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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.<ref name=":0">Progress, Madison Rye, writing as Makyo. "Gender: Furry - An investigation into the interplay of gender and fandom". Madison Rye Progress's personal website. https://makyo.ink/gender-furry/</ref> | 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.<ref name=":0">Progress, Madison Rye, writing as Makyo. "Gender: Furry - An investigation into the interplay of gender and fandom". Madison Rye Progress's personal website. https://makyo.ink/gender-furry/</ref> | ||
Indi, a neutrois furry, described the furry approach to questions of personal identity as "fill-in-the-blank".<ref name=":0" /> Ve also described using vis fursona to try out different gender signifiers and sex characteristics (including non-normative combinations) | Indi, a neutrois furry, described the furry approach to questions of personal identity as "fill-in-the-blank".<ref name=":0" /> Ve also described using vis fursona to try out different gender signifiers and sex characteristics (including non-normative combinations). | ||
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