That doesn't really relate to what Mike Retriever was just saying, but for the sake of argument, I prefer "biology" because it distinguishes the parts of a person that are made by nature and cannot be influenced or changed, as opposed to the parts that are influenced by choice or personal development. As many gay and trans people will attest, it's very easy for people to claim that a person's identity is just something their imagination invented or its a mental illness that developed during childhood. I have already seen at least one person on Fur Affinity claim that furries cannot have a core furry identity the way that gay or trans people have core identities, and that they're just being over-dramatic.
Again, it's quite sobering to find that there are people even in furry fandom who are more than happy to deny the existence of other people's identities, despite the significant proportion of the fandom who hold furry as a core physical or spiritual identity. I've never experienced marginalisation as a gay man in my life, but I've experienced it within days of engaging with furry fandom.
PS: I'm sorry that I'm being confrontational so soon after joining this community, but I'm having a "bubble has burst" moment with regards to my understanding of furry fandom and that's making me a bit emotional.
That doesn't really relate to what Mike Retriever was just saying, but for the sake of argument, I prefer "biology" because it distinguishes the parts of a person that are made by nature and cannot be influenced or changed, as opposed to the parts that are influenced by choice or personal development. As many gay and trans people will attest, it's very easy for people to claim that a person's identity is just something their imagination invented or its a mental illness that developed during childhood. I have already seen at least one person on Fur Affinity claim that furries cannot have a core furry identity the way that gay or trans people have core identities, and that they're just being over-dramatic.
Again, it's quite sobering to find that there are people even in furry fandom who are more than happy to deny the existence of other people's identities, despite the significant proportion of the fandom who hold furry as a core physical or spiritual identity. I've never experienced marginalisation as a gay man in my life, but I've experienced it within days of engaging with furry fandom.
PS: I'm sorry that I'm being confrontational so soon after joining this community, but I'm having a "bubble has burst" moment with regards to my understanding of furry fandom and that's making me a bit emotional.