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To my fellow transfurs: are your fursonas also transgender? (pawb.social)
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I've seen many people do this. I've seen fursonas with top surgery scars or bottoms reflecting the ones the authors have. Of course, it's nice to have our own fursonas represents who we are and to make them relatable to us.

But on the flip side, I've heard some transfurs preferring to have a cis fursona based on their preferred gender instead. They felt that their fursonas represents their perfect self, which for them would be if they were cis.

There's nothing wrong with that or making your fursona trans. Your fursona is yours to decide and it doesn't have to be tied to expectations about yourself; that's the best part about having a fursona!

But, how do you feel about it? If you are trans, do you also make your own fursona transgender?

Personally, my fursona is transgender much like I am. I usually like to put a little trans pin and write her as "trans" in her ref sheet, assuming that I'd ever take the time to draw her. While being trans isn't the biggest aspect of my fursona or an imporant detail for most of her art, it is an important part of her identity.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah... to be honest, gender presentation does not necessarily imply gender identity. You can be feminine without being a girl, androgynous without being non-binary, or constantly shifting in presentation without being genderflux.

But there is nothing wrong with being genderflux if you want your character to be. Gender identity is something only you-- or your creator if you're an OC I guess-- can determine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is very true. I assume that the person's (or funsona's) gender identity is in line with how they are presenting, at least when at a con. But there are plenty of people who do not do this, and I am making a bad asumption. I guess it was drilled into my head too much "use the pronouns for how the person is presenting, use they/them when unsure".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But there are plenty of people who do not do this, and I am making a bad asumption.

If it's your fursona, then it's up to you what her gender is. I just wanted you to keep in mind that you don't have to make your sona genderflux just because you can't get her appearance/presentation feminine all the time in suit; masculine woman exist, and your sona could be one.

Though, there's nothing wrong with experimentation. If you want a genderflux sona, go for it! The nice thing about fursona is that they don't have to be tied to your own gender, so you can use your fursona as a vessel to explore gender identity.

As many furs in this thread have shown.

I guess it was drilled into my head too much "use the pronouns for how the person is presenting, use they/them when unsure".

To be fair, most people's gender presentation match their gender identity, so it's fair to assume someone's gender based on how they present-- it's the only practical way to guess someone's gender identity without asking them directly (unless they have a pronoun pin/tag which most people don't), which can be necessary sometimes.

I think it's fine to use pronouns based on how a person is presenting, as you'd get it right most of the time. Just be aware that you may get it wrong occasionally, as sometimes, someone's gender presentation may not match their identity. What matters is how you manage it should you accidentally make the wrong assumption.