As an ace furry, it is a bit hard sometimes to even chat with non-furs, because of all the stereotype behind furries, I'm lucky I've been able to explain to people that not all stereotypes apply to furries and even that the sex stereotype does apply to some, but not to me.
Yeah, I feel that. You should respect someones/their fursonas sexuality. And then you also have those people who don't realize Abrosexual people exist. (as well as aro, gray s3xual, demisexual, etc, all branches of asexuality) As well as some people forget that some ace people do experience s3xual feelings, some don't, and maybe only do things with someone they feel close to, some can enjoy kink as well, (kink doesn't mean sex) though it varies widely. Asexuality is a spectrum, and its different for everyone. :3 Though I hope most know all this by now. Why can't we all just accept and respect every side of the fandom? :( Of course except the (Redacted) side. You know.. the small portion of psychos who use the fandom to hide them being z00s. Every side except that one lol.
Furries don’t have to be asexual to only be in the fandom for the creative side, the fandom wasn’t even originally supposed to be a sex thing, it ISNT a sex thing, it’s only a small portion who decided to make it like that and now for some reason the fandom is known for that small portion. Which I fucking hate because I’m literally a minor.
It's both, and has been from (close to) the start. Still, I totally understand the frustration, even given my tendency to draw NSFW art from time to time, it does feel a bit oversaturated.
This! I was hanging out in Furcadia around Y2K and it was never a sexual thing for me. Furries have always gotten a bad rap, literally just because other folks don't understand so they label it as perverted. Furre Peace! ❤
I'm an ace furry!! I told a previous school counselor that I am a furry, and she asked "do you watch p***?" I HATE I absolutely HATE when ppl s3xualize furries. Even furries that are allos3xual can still be not interested in furries THAT way
As an ace it's strange to be in queer communities since they are very sex-positive and I hail them on that but I genuinely can't enjoy that so I guess we have to learn how to live together and not piss everyone off
Thank you for putting this into words. I've been trying to engage with queer people in my community, but felt uncomfortable and this makes sense why it may be harder for me to be in that space.
I’m a 34 yo male bisexual furry and I would say I’m very sex positive so while it is very hard for me to relate to how someone couldn’t be into sex, I very much respect it if they are not into it.
Love your personality, lynn, furies don't deserve any hate. They are awesome as they are. They are valid and beautiful. The world needs more open - minded and open hearted people like you. Thank you, Lynn
@lynnsaga1397 neither community deserves hate. Your videos always comfort me. Love your channel and you as a person. I owe you so much. Your videos keep me on this earth
@@lynnsaga1397Well both communities get hate because the many are judged because of the minority of the people that do bad things. Both communities have issues at some level. Just like every community.
OMG thank you for giving this your attention! Of course Ace Furries exist! The Furry community has had to fight SO MUCH discrimination against them for the same reason the LGBT+ community has. Anyone seen as "different" is immediately labeled as a "pervert." Furry community isn't revolved wholly around sex and it never has been. I was a Furry in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and it was just a love of the community and art.
We exist, all right. It fits perfectly with the interest in dragons and axolotls. I'm AAAAAAA myself: Aromantic Asexual Agender Autistic Anarchist Anthro Artist.
As an asexual furry, the amount of weird accusations I get is ridiculous and honestly infuriating. "Oh, you're a furry? So that means you're weird with animals." Like dude... I'm not attracted to anyone, LET ALONE a dog, man.
Im an aroace furry! Since I don’t have a fursuit I can’t really speak on that manner. I reside in the furry art spaces, and there are a lot of ace furries there! I think it’s really nice having a community like that :)
aroace spec furry here!!! love to see a non-furry supporting us frfr!! i personally don't have a suit, so i've never been sexualized but it'd suck if i was
Oh, now this is unexpected... and very welcome. I am an ace (aegosexual) furry. And it has been pretty easy for me to navigate the furry fandom without getting unwanted attention. We might generally as a community be very open and much less secretive about what we like, but that does not mean that furries are any more sexually active than other people. It is just less hidden and less stigmatised. And so far me being ace is respected, everyone I told about it was just cool with it and left me alone. And while I do not own one, I can say with certainty that fursuits are generally not a sex thing. It gets very hot in there, the thick fur dampens the sensation of touch and you run a high risk of ruining a very expensive and delicate thing by getting it dirty. Thank you for this video, it was a heartwarming surprise for me. Much love.
And since people are much more open, it means it's easy to find other ace people as well. :D I also appreciate that the community normalizes other kinds of intimacy and expression, other than just sexual or romantic. Getting the chance to just cuddle with a bunch of people and watch bad movies, or something as nice as a good hug or backrub, I really like that
I'm a bi nonbinary furry! There are so many negative stereotypes, stigmas, and so much misinformation about furries unfortunately. For example, I don't identify as an animal, I know I'm human, not all furries have fursuits (I don't, but I want one), fursuiting is not inherently sexual, that's murrsuiting, being a furry itself is not inherently sexual though for some furries it can be, I don't use litter boxes or unironically make animal noises and act like an animal (other than practicing the exercise called quadrobics), it's not a fetish, and I'm not a child predator, zoophile, or into furry porn and yiff. Woah, that was a lot 😅
Being into furry porn or wearing a fursuit are the only two things on the list that furries do with some regularity, though. The other stuff is mostly moral panic. Especially the litterbox thing, which never happened and was made up to say that giving trans people more rights will lead to stuff like that. Or, if you want to feel bad, it did happen - in some US schools, where litterboxes were prepared as an emergency toilet for kids in case there was a shooting.
Ace furry here. I have sometimes found it hard to interact with furries on certain platforms because of how horny some people are online. Although, to be fair, I haven’t been sexted by anyone. It’s usually a case of I don’t know who to talk to rather than other people making me uncomfortable. But, I've now figured out the places to avoid and general speaking, the mainstream platforms are alright for me. To be fair, I don't mind seeing NSFW images if I happen to stumble across it accidentally but I'd rather not. I think it's just a case that, like every fandom, there's parts of it which won't suit everyone's taste. The overexposure of the sexual stuff came more from non-furs stirring up drama and creating negative reputations for everyone
I hate the stereotype of "omg the furry fandoms a sex thing, I saw some dude who doesn't know what a furry is say it!" It's not a sex thing, and a lots of furries are minors theese days Also fursuits are sweaty as hell and even walking up steirs in one make me die inside 😭😭😭😭
hi I’m aroace and have been a furry for 3 years. I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed uncovering this hidden community in the furry fandom that tends to be ignored. A lot of people believe being a furry is a sex thing, and the existence of us ace furries simply proves that otherwise. I’m so happy at least someone acknowledges us. Thank you for coming here, i hope you see this💛
im a ace furry + a minor and people STILL sexualize me, have wrong judgments and ask weird sexual questions i really don’t get it, bc at the end of the day its a *fandom* like, the way that im “a furry” is bc i think drawing anthropomorphic animals are neat :] and i think that media that has them are neat! :D like, its not that deep, its a interest like any other, people who all like the same concept (like the same way people may like cars or dolls) and yeah, bc of that there will be people that sucked, but i can say that the things that non furry people don’t like are either a very small percentage and or something that the fandom doesn’t support
Same. “I didn’t know ace furrys exist” bro what? Half of us are kids, and a good part just wanna be puppy :3. We are a majority queer community. No hate to her though, she doesn’t do anything wrong. Glad to see shes happy finding ace ppl!
i'm aroace and find it weird when people make flirty comments towards me. also some people have admitted to having the hots for my fursona before and it made me uncomfortable. i been more open about not wanting these comments and thankfully it hasn't happened in years. my interest in the furry community is nonsexual; i just like the character designs.
As an ace furry I appreciate this video so much :D (Well technically i'm an oriented aroace lesbian furry but still fully asexual and I never wan't to do s3x ever + i'm a minor)
I really don't understand why this is so weird to some people. Some furries like the sexual element, and that's fine, some don't, and that's fine, too. It would be like expecting all people who love anime to also be into anime porn.
I was a furry for a while, 2 years I believe. Nothing big, I just drew animals and thought, yeah I fit into this group of people. A year or two ago I slowly started inching away from the fandom, partially due to hate, partially just me not wanting to associate/be associated with the more sexual people and sexual allegations that furries get. As of now I choose not to be called a furry. That same year I also realized I was asexual. I do see furry content here on RUclips a lot and I get pretty sad that that’s in the past and I might never get to express myself like that again, because other people made me want to stop. I don’t want people immediately assuming I love sex just because I draw silly animals, ESPECIALLY since I’m a minor, I started to feel unsafe in the furry community since they were so commonly associated with sexual activity. So much of the furry fandom is like this though which is why this stereotype is projected onto almost the whole community. I hope this video reaches more people so they can understand that furries are just enjoying their hobby and that it is not directly connected to sex in any way.
I'm not ace but I'm a furry and I actually tend to avoid the sexual side of the fandom because that's not my cup of tea 🍵but you do you as long as it's not going to harm anyone or anything
I don’t get why people hate on furries, furry hactivist took a full terabyte off data from Disney ‘cos someone pirated a mod 7:05 exactly the type of point I’m making with a different example
So one thing to keep in mind going forward about the furry fandom is that we're a community based around art. Fursuits are just one avenue that people use to express that artistic side. Most of the furry fandom doesn't have a fursuit due to how expensive they are to buy and maintain. The fandom was born on art and it remains the most important part of it. And even if you don't do anyting artistic, there's still a large welcoming community!
We do exist yes ! XD And as for the fursuit, surprisingly enough, it does the opposite of sensory overload, as it buffers and muffles all external stimulus, touch, vision, auditory and smell and it's like being inside your bubble, but more literally. It can also add a psychological buffer, since you're not, like, you, but the fursuit (even if the char is you). Ya should give it a try just for the heck of it !
Not gonna lie, I'm pretty annoyed that a video like this even had to be made in 2024. I thought the stigma died a while ago, but here we are. I'm also in the ace furry camp myself and like duh it's fun for various different reasons, who WOULDN'T want to visually conceptualize an alter ego of themselves that's also inspired by their favorite animal(s)??
Also no one is really banding on this but I would URGE you to change the thumbnail. Reaction-farming aside, it actually plays INTO the negative stereotypes, and we don't need that right now.
I make my fursuits! I'm also ace! You can buy fursuit heads for like £200 depending on the maker, full fursuits are expensive as hell. I saw a partial fursuit go for 20k once. as a youtuber, i don't really get those kind of comments, if i do, i politely reply saying that it crosses my boundaries and that i'd rather they didn't!
Honestly furries get way too sexualized in the media, i believe it is at most, 5% of the furry population thats into that stuff. As an ace furry (and a minor) myself, its wild to me how many times i get asked by people who know both things if i like the sex stuff too. Like what?? You know im ace, and a minor, but you ask me that solely based on the fact that im a furry? Makes no sense to me. Loved seeing this vid on my recommended! Have a wonderful day/ night :3 (Edits for spelling)
awesome topic! I love Furries! I've recently got into it myself as an Aro Ace Aspie (Asperger Syndrome), i've found out there is quite a good following for this in Australia. I love furries for the artistic point too. The detail on the fursuit and the intricate design of the fursona. Awesome! Thanks Lynn for doing this video.
"Oh YoU'rE a FuRrY? sO yOu HaVe S*X iN aN aNiMaL cOsTuMe?"- words that have been said WAY too many times to me AS A MINOR. Which is even worse given that every time was in person, so EVERY TIME THEY SAID IT WITH THE CLEAR KNOWALGE THAT I AM A MINOR. I can only imagine how bad it is being asexual and being asked that, like dear god even if someone does (which is WAY rarer that people think) how is it your business?? I fell so bad for asexual furries who are thought to be z**s, p*dos, or mursuiters (ppl that do it in suit) just because ppl cant get their info right >:/ also on a lighter note lol I have watched an interview where at one point the dude asked "the question" to the fursuiters, and the one guy just looked at him and was like "I don't know why it appeals to some ppl, because all I can imagine that feeling like is 'doing it' wearing a big sweaty couch the whole time, like that can't be enjoyable at all" 😭 and in ANOTHER interview, one of the fursuiters actually had done it once before just to try it, and she said she hated it. She said it was so uncomfortable, and her and her boyfriend both agreed to never do it ever again lol
I think its funny how heavy of an asexual presence there is in the furry fandom, considering the stereotypes. I've been on the major furry discord servers and it seems like at least 25% of the members, self included, are ace
as an asexual/aromantic who would count as a furry (I'm more easily attached to animal characters, and i literally have several fursonas) i usually dont tend to call myself one (though don't mind if others do) because of the stereotype of the community being inherently sexual, and the emphasis on that content within the fandom, i think consenting adults can do what they want, but it personally gives me discomfort to be in highly sexual or suggestive space/communities, even if that's not the focus of the parts i interact with, i do appreciate that there are people like me who are able to call themselves furries because they dont have that uncomfortable association lingering in their mind all the time :)
A full fur suit (body suit, tail, paws, feet paws, head) made by a creator is around 3k. It gets cheaper the less you buy, but still a few hundred dollars
fursuiting isnt sexual, there are murrsuiters who are consenting adults but most people in the furry fandom are there for the funky costumes and the community as a whole, what people dont realise is that there is an nsfw side to every fandom/community also thank you for being so kind to us furs! coming from a bi/ace furry :D
Ace Demisexual furry here!! I've been subbed to you for months, but somehow I'm only just NOW seeing this video!! Ace+Furry content is fuel for my soul! I haven't really had any negative interaction in the fandom when it comes to asexuality. The most I've expierenced is briefly dealing with random people with no boundries sliding into my dms tryin' to get somthin'somethin, but that feels more so just a complication of socializing online in general. The fandom itself is a pretty open, accepting and very queer space, and the most discrimination I've seen that's been aimed toward furries come from those outside of the community. But obviously, furries are human too and are just as capable of being shitty to people in their own community. I got into the fandom when I was 16, (24 now), and despite there being quite a lot of spicy furry content out there, (and often the first thing new furries discover in the fandom), I never felt pressured to be a part of it or pretend to be into something that I wasn't, even before I discovered that I was on the ace spectrum. If anything, I feel like I've faced more pressure OUTSIDE of the communtity then I ever did being IN the fandom, which is kinda hilarious, considering so many normies assoicate furries with sex, and yet, no furry has gotten on my case about not being allo. I'm very comfortably out of closet in online spaces now, and I was beyond thriled to find out there's a larger ace presence among furries then I thought !! Love seein' all the ace peeps in these comments fr !! 💜🖤🤍
Do you remember who the TikToker was that posted that clip from the intro? It's hilarious and I want to send it off to a few friends that will identify and he a laugh out of it
I’m an asexual furry, and it really surprised me to see this video pop up in my recommended. After all, furries are just normal people who do a bit of dress up on the side, so of course all kinds of people are in the fandom, including ace/aro’s! I’m super pleased with how respectful and kind you are about furries too, you’ve earned a new subscriber!
Ace furries are great, my friend is an ace furry and they're a lovely person. Massive support to all the ace furries out there. Sometimes F is just for floof (and nothing else) lol.
As someone who's aro and ace I have a lot I COULD talk about but I'd rather not type a whole book so I'll keep it short I have had the problem with someone dating you and thinking you will change at some point. Like best case I can say is with my ex bf (btw I'm like around 90 to 99% aro and ace so sometimes in fine with all that). I met him on vrchat he didn't live in the same country so as ever with a vrc relationship we did ERP like 20 so times but when I got with my ex trans gf I just couldn't I tried hyping myself up a bunch of other things but just never could try it with her I think it's cuz I only am interested if I know the person I'm doing it with will be happy about it like my ex bf had phantom touch and pleasure so I liked it since he was always happy and loved it when my gf didn't have any phantom sense at all I think that's why and like I've ERP'ed with people who I weren't with but if you look back all of them had phantom sense touch or pleasure so that's my story on the subject I've only been with them since I can't find anyone where I live who likes me since I have a good amount of social anxiety so I don't interact with alot of people let alone find someone who's a furry so maybe in-person I'd be fine with it but at the moment I do do it just not alot
"Asexual Furries On TikTok Was Not On My 2024 Bingo Card" I know you say that it's not, but the title and thumbnail present the concept of Ace furries being this crazy phenomenon that just started happening in 2024, which is kinda iffy.
I agree.. + the thumbnail choice... It's kind of annoying, because so many people at a glance are just going to assume the stereotypes must be true at least somewhat.
6:47 Ask and you shall receive! So, I'm an oddball as far as ace furries go. I don't have any interest in sex (and as far as I can tell I'm mostly aromantic), but as some may be able to tell from how I present myself online that I have 'interests' relating to sexual excitement. This can be a bit of a challenge when interacting with others in specific circles, but I do make sure people understand I've got boundaries that can't be crossed. Often times, it's as simple as saying "I may have certain interests, that doesn't mean I want sex." This has led to me kindly declining advances in the past, and I'm thankful no one has been nasty to me about being ace. Even if someone decided to be a jerk, I'd just disregard and carry on. I'm not going to let a sour individual diminish my fun! Do take care, Lynn. Thank you for being kind to both ace and furry folks :D
I’m going to be fully honest I clicked on this video expecting a furry hater who thought all furries want to do is have sex in thousand dollar carpets who rejected the idea of asexual furries even existing. That I could get a good laugh out of for being misinformed and then go about my day. I was so pleasantly surprised as a furry on the asexual spectrum I loved every second of this video. Just how nice and respectful you were. The way you don’t make any assumptions and acknowledge that maybe you are wrong about a couple things because you don’t know that much about furry culture. I really made my day.
hi! im an ace furry who makes fursuits and kink gear full-time. Ace furries are more common than you might think, and ace kinksters are my primary demographic. One of the nicest things about fursuits is you can have sensual, tactile, intimate experiences that specifically don't involve genitals
As an asexual furry, I'm SO GLAD that this video exists and addresses the HORRIBLE yiffy stereotypes, among other things. Thankfully, I haven't had anyone accuse me of liking sex and/or yiff, nor has anyone written creepy comments on my fursona🤢, but this video made me realize how others have been less fortunate, which is disgusting! But even then, the education is important, and I'm SO GLAD that more and more ace furry representation is being made!
I am also an ace furry! It’s really not that bad! The actual hard part is the fact that I am just a furry, I never tell people irl that I’m a furry because it has such a negative connotation because of its limited sexual side. People actually think furrys are TERRIBLE people, I’ve had people say that to my face before not knowing I was one, it’s wild to say the least
1:15 some fursuits can be cheaper like making your own or using a dino mask. I have 2 dino masks and together they only costed around $70, making your own with foam and fur (possibly other materials) could cost $100-500
I would absolutely love to have a furry suit, but between not wanting to be too hot inside of a hot suit in Texas and not being able to afford a suit I have to stick to wearing ears and tails.
Hey if you could link to the people's tiktok in the description that'd be great! Only say because it's the only thing that actually increases traffic to the OC. Thanks, love your vids
Im very selective about which groups i interact with in the furry space (or any space for that matter) so i havent had too much issue as an acearo dealing with them crossing bound. Most of the other furrys i do deal with are pretty chill. And we joke around and stuff but try not to push eachothers boundrys and appologize when we do acidentally do. We try not to make a big scean of it and will step to the side like "yo that last bit made a bit uncomfortable. So yeah heads up for next time" because we are all adults and can communicate with eachother. Good times. But i do have the issue of some "normies" learning im furry and def pushing boundrys because i ocasionally wear my ear hoodies or hats. I swear if i hear one more damn rabbit innuendo whyle wearing my rabbit hat... And i try to keep my cool about it and be like "yeah no. Can you not. Im not into that kind of stuff" and sometimes they just laugh akawardly and shuffle off but...iv had a few times where they press harder. Its...very uncomfortable QnQ I always appreciate it when furrys gamers normies or whatever group im interacting with actually chill put and are willing to listen and accept what i am UwU because whyle im what i am i can and will make jokes with you of that nature once i get the feel that the bounds wont be pushed
Just because I'm a furry that's in the creative side of the fandom doesn't mean I'm ace - I mean, I am ace, but that's not why I'm in the creative side of the fandom!
I'm under the ace umbrella; I'm demi and a furry. Personally, I'm sensitive to heat, so the idea of wearing a suit while doing "that" sounds like an awful time. I struggle to wear only my partial suit. Plus, suits are so expensive!
Really, there are very very few who get "extracurricular" in those suits. Waaay too expensive to risk damage. To be honest, a lot of curries I know are Ace of Demi
Huh, as an ace furry myself (also identifying as demiromantic), it never really occurred to me that people didn't know that we exist. I feel like a majority of the community isn't necessarily as obsessed with sex as the media seems to think it is. I haven't really seen much problem with being able to enjoy the furry community, and still not interact with anything like that. That is but a small part of what some people enjoy about the fandom, so there's plenty to enjoy outside of it.
The furry fandom is honestly pretty cool because even if you are confidently ace/aro, you can still make meaningful friendships and use the concept of fursonas to explore your masculinity/femininity/nb, etc. without the sexual element and in a healthy environment.
It's funny how no matter how much you learn about the community there's still areas you never knew about! :D Go furries! Lynn fursona when xD Probably a wolf
aromantic genderfluid sloth here, dropping a comment for the algo boost OwO edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I just noticed the nonbinary bee in the background! EnBeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~
As an ace furry, it is a bit hard sometimes to even chat with non-furs, because of all the stereotype behind furries, I'm lucky I've been able to explain to people that not all stereotypes apply to furries and even that the sex stereotype does apply to some, but not to me.
the stereotypes are absolutely brutal
Yeah, I feel that. You should respect someones/their fursonas sexuality. And then you also have those people who don't realize Abrosexual people exist. (as well as aro, gray s3xual, demisexual, etc, all branches of asexuality) As well as some people forget that some ace people do experience s3xual feelings, some don't, and maybe only do things with someone they feel close to, some can enjoy kink as well, (kink doesn't mean sex) though it varies widely. Asexuality is a spectrum, and its different for everyone. :3 Though I hope most know all this by now. Why can't we all just accept and respect every side of the fandom? :( Of course except the (Redacted) side. You know.. the small portion of psychos who use the fandom to hide them being z00s. Every side except that one lol.
I'm happy I'm not alone in this. Being here in New Zealand, where everything is behind about stereotypes and everything. Its so tiring.
Furries don’t have to be asexual to only be in the fandom for the creative side, the fandom wasn’t even originally supposed to be a sex thing, it ISNT a sex thing, it’s only a small portion who decided to make it like that and now for some reason the fandom is known for that small portion. Which I fucking hate because I’m literally a minor.
Agreed 👍🏽✨
What even is a furry? People who like to dress up as animals?
Adults like to do adult things. That’s why children have a different part of the community.
It's both, and has been from (close to) the start. Still, I totally understand the frustration, even given my tendency to draw NSFW art from time to time, it does feel a bit oversaturated.
This! I was hanging out in Furcadia around Y2K and it was never a sexual thing for me. Furries have always gotten a bad rap, literally just because other folks don't understand so they label it as perverted. Furre Peace! ❤
I'm an ace furry!! I told a previous school counselor that I am a furry, and she asked "do you watch p***?"
I HATE I absolutely HATE when ppl s3xualize furries. Even furries that are allos3xual can still be not interested in furries THAT way
Also, so many non-furs watch p*** and they don't get the same hate. Suddenly a furry does something that non-furs do constantly and it's an issue.
@@Keldinosaurs exactly!
Wait, a school counselor??? That's just fucking wrong for a counselor to ask a child, yuck 🤢. I'm sorry you had a counselor be weird and nasty to you.
@@Jaspy_Jaspy yes i thought the same thing, why would she ask
As an ace it's strange to be in queer communities since they are very sex-positive and I hail them on that but I genuinely can't enjoy that so I guess we have to learn how to live together and not piss everyone off
Thank you for putting this into words. I've been trying to engage with queer people in my community, but felt uncomfortable and this makes sense why it may be harder for me to be in that space.
I’m a 34 yo male bisexual furry and I would say I’m very sex positive so while it is very hard for me to relate to how someone couldn’t be into sex, I very much respect it if they are not into it.
Love your personality, lynn, furies don't deserve any hate. They are awesome as they are. They are valid and beautiful. The world needs more open - minded and open hearted people like you. Thank you, Lynn
awww thank you so much!!! I really don't understand why either of our communities get hate
@lynnsaga1397 neither community deserves hate. Your videos always comfort me. Love your channel and you as a person. I owe you so much. Your videos keep me on this earth
As aces we already get enough hate. This is the last thing we need.
@facthunt2facthunt245 agree completely, iam the only ace in my hetro family
@@lynnsaga1397Well both communities get hate because the many are judged because of the minority of the people that do bad things. Both communities have issues at some level. Just like every community.
OMG thank you for giving this your attention! Of course Ace Furries exist! The Furry community has had to fight SO MUCH discrimination against them for the same reason the LGBT+ community has. Anyone seen as "different" is immediately labeled as a "pervert." Furry community isn't revolved wholly around sex and it never has been. I was a Furry in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and it was just a love of the community and art.
We exist, all right. It fits perfectly with the interest in dragons and axolotls. I'm AAAAAAA myself: Aromantic Asexual Agender Autistic Anarchist Anthro Artist.
Absolutely amazing acronym.
AAA
DRAGONS AND AXOLOTLS 🗣🗣🗣‼‼
The acronym XD
so true, I personally am an AAAAA battery (ADHD Aromantic Asexual Anthro Artist)
Do I have an A in Arts class to join? I am an Ace who loves dragons myself.
aroace furry here :D
also, i wasn't expecting you to make this video either, but it's a nice surprise :D
I have thought about it for the last like month and was like todays the day!
hello fellow aroace furry
I am also an aroace furry
Asexual vtuber here, nice to see the furries are having fun
They definitely are!
Im not ace but im literally a child! Its not even meant to be a sexual thing and im simply a kid who wants to cosplay.
How I don't get sexualized as an ace furry:
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I don't have a fursuit >:3 >:3 LOOOOOOOL >:3
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TwT i do want one tho
Relatable 😭❤️
As an asexual furry, the amount of weird accusations I get is ridiculous and honestly infuriating. "Oh, you're a furry? So that means you're weird with animals." Like dude... I'm not attracted to anyone, LET ALONE a dog, man.
Im an aroace furry! Since I don’t have a fursuit I can’t really speak on that manner. I reside in the furry art spaces, and there are a lot of ace furries there! I think it’s really nice having a community like that :)
I remember telling one of my friends I’m a furry and he went “but you’re ace?”
And then we had a very long conversation lol
As an aroace furry, I avoid these comments by not telling people I'm a furry
And by being too broke to afford a fursuit
aroace spec furry here!!! love to see a non-furry supporting us frfr!! i personally don't have a suit, so i've never been sexualized but it'd suck if i was
Oh, now this is unexpected... and very welcome.
I am an ace (aegosexual) furry. And it has been pretty easy for me to navigate the furry fandom without getting unwanted attention. We might generally as a community be very open and much less secretive about what we like, but that does not mean that furries are any more sexually active than other people. It is just less hidden and less stigmatised. And so far me being ace is respected, everyone I told about it was just cool with it and left me alone.
And while I do not own one, I can say with certainty that fursuits are generally not a sex thing. It gets very hot in there, the thick fur dampens the sensation of touch and you run a high risk of ruining a very expensive and delicate thing by getting it dirty.
Thank you for this video, it was a heartwarming surprise for me. Much love.
And since people are much more open, it means it's easy to find other ace people as well. :D
I also appreciate that the community normalizes other kinds of intimacy and expression, other than just sexual or romantic.
Getting the chance to just cuddle with a bunch of people and watch bad movies, or something as nice as a good hug or backrub, I really like that
I'm a bi nonbinary furry! There are so many negative stereotypes, stigmas, and so much misinformation about furries unfortunately.
For example, I don't identify as an animal, I know I'm human, not all furries have fursuits (I don't, but I want one), fursuiting is not inherently sexual, that's murrsuiting, being a furry itself is not inherently sexual though for some furries it can be, I don't use litter boxes or unironically make animal noises and act like an animal (other than practicing the exercise called quadrobics), it's not a fetish, and I'm not a child predator, zoophile, or into furry porn and yiff. Woah, that was a lot 😅
Being into furry porn or wearing a fursuit are the only two things on the list that furries do with some regularity, though. The other stuff is mostly moral panic. Especially the litterbox thing, which never happened and was made up to say that giving trans people more rights will lead to stuff like that. Or, if you want to feel bad, it did happen - in some US schools, where litterboxes were prepared as an emergency toilet for kids in case there was a shooting.
Wait people still think being a furry is sexual? Damn the more you learn 😨
Ace furry here. I have sometimes found it hard to interact with furries on certain platforms because of how horny some people are online. Although, to be fair, I haven’t been sexted by anyone. It’s usually a case of I don’t know who to talk to rather than other people making me uncomfortable. But, I've now figured out the places to avoid and general speaking, the mainstream platforms are alright for me. To be fair, I don't mind seeing NSFW images if I happen to stumble across it accidentally but I'd rather not. I think it's just a case that, like every fandom, there's parts of it which won't suit everyone's taste. The overexposure of the sexual stuff came more from non-furs stirring up drama and creating negative reputations for everyone
I hate the stereotype of "omg the furry fandoms a sex thing, I saw some dude who doesn't know what a furry is say it!"
It's not a sex thing, and a lots of furries are minors theese days
Also fursuits are sweaty as hell and even walking up steirs in one make me die inside 😭😭😭😭
I’m an Ace furry and thanks for diving into this topic it was honestly a surprise that you did X3
hi I’m aroace and have been a furry for 3 years. I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed uncovering this hidden community in the furry fandom that tends to be ignored.
A lot of people believe being a furry is a sex thing, and the existence of us ace furries simply proves that otherwise. I’m so happy at least someone acknowledges us. Thank you for coming here, i hope you see this💛
Ace furry here!
It’s sad that the community has such a bad reputation and I backed off from the fandom for years due to this.
ace furries are underrepresented imo ty for this vid! -an ace furry
im a ace furry + a minor and people STILL sexualize me, have wrong judgments and ask weird sexual questions
i really don’t get it, bc at the end of the day its a *fandom*
like, the way that im “a furry” is bc i think drawing anthropomorphic animals are neat :] and i think that media that has them are neat! :D
like, its not that deep, its a interest like any other, people who all like the same concept (like the same way people may like cars or dolls)
and yeah, bc of that there will be people that sucked, but i can say that the things that non furry people don’t like are either a very small percentage and or something that the fandom doesn’t support
I’m sorry this is kinda confusing??? The furry community is not a sexual thing, there are sexual sides to it but there is to literally EVERY fandom
Same. “I didn’t know ace furrys exist” bro what? Half of us are kids, and a good part just wanna be puppy :3. We are a majority queer community. No hate to her though, she doesn’t do anything wrong. Glad to see shes happy finding ace ppl!
i'm aroace and find it weird when people make flirty comments towards me. also some people have admitted to having the hots for my fursona before and it made me uncomfortable. i been more open about not wanting these comments and thankfully it hasn't happened in years. my interest in the furry community is nonsexual; i just like the character designs.
As a Asexual furry I hate it when people tell you to grow up and you will eventually do it, or when people call Asexual furries fake
👁️👄👁️
Hello, ace furry here. Yes we exist.
hi! I’m an aroace furry :) glad to see someone spreading that some of us would rather not deal with relationship stuff :D
As an ace furry I appreciate this video so much :D (Well technically i'm an oriented aroace lesbian furry but still fully asexual and I never wan't to do s3x ever + i'm a minor)
I really don't understand why this is so weird to some people. Some furries like the sexual element, and that's fine, some don't, and that's fine, too. It would be like expecting all people who love anime to also be into anime porn.
I love this. I have a friend who insists that furries are innately sexual, so this is so gratifying to hear.
I’m an ace furry, but I’m a minor so I don’t get those comments yet (luckily).
I was a furry for a while, 2 years I believe. Nothing big, I just drew animals and thought, yeah I fit into this group of people. A year or two ago I slowly started inching away from the fandom, partially due to hate, partially just me not wanting to associate/be associated with the more sexual people and sexual allegations that furries get. As of now I choose not to be called a furry. That same year I also realized I was asexual. I do see furry content here on RUclips a lot and I get pretty sad that that’s in the past and I might never get to express myself like that again, because other people made me want to stop. I don’t want people immediately assuming I love sex just because I draw silly animals, ESPECIALLY since I’m a minor, I started to feel unsafe in the furry community since they were so commonly associated with sexual activity. So much of the furry fandom is like this though which is why this stereotype is projected onto almost the whole community. I hope this video reaches more people so they can understand that furries are just enjoying their hobby and that it is not directly connected to sex in any way.
I'm not ace but I'm a furry and I actually tend to avoid the sexual side of the fandom because that's not my cup of tea 🍵but you do you as long as it's not going to harm anyone or anything
Apothi furry here. It's so hard being in a fandom that's very sexual 😭
Tysm for not tolerating furry and ace hate here
I don’t get why people hate on furries, furry hactivist took a full terabyte off data from Disney ‘cos someone pirated a mod
7:05 exactly the type of point I’m making with a different example
the furry fandom isn't about that form of attraction
im an ace furry and have been in the fandom for years now
i know what this is by heart
So one thing to keep in mind going forward about the furry fandom is that we're a community based around art. Fursuits are just one avenue that people use to express that artistic side. Most of the furry fandom doesn't have a fursuit due to how expensive they are to buy and maintain. The fandom was born on art and it remains the most important part of it. And even if you don't do anyting artistic, there's still a large welcoming community!
We do exist yes ! XD
And as for the fursuit, surprisingly enough, it does the opposite of sensory overload, as it buffers and muffles all external stimulus, touch, vision, auditory and smell and it's like being inside your bubble, but more literally. It can also add a psychological buffer, since you're not, like, you, but the fursuit (even if the char is you). Ya should give it a try just for the heck of it !
Not gonna lie, I'm pretty annoyed that a video like this even had to be made in 2024. I thought the stigma died a while ago, but here we are. I'm also in the ace furry camp myself and like duh it's fun for various different reasons, who WOULDN'T want to visually conceptualize an alter ego of themselves that's also inspired by their favorite animal(s)??
Also no one is really banding on this but I would URGE you to change the thumbnail. Reaction-farming aside, it actually plays INTO the negative stereotypes, and we don't need that right now.
I make my fursuits! I'm also ace! You can buy fursuit heads for like £200 depending on the maker, full fursuits are expensive as hell. I saw a partial fursuit go for 20k once. as a youtuber, i don't really get those kind of comments, if i do, i politely reply saying that it crosses my boundaries and that i'd rather they didn't!
Honestly furries get way too sexualized in the media, i believe it is at most, 5% of the furry population thats into that stuff. As an ace furry (and a minor) myself, its wild to me how many times i get asked by people who know both things if i like the sex stuff too. Like what?? You know im ace, and a minor, but you ask me that solely based on the fact that im a furry? Makes no sense to me.
Loved seeing this vid on my recommended! Have a wonderful day/ night :3
(Edits for spelling)
awesome topic! I love Furries! I've recently got into it myself as an Aro Ace Aspie (Asperger Syndrome), i've found out there is quite a good following for this in Australia. I love furries for the artistic point too. The detail on the fursuit and the intricate design of the fursona. Awesome! Thanks Lynn for doing this video.
"Oh YoU'rE a FuRrY? sO yOu HaVe S*X iN aN aNiMaL cOsTuMe?"- words that have been said WAY too many times to me AS A MINOR. Which is even worse given that every time was in person, so EVERY TIME THEY SAID IT WITH THE CLEAR KNOWALGE THAT I AM A MINOR. I can only imagine how bad it is being asexual and being asked that, like dear god even if someone does (which is WAY rarer that people think) how is it your business?? I fell so bad for asexual furries who are thought to be z**s, p*dos, or mursuiters (ppl that do it in suit) just because ppl cant get their info right >:/
also on a lighter note lol I have watched an interview where at one point the dude asked "the question" to the fursuiters, and the one guy just looked at him and was like "I don't know why it appeals to some ppl, because all I can imagine that feeling like is 'doing it' wearing a big sweaty couch the whole time, like that can't be enjoyable at all" 😭
and in ANOTHER interview, one of the fursuiters actually had done it once before just to try it, and she said she hated it. She said it was so uncomfortable, and her and her boyfriend both agreed to never do it ever again lol
Yes!!! Aroace protogen here!
We exist and we all love our fandom
I also love that i have a "get out of jail free card" for any sexual stigma about is
Protogen~?
@@Roadent1241 beep boop
@@Pyxel6 Oooh, it's a robot thing?
Sorry, I was asking what Protogen was if it wasn't clear.
@@Roadent1241 yes! Its a robot furry species like the one in my pfp
You should search the they are super interesting
Like a robot fluffy raptor, basically :D
I think its funny how heavy of an asexual presence there is in the furry fandom, considering the stereotypes. I've been on the major furry discord servers and it seems like at least 25% of the members, self included, are ace
"WhAt asExUaL fuRS, tHAts fAkE"
I'll get the spray bottles.
as an asexual/aromantic who would count as a furry (I'm more easily attached to animal characters, and i literally have several fursonas) i usually dont tend to call myself one (though don't mind if others do) because of the stereotype of the community being inherently sexual, and the emphasis on that content within the fandom, i think consenting adults can do what they want, but it personally gives me discomfort to be in highly sexual or suggestive space/communities, even if that's not the focus of the parts i interact with, i do appreciate that there are people like me who are able to call themselves furries because they dont have that uncomfortable association lingering in their mind all the time :)
A full fur suit (body suit, tail, paws, feet paws, head) made by a creator is around 3k. It gets cheaper the less you buy, but still a few hundred dollars
The gray furry with the bow though, her costume is so freaking cute!
fursuiting isnt sexual, there are murrsuiters who are consenting adults but most people in the furry fandom are there for the funky costumes and the community as a whole, what people dont realise is that there is an nsfw side to every fandom/community
also thank you for being so kind to us furs! coming from a bi/ace furry :D
Ace Demisexual furry here!! I've been subbed to you for months, but somehow I'm only just NOW seeing this video!! Ace+Furry content is fuel for my soul!
I haven't really had any negative interaction in the fandom when it comes to asexuality. The most I've expierenced is briefly dealing with random people with no boundries sliding into my dms tryin' to get somthin'somethin, but that feels more so just a complication of socializing online in general.
The fandom itself is a pretty open, accepting and very queer space, and the most discrimination I've seen that's been aimed toward furries come from those outside of the community. But obviously, furries are human too and are just as capable of being shitty to people in their own community.
I got into the fandom when I was 16, (24 now), and despite there being quite a lot of spicy furry content out there, (and often the first thing new furries discover in the fandom), I never felt pressured to be a part of it or pretend to be into something that I wasn't, even before I discovered that I was on the ace spectrum. If anything, I feel like I've faced more pressure OUTSIDE of the communtity then I ever did being IN the fandom, which is kinda hilarious, considering so many normies assoicate furries with sex, and yet, no furry has gotten on my case about not being allo.
I'm very comfortably out of closet in online spaces now, and I was beyond thriled to find out there's a larger ace presence among furries then I thought !! Love seein' all the ace peeps in these comments fr !! 💜🖤🤍
I'm a demisexual (closeted) cosplayer. My Sailor Scout outfit was custom sewn and only a couple hundred USD. Much more affordable!
5:00 as a demi, the chances of me connecting to that person just wend to a negative level.
NopeNopeNopeNope.
Do you remember who the TikToker was that posted that clip from the intro? It's hilarious and I want to send it off to a few friends that will identify and he a laugh out of it
Yes their name on tiktok is @miles_saber
@@lynnsaga1397 Much thanks :-)
I’m an asexual furry, and it really surprised me to see this video pop up in my recommended. After all, furries are just normal people who do a bit of dress up on the side, so of course all kinds of people are in the fandom, including ace/aro’s! I’m super pleased with how respectful and kind you are about furries too, you’ve earned a new subscriber!
Ace furries are great, my friend is an ace furry and they're a lovely person. Massive support to all the ace furries out there. Sometimes F is just for floof (and nothing else) lol.
I'm on the Ace spectrum and I'm a furry! So this recognition is super awesome, because a lot of the time, I feel sort of out of place in our fandom.
As someone who's aro and ace I have a lot I COULD talk about but I'd rather not type a whole book so I'll keep it short
I have had the problem with someone dating you and thinking you will change at some point. Like best case I can say is with my ex bf (btw I'm like around 90 to 99% aro and ace so sometimes in fine with all that). I met him on vrchat he didn't live in the same country so as ever with a vrc relationship we did ERP like 20 so times but when I got with my ex trans gf I just couldn't I tried hyping myself up a bunch of other things but just never could try it with her I think it's cuz I only am interested if I know the person I'm doing it with will be happy about it like my ex bf had phantom touch and pleasure so I liked it since he was always happy and loved it when my gf didn't have any phantom sense at all I think that's why and like I've ERP'ed with people who I weren't with but if you look back all of them had phantom sense touch or pleasure so that's my story on the subject I've only been with them since I can't find anyone where I live who likes me since I have a good amount of social anxiety so I don't interact with alot of people let alone find someone who's a furry so maybe in-person I'd be fine with it but at the moment I do do it just not alot
as a furry it’s just genuinely hard to be sexualized (i’m also a minor) and i’m not even ace, it’s so stupid
I love seeing ace representation in the furry community!
"Asexual Furries On TikTok Was Not On My 2024 Bingo Card" I know you say that it's not, but the title and thumbnail present the concept of Ace furries being this crazy phenomenon that just started happening in 2024, which is kinda iffy.
Yeah they've been around for a loooooooong time! ❤
I can speak, as I've been both for a good few years now
I agree.. + the thumbnail choice... It's kind of annoying, because so many people at a glance are just going to assume the stereotypes must be true at least somewhat.
as an ace furry i can relate
6:47 Ask and you shall receive! So, I'm an oddball as far as ace furries go. I don't have any interest in sex (and as far as I can tell I'm mostly aromantic), but as some may be able to tell from how I present myself online that I have 'interests' relating to sexual excitement.
This can be a bit of a challenge when interacting with others in specific circles, but I do make sure people understand I've got boundaries that can't be crossed. Often times, it's as simple as saying "I may have certain interests, that doesn't mean I want sex." This has led to me kindly declining advances in the past, and I'm thankful no one has been nasty to me about being ace. Even if someone decided to be a jerk, I'd just disregard and carry on. I'm not going to let a sour individual diminish my fun!
Do take care, Lynn. Thank you for being kind to both ace and furry folks :D
I'm an asexual furry and honestly, it does get annoying when people think I like sex, when it's like no I don't, I never have nor will I ever.
I’m going to be fully honest I clicked on this video expecting a furry hater who thought all furries want to do is have sex in thousand dollar carpets who rejected the idea of asexual furries even existing. That I could get a good laugh out of for being misinformed and then go about my day. I was so pleasantly surprised as a furry on the asexual spectrum I loved every second of this video. Just how nice and respectful you were. The way you don’t make any assumptions and acknowledge that maybe you are wrong about a couple things because you don’t know that much about furry culture. I really made my day.
i thought it was known that asexual furries exist but apparently not
I guess in the community we always knew, but outsiders are just realizing it now. Yay publicity!
Im a Aro/Ace-spec furry and my fiancé is a straight furry. 🫶
Ace furry there I was not expecting you to do this vid
But it was petty good good to know somebody supports and knows it’s not just a s3x thing
:3👍🏻
I'm actually very thankful for ace furries because they help kill the myth that being a furry is a kink
hi! im an ace furry who makes fursuits and kink gear full-time. Ace furries are more common than you might think, and ace kinksters are my primary demographic. One of the nicest things about fursuits is you can have sensual, tactile, intimate experiences that specifically don't involve genitals
As an asexual furry, I'm SO GLAD that this video exists and addresses the HORRIBLE yiffy stereotypes, among other things. Thankfully, I haven't had anyone accuse me of liking sex and/or yiff, nor has anyone written creepy comments on my fursona🤢, but this video made me realize how others have been less fortunate, which is disgusting! But even then, the education is important, and I'm SO GLAD that more and more ace furry representation is being made!
6:38 - that’s a weird dichotomy I never really thought about because usually it’s one or the other, never in the same breath that I’ve noticed.
I’m really confused, how would you not know that there are ace furries? Aces aren’t that rare?? There are thousands of furries??
I am also an ace furry! It’s really not that bad! The actual hard part is the fact that I am just a furry, I never tell people irl that I’m a furry because it has such a negative connotation because of its limited sexual side. People actually think furrys are TERRIBLE people, I’ve had people say that to my face before not knowing I was one, it’s wild to say the least
1:15 some fursuits can be cheaper like making your own or using a dino mask. I have 2 dino masks and together they only costed around $70, making your own with foam and fur (possibly other materials) could cost $100-500
I’m an aroace furry! (Asexual and aromantic) and I’m happy to see non-furrys supporting us!! :3
I would absolutely love to have a furry suit, but between not wanting to be too hot inside of a hot suit in Texas and not being able to afford a suit I have to stick to wearing ears and tails.
Ace furry here! I don’t own a fursuit and I have never gotten a comment like that. I think that this video was awesome!
Hey if you could link to the people's tiktok in the description that'd be great! Only say because it's the only thing that actually increases traffic to the OC. Thanks, love your vids
Im very selective about which groups i interact with in the furry space (or any space for that matter) so i havent had too much issue as an acearo dealing with them crossing bound. Most of the other furrys i do deal with are pretty chill. And we joke around and stuff but try not to push eachothers boundrys and appologize when we do acidentally do. We try not to make a big scean of it and will step to the side like "yo that last bit made a bit uncomfortable. So yeah heads up for next time" because we are all adults and can communicate with eachother. Good times.
But i do have the issue of some "normies" learning im furry and def pushing boundrys because i ocasionally wear my ear hoodies or hats. I swear if i hear one more damn rabbit innuendo whyle wearing my rabbit hat... And i try to keep my cool about it and be like "yeah no. Can you not. Im not into that kind of stuff" and sometimes they just laugh akawardly and shuffle off but...iv had a few times where they press harder. Its...very uncomfortable QnQ
I always appreciate it when furrys gamers normies or whatever group im interacting with actually chill put and are willing to listen and accept what i am UwU because whyle im what i am i can and will make jokes with you of that nature once i get the feel that the bounds wont be pushed
Im a furry and you can make a fursuit for cheaper! I personally just like the head and paws tho hope this helps 😌
Just because I'm a furry that's in the creative side of the fandom doesn't mean I'm ace - I mean, I am ace, but that's not why I'm in the creative side of the fandom!
I'm under the ace umbrella; I'm demi and a furry. Personally, I'm sensitive to heat, so the idea of wearing a suit while doing "that" sounds like an awful time. I struggle to wear only my partial suit. Plus, suits are so expensive!
As a asexual furry, I have a fursuit and yes it’s hot
even aside from sex, there are other sensory reasons for liking furries.
like yeah, of course i’d want to cuddle in people’s fur
Really, there are very very few who get "extracurricular" in those suits. Waaay too expensive to risk damage. To be honest, a lot of curries I know are Ace of Demi
Autocorrect hates me
My daughter is ace and I have a heartsib who is a furry.
As an ace furry this is realy good rep :)
love that the first one uses Domino
It appears you have found your Ace furry viewers lol
Huh, as an ace furry myself (also identifying as demiromantic), it never really occurred to me that people didn't know that we exist. I feel like a majority of the community isn't necessarily as obsessed with sex as the media seems to think it is. I haven't really seen much problem with being able to enjoy the furry community, and still not interact with anything like that. That is but a small part of what some people enjoy about the fandom, so there's plenty to enjoy outside of it.
ace furry here, love the video!!
The furry fandom is honestly pretty cool because even if you are confidently ace/aro, you can still make meaningful friendships and use the concept of fursonas to explore your masculinity/femininity/nb, etc. without the sexual element and in a healthy environment.
It's funny how no matter how much you learn about the community there's still areas you never knew about! :D Go furries!
Lynn fursona when xD Probably a wolf
aromantic genderfluid sloth here, dropping a comment for the algo boost OwO
edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I just noticed the nonbinary bee in the background! EnBeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~