I'm really glad you included the 2002 video. I was one of the (minor) organizers for that, and want to remind people that there was significant pushback from within the furry community -- including among some who consider themselves "leaders" -- to prevent us from doing this. They felt that associating with such an event would pigeonhole us as The Gay, or sex-crazed, or whatever. At times it was quite a fight.
Sometimes you just have to just ignore and contradict "leaders".
I'm really glad you included the 2002 video. I was one of the (minor) organizers for that, and want to remind people that there was significant pushback from within the furry community -- including among some who consider themselves "leaders" -- to prevent us from doing this. They felt that associating with such an event would pigeonhole us as The Gay, or sex-crazed, or whatever. At times it was quite a fight.
Sometimes you just have to just ignore and contradict "leaders".