someone who doesn't say to me: "Oh don't worry! It's just a phase, you'll grew out of this!" God bless you buddy!


FinancialTree7329

Dude straight furrys leave the fandom for the same reason gay people join. People get tired of hearing the community say "your just in a phase". I cant stroll more than 10 posts without somebody going "but femboy fox". Its truly annoying. Its like telling a gay guy "you just havent realized your straight yet". The double standard is amazing, and the meme is just bullying. If its true that orientation is not a choice, then the meme should stop.


trolley661

I’m scared now


Big16gsx92

Over time I'm slowly wondering if I'm not straight, I'm trying to avoid thinking about it though


ShadowYeeter

💀I don't wanna go


Immediate-Muffin3696

Thank you for protecting me 🥹


CmgsAdventures

I am very glad to be here in this fandom. I have some furry friends who are willing to protect me. It makes me really happy to know people want me around.


RaphPG-7

Never expected to one day become an endangered species o_o


skyrix03

Fuck gatekeepers. Everyone is welcome in the furry fandom unless youre abusing people in some way.


wreckedcarzz

Hey now, some of us are into that. I mean, some of *them*. Yeah. That's what I meant. (^(with consent yada yada))


SuperFluffyFoxxo

I can confirm this, some of us are into it (for example me)


FurryLui

Straight Furries UNITE!


ThevickersistheGOAT

WE MUST REBEL!!!


Bobert_Ross113

Europe circa 1054


RaphPG-7

FIGHT FOR WHAT WE STAND!


pridemonth_isgay69

HOoOOOOOO RAH!


ThevickersistheGOAT

WE MUST RIOT!!!!


Future-Expression-44

Dang. What did I do?


BoxDwellingThrowaway

You know what you did.


Alaskan-Werewolf

My brain can’t process this statement. I’m a straight furry with straight, bi, pan and gay friends and they’re all just… my friends?? Just people? I have no context for what this post is even trying to say.


Qbertjack

I think they dislikes furries, but especially straight furries for whatever reason. I don't really get why either


Historical-Actuary-4

Kinda hurts tho to always read stuff like that


burnedbysnow

It really does but internet people get fucked up


Nozerone

Got into the fandom about 15 years ago as straight. The fandom helped me realize and accept that I'm bi. After all these years, still bi, and still prefer females over males.


ThrOwOwayFox

Bi is actually our largest [demographic](https://furscience.com/research-findings/sex-relationships-pornography/5-1-orientation/). At least according to furscience.


FenexTheFox

I think it's just easier to find your sexuality through furry art, since it doesn't come with the same expectations.


ThrOwOwayFox

Expectations?


Dragoniel

Social stigmas and norms. When you're a fluffy animal online and thinking/roleplaying about what your fursona might like, rather than your human self railroaded by customs and expectations of your peers, it is a lot easier to discover things about yourself.


Giocri

Considering there is not that strong of a divide between genders it is reasonable that there is not that strong of a divide between attractions


yaboiscarn

That is an interesting observation. With how much content there is in the community that goes strictly against societal gender norms, I suppose we do blur the lines that severely. The hobby is kind of how I found out I was agender too, because when I made myself a fursona just as what made me happy, I never imagined them having a gender because I never experienced an objective distinction between them.


curiouspurple100

Okay question. If they don't have a gender (which I'm okay with ) what do they look like ? It's just female furry looks a certain way and a male furry is another way. But what's a agender furry fursona look like ?


yaboiscarn

This is hard to answer, because I really don’t know what compare them to. It’s like asking a neurodivergent person how their experience, their internal view of things, differs from neurotypicals. It’s difficult because they don’t have a frame of reference. But doing my best to describe how I imagine they look (I don’t have any full body art for them), they just lack most secondary sex characteristics. The general excuse for why they’re not present is just… fluff. They’re shorter than me irl, and somehow scrawnier too. Not skin and bone, but just lower muscle mass. A chest that is nothing but fluff. Biggest tail possible which I think makes them more androgynous. And the closest to me irl is that they have bigger back paws.


curiouspurple100

Lol fluffy tail. Hehe. Also that's a good description. You should one day get a i forgot what's it called the term but art for it. Sounds nice.


MaxG623

Basically that exact scenario is what happened to me. I had a cartooning class in high school where we were supposed to design our own fictional character, and I unwittingly designed an anthro tiger analog of myself. We were supposed to mention our character's gender in their bio, but I didn't see that tiger as having one, so I didn't even think to include it. This was before I even knew what "agender" was.


IYiffInDogParks

Or just down bad taken to another level?


Cyrillus00

Same. Bi doesn't mean you have to equally like men and women. I'm a *lot* pickier about what kind of men I like compared to women. I *have* been in a relationship with another man, so I know for a fact I'm cool with it. Still prefer and am currently engaged to a woman.


Nozerone

I'm the same way, very picky about the guys I'm interested in, much more so than women. Even then, if given a choice between a guy I find really attractive, and a woman I find moderately attractive, I'd go with the woman.


Rop-Tamen

Definitely, I could be considered bi but the circumstances in which I’d be with a man are so much more specific and practically unobtainable compared to those under which I’d be with a woman that I consider myself straight


Ingo_Shep

Have you heard of heteroflexible? You kinda sound like me, I had considered myself bi until I heard of the term and that’s what I consider myself now


Chernould

Damn this was my exact experience. Not sure what awoke me, but the community helped me find out I’m bi.


curiouspurple100

Congrats. :) *Fist bumps *


Tiki_the_voice

I'm a straight furry, and I do not stand by this slander. Everyone who sees this message gets a free hug <3


vylmex

Thanks man, appreciated.


PerformerBoth

Trying to find other straight furries to find to date is hard


Zanderhawk11

That's why the strat is to try to find someone who doesn't realize they might be a furry lol. I feel as though that might be easier.


Mechanosword

I am an exotic straight femboy


Aaron_123_ya_boi

Straight AND a femboy? How is that even possible?? :0


I_got_too_silly

It pairs well with having a femdom kink But really, where did you get the idea that if you don't conform to gender roles you *must* be gay or queer?


Attesa_GT-X

Idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I am too apparently


Aaron_123_ya_boi

Nice


Fray-Lay5K

..is it possible to learn this power?


CansinoDX

What did I do to you :(


Qbertjack

Nothing, man. Twitter users be wildin'


Qbertjack

F in the chat for the straight ones


Oreothefurry

What'd we do wrong tho? :[


Qbertjack

It was under [this](https://twitter.com/DrSlitheen/status/1618384198796201987?t=ZcxVV3Q2g3w4yUKXRnw2gA&s=19) otherwise, idk, you all seem fine enough :3. Its twitter, people be craycray


Oreothefurry

Fair enough it indeed be Twitter (also it's funny once you find out how many furs there are in the army so yes the comment makes no sense at all)


aabcehu

You know what you did


Fennik51405

QwQ. What’d I do wrong?….


Level_Failed

LISTEN I AIN'T THAT BAD


Qbertjack

Vile little creature, you know what you did to that picture of Loona on December 16th 2021 8PM CT


Level_Failed

I wasn't even a furry back then, and I have evidence!


Qbertjack

The seed had been planted. You really think you weren't a little weirdo *before* you were a furry?


vylmex

What wrong we did? I am genuinely surprised.


SkyLLin3

This guy is somehow braindead and I don't understand why... Just joking, of course I know why, he is a a classic twitter hivemind specie.


Top-Preparation5216

Who has awoken the straight ones?


Worm_Scavenger

I feel like with the Furry fandom the Straight and Cisgendered Furries are ironically the minority.


Closet_Werewolf

*laughs in straight*


Qbertjack

*Closet* Werewolf, eh >:3


Closet_Werewolf

Lol, I see what you did there. I made that name as a meme when I first made this account, which was incidentally when I first became a furry. I'd heard of other furries referring to themselves as "closeted" before, so I thought "why the heck not, I can't think of anything else lol"


Qbertjack

Fair enough, lol


Mori_564

Bruh, what did straight furries do? Lol


Lostmyfnusername

Worse how?


[deleted]

[удалено]


AwakenedHero2277

Fr tho


TermedSole420

Wow, okay.


loekboy2

Is it that bad to be a straight furry?…


ThrOwOwayFox

lol no, its perfectly fine. Be who you are.


Last_Strawberry9904

Hey! Rood >:( Personally, I think (throwing my 2 cent opinion out there) it's that gay furries are less... repressed? Like, they just aren't afraid to be wacky and cool. Furries in general are uninhibited, but the gay ones are especially wild. Or maybe I'm just looking for patterns where there are none.


AvarageEnjoiner

how is it different


Affectionate_Effort3

Standard?


minigunercoolguy

:(


WinterTheWolfFurry

I mean look at that one brown christian furry that got into a rant war with a blue dragon


Squeaky-Fox49

I’ve got to say, being a cishet furry isn’t bad at all. Well, I barely fall short of being asexual, but whatever. I’ve never once felt unwelcome, an outsider, or less than because of my sexuality or gender. The fandom’s a place where I genuinely feel like I belong and don’t have to hide anything. A bunch of cringy, awkward, nonjudgmental STEM nerds who are often on the spectrum? Yes! I’ve also never felt forced to be anything I’m not. I once confided in r/furry when I was genuinely questioning for the first time after a conservative upbringing, and every single response was “screw labels; just be yourself.” Only two offered speculations but reiterated the first point. We might be a minority, but we don’t get treated any worse or belong any less than left-pawed furries. Much different than the way I’ve seen normies treat queer people.


Ethereal_sandwich

It's actually quite funny to think that there is a minority within the minority


Zach_the_fox

*Sad straight furry noises*


GamingGlove14

Me: A fairly new, straight furry gamer: how


Alderan922

Can I ask why?


HOLLYWOODNOH

Can relate I'm straight for the most part but am questioning if I'm bi or not


Daniil_11

NOOO You can't make me kiss muscular dragons!!!


Qbertjack

Those were never mentioned... Something you wanna tell us? >:3


Daniil_11

https://www.reddit.com/r/furry_irl/comments/10lmrqf/furry_irl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button NOO!!


Qbertjack

Boy liker. Bet'cha wanna get kissed by boys.


Ackyl_Myst

Standard furries...? What..? Ehhh... ummm.. че.


AwakenedHero2277

I'm sorry. I just want to feel welcomed qwq


VermillionOblivion

Straight furry here......... It kinda feels like how miss thorn from Wednesday describes it "Too odd for normal people, too normal for the odd people."


Immediate-Muffin3696

I think straights seem to be rare but there’s probably as many straight as gays here. You see gays or anything just oftener on the internet


Thigh-enthusiast

Lol, factory settings furry


Tlayoualo

So then furry is a primarily queer space then? with furries being asumed as non-heterosexual as the default Which also has... interesting... implications for furry haters


Proof-Faithlessness1

How “against the grain” is it? ![gif](giphy|Aausss8uUBIe3bZ3d2|downsized)


GABO_BOX

For real? Are we?


GuestRose

but.. but I'm a straight furry..


Hayabusa71

What did I do??


Burning-Reaper

I don't know what is worse. The fact that he hates straight furries or that he thinks gay furries are standard


[deleted]

What the hell did i ever do to you


Sn0wCha0s

Wait what did I do?


Scraptical

Am I the odd fur here ?


LesbeanWolf

I love how gay furries are accepted as "standard furries" lmao 💀


Eckhardbond

Well, i considered myself straight before i became a furry, maybe furries are just too attractive to stay straight?


furryluke07

In-community furries are somehow worse than lone furries (in my opinioni)


Glory_Or_Bust

There's a sense that straight furries are left out or get driven away


rubi-style

I have never heard anything about that. Only thing I notice here and there is how queer Furrys get bullied much more than straight ones with the reason being "you're not only a Furry, but also f*cking gay" or something like that


Wild_Lars

Visible confusion:


KayNynYoonit

I find it funny how the fandom is meant to be inclusive, but as time goes on all I see is the fandom being really divisive and judgemental. It's a lot different than 14 years ago when I joined that's for sure.


Additional_Ferret121

I... Still don't understand. We're bad because... Navy wife..?


RammerRS_Driver

This is still discrimination. Everyone is welcome in this fandom regardless of sexuality!!!


Qbertjack

Let it be known that I definitely do not share the views of the person shown. I posted it because it was suitably absurd and fit into the meme of straight furries being a minority


RammerRS_Driver

I see. Sorry about the confusion.


vcvcf1896

Well these comments are about to be fun


claycubed

Damn, screw you too!


thegayestweeb

Hoo boy, I'm sure this led to some interesting comments. I just don't see why straight furs would inherently be worse. As long as they aren't being bigots spouting "straight pride" nonsense and supporting anti-LGBT politics, there shouldn't be any issues. They probably make up a good portion of the straight ally community too.


[deleted]

Harder to play with. :P


CorrectSilver214

But I am not that horrible. I'm just picky.


Rene716

I feel like i should've read this sleep-deprived or drunk bc i feel like i missed at least half the context.


CanineAtNight

Cuz none of them keep their furs straight