Furry fandom

Furry fandom is a subculture centered around the appreciation of anthropomorphic animal characters, whether originating from popular culture or within the fandom itself.

Activities associated with furry fandom include creating visual art and creative writing, creating and wearing costumes called fursuits, and role-playing. Many furries also create anthropomorphic characters that represent them (called "fursonas"), which they may portray through visual art or costuming. Furries socialize with each other in online and offline settings, including furry conventions and meetups.

Nonbinary people are well-represented in furry fandom, which is reportedly more accepting and inclusive than society at large. Well-known nonbinary furries include esports player SonicFox.

Genderverse FurCon, scheduled for September 2025, is a convention in Toronto, Ontario, catering to trans and gender diverse furries. Both co-founders identify under the nonbinary umbrella (as agender and genderfluid respectively).

Demographics

Research by Fur Science suggests that furries are more likely to identify as transgender, nonbinary, or genderfluid than the general population. Three studies conducted between 2021 and 2022 found that when given six gender options, between 12.6 percent and 18.5̥ percent of furries in their samples chose "genderqueer", and between 4.2 percent and 7.9 percent chose "other".

Identity Formation

For some furries, fandom participation provides opportunities for gender exploration and identity formation. The fandom provides opportunities to meet people with whom they feel comfortable exploring their feelings about gender, and experimenting with one's gender presentation via one's fursona is also an option.

Indi, a neutrois furry, described the furry approach to questions of personal identity as "fill-in-the-blank". Ve also described using vis fursona to try out different gender signifiers and sex characteristics (including non-normative combinations).