Supposedly ‘Family Friendly’ Furry Group Meets at Southern Illinois U.
“For me, it’s kind of escaping the responsibilities that come with being a human adult”
Would you bring your family to a ‘furry’ event? This is nuts.
Campus Reform reports:
Self-proclaimed ‘family friendly’ furry group meets at Southern Illinois University
A student group at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) is offering an outlet for students and members of the broader public who are part of “Furry Fandom.” The organization claims it is “family friendly.”
According to a picture of a poster obtained by Campus Reform, the group–The “Saluki Furry Society”– meets on Wednesday evenings.
“Furries” are those who have a desire to dress up as animals, often as part of a fetish.
“We are a small, family friendly student organization at SIUC for those in the Furry Fandom,” the Saluki Furry Society at SUIC says on its Facebook page.
The university’s Student Multicultural Resource Center provides a more detailed description on its Registered Student Organizations page.
“The purpose of this organization is to provide a safe environment for SIU students and Southern Illinois Community Members to discuss and partake in ‘Furry’ related topics and events,” it says. “All meetings and events affiliated with Saluki Furry Society are treated as LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces.”
Several members of the Saluki Furry Society gave their reasons for attending the group’s meetings, as seen in a 2018 article in The Daily Egyptian, the school’s student-run newspaper,
The society’s founder said he wanted to give the “furry fandom” a home on campus.
“I wanted to do it because I love the furry fandom for what it is,” he said. “I wanted to contribute to the fandom by making a place where members could connect with each other and have a safe place to talk about the fandom.”
Another said she found the group brought her relief from obligations.
“For me, it’s kind of escaping the responsibilities that come with being a human adult,” the student said. “[To] just go out, just have fun for once. Not anyone nagging at you to do this, to do that.”
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When I first read the tagline about escaping responsibilities, I thought that was a salient criticism.
Wow, nope, just someone saying the quiet part out loud with no shame.
I’m not sure furry is categorized properly here either:
“Furries” are those who have a desire to dress up as animals, often as part of a fetish.”
This understates the mental illness aspect of these groups where some people actually identify as the creature they fetishize. I don’t think it’s just dress up for some, and they are not well people.
“When I first read the tagline about escaping responsibilities, I thought that was a salient criticism.
Wow, nope, just someone saying the quiet part out loud with no shame.”
Now do taverns, nightclubs, weed.
Everybody wants to escape. The trick is to get your duties finished first.
The difference in taverns, nightclubs, and weed is that no one claims to change their identity and demand protections against discrimination for those activities.
That’s not the way I remember Prohibition ending.
Come on, do you seriously not know any furries?!
(On the same note, some commenters here sound like they don’t actually know any transsexuals. Some even sound like they don’t know any gay people. Come on, what world do you live in?)
There are some for who it is a sexual fetish but for most it’s not much different than dressing up for SASS, Comicon’s or Civil War reenactments. Something silly to do.
Lots of furries at Comicons.
It’s SIU–we expect that here in Illinois
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