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Stigma follows 'Furries' despite warm and fuzzy reception in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | July 5, 2018 | Diana Nelson Jones

Posted on 07/05/2018 5:37:41 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

When the Furries came to Pittsburgh last year for the annual Anthrocon convention, reader Jay Poliziani of Greenfield wrote a letter to the editor stating, “I’m proud to live in a city that makes the members of this convention feel safe and welcome each year.”

Indeed, the Furries seem to have found a singular home in Pittsburgh, where they plugged $7.7 million into the local economy last year. They have been convening here since the mid-2000s.

But this acceptance is not universal. In fact, as a demographic, Furries are bullied, stigmatized or otherwise discriminated against to such an extent that their lair includes a team of research scientists.

The Furries come to town Thursday for the four-day conference, and Rebecca McHugh, a developmental psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford, will be there with multidisciplinary scientists from the International Anthropomorphic Research Project. The project has made furscience.com an accessible site for more than 10 years of their studies.

Anthropomorphism is the imposition of human characteristics on animals. Among the Furries, it can take forms ranging from blithe portrayals of favorite animals to identifying deeply, even spiritually, with a particular species.

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bullying; furries; pittsburgh; qanon
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Soon to become the newest protected class.
1 posted on 07/05/2018 5:37:41 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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soon to demand the protected class status of wearing costumes to work in an office and at job interviews


2 posted on 07/05/2018 5:41:29 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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>>Soon to become the newest protected class.<<

And an option for gender.


3 posted on 07/05/2018 5:44:45 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("please pass the winnamins" (/Principled on 6/27/2018))
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transpecies are as “real” as transexuals and transracials.


4 posted on 07/05/2018 5:46:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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"The norm becomes the normative." (RC Sproul, theologian)
5 posted on 07/05/2018 5:46:38 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Capitalists sign their checks on the front. Socialists sign theirs on the back.)
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To: a fool in paradise

I always thought of my ex as a bit of an Ass.


6 posted on 07/05/2018 5:48:14 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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7 posted on 07/05/2018 5:49:30 AM PDT by DoodleBob
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The majority are democrats, no doubt.

Especially since November ‘16.


8 posted on 07/05/2018 5:51:24 AM PDT by moovova
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They’re pervs.

Hilarious pervs, but pervs nonetheless.

Loved here because they manage to book-up all of the downtown hotel rooms once each summer.


9 posted on 07/05/2018 5:51:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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One more letter to remember - now it’s LGBTQF


10 posted on 07/05/2018 5:52:43 AM PDT by glorgau
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She said some Furries are especially vulnerable.

I blame global warming

11 posted on 07/05/2018 5:56:41 AM PDT by PGR88
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Daniel Boone was a man:


12 posted on 07/05/2018 5:57:43 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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‘Species identity disorder’ sounds every bit as “real” as ‘gender identity disorder.’ It’s all just a dedicated LARP and total denial of reality.


13 posted on 07/05/2018 5:59:12 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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“entertain my delusions and permit me to indoctrinate your children”


14 posted on 07/05/2018 6:10:29 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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does this go against military dress code which now promotes crossdressing (men in skirts)?


15 posted on 07/05/2018 6:11:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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I know a young person, a female, who is a *furry*.

She is transgendering to male.

She has got to be probably the most messed up person I have ever met.

On the bright side, she so lacks motivation, that she is no threat to anyone at all.


16 posted on 07/05/2018 6:12:26 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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“transpecies are as “real” as transexuals and transracials.”

This is true. To my liberal friends I identify as a female golden retriever named Pickles.


17 posted on 07/05/2018 6:20:24 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
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To: DoodleBob

“Am I the Only one that
follows The Rules?”


18 posted on 07/05/2018 6:22:30 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY)
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>> does this go against military dress code which now promotes crossdressing (men in skirts)?

Weel hae no makin’ fun a’ the Scots here, laddies!


19 posted on 07/05/2018 6:26:05 AM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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It sounds like someone who took their job as the sports team mascot in high school or college a little too seriously.


20 posted on 07/05/2018 6:27:39 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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