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.
Yes! She has horns but is a doe and is basically just me but as a deer
I’m in the situation where I want my fursona to ID as trans (you know, so I can identify with her), but it wouldn’t make sense for her to do so since she’s a possessed plushie. Maybe she was possessed by a formerly male spirit and decided that possessing a feminine plushie and IDing as a woman was better for her? idk.
I do have another fursona that is canonically trans. She was created in a vat as a military experiment as a male bioweapons project, but ended up transitioning really quickly using super secret government science after the project fell apart and they let her.
she’s a possessed plushie. Maybe she was possessed by a formerly male spirit and decided that possessing a feminine plushie and IDing as a woman was better for her?
Undertale lore! Or at least, it’s very similar.
I do have another fursona that is canonically trans. She was created in a vat as a military experiment as a male bioweapons project, but ended up transitioning really quickly using super secret government science after the project fell apart and they let her.
Now that’s a very interesting backstory. I, for some reason, imagine it like a furry version of Agent 47 wanting to transition, that’d be very interesting.
Undertale lore! Or at least, it’s very similar.
Oh yeah, I see what you mean :3
I, for some reason, imagine it like a furry version of Agent 47 wanting to transition, that’d be very interesting.
I haven’t actually played Hitman, so I can’t confirm or deny that …
My fursona was never trans, but she was always a girl. She represented the ideal version of myself, who turned out to also be a girl, heh.
Her species has changed, though. Originally she was just a dog of some sort. Then at some point I decided I wasn’t afraid to break the mold a little bit, and now she’s a zebra. That species change DOES coincide with my own gender identity journey, though.
(To be clear, I’ve just retconned Hanalei into being a zebra the whole time – it is not the case that Hanalei herself was originally a dog (*) who transitioned into a zebra, haha)
(*) ADAB: Assigned Dog At Birth?
I changed my sona from male to female when I transitioned IRL. However, I don’t give trans characteristics to my sona. So one can think of it as my sona’s reality was altered to have always been female.
My fursona is trans, though ive not really incorporated much to show that. I used tondraw a lot of TG-TF pics with them, kind of as a way to explore gender stuff myself. But, when I finally transitioned, I kinda stopped and she’s had a solidly female form since then.
We’re both nonbinary, but I like to think of my yeen as not having been assigned any type of gender. They’re just a scraggly animal. They don’t care what pronouns get used for them, or what terms really get used for them either. I’ve always been pretty androgynous and get called both male and female terms daily by strangers who are just trying to figure out how to politely address me lol
They probably are trans but being a spotted hyena their biology is very different from ours, so I assume maybe they wouldn’t have bottom dysphoria like I do? Maybe they had top dysphoria whereas I never have? I couldn’t say
Idk. I admitted I was nb waaaay before I admitted to myself I was a furry so I don’t have any pre-transition/pre-egg-cracking sonas, although I suppose if I think hard I did kinda mess around with it a bit. I tried making a bear character, but I didn’t like the feelings that came up with a character representing me that ID’s as a different gender than what I thought I was (lol) so I felt stuck making it a girl. It didn’t really suit me and probably delayed my furry-ness by several years in retrospect
I’m the same way with my sona who is a yeen. Non-Biyeenary united!
I’m also an (transfemme) enby with a (plush) yeen sona x3. And I know another yeen enby too!
Whoop!
yeens 🤝 enbies; it’s just meant to be
it really is!
im between fursonas because the last goat doesn’t really do a good job representing me these days. Im comissioning a new ref at some point of a different goat that will be trans. I enjoy having my fursona be in my own likeness.
Does your last goat match your current preferred gender, or are they based on your old/assigned gender?
Does your fursona always match your preferred gender?
Also, a goat fursona. Very interesting. I’m sure your new fursona will be the GOAT!
id like to say the old one was androgynous but it presents male. the main thing is that I didn’t really put much effort into designing, I just was a very plain brown goat. I identified as a cis-male femboy back then, as it was an easier place for me to chill while i figured myself out and worked towards being in a safer space for me to present as less cis.
gender-wise I’m non-binary and take feminizing hormones to express an in-betweenness of gender. I don’t know how I’ll represent that fursona-wise… probably stare at a few selfies and try to figure out what body aspects and goals i can transfer over.
Im not really the GOAT im just a goat tbh. that spot goes to Ralsei, Asriel, Yagi, or Baphomet
that spot goes to Ralsei, Asriel, Yagi, or Baphomet
Don’t forget Rauru! x3
My fursona was never trans, but she does present androgenous a lot of time, mostly because I can’t get the right feminine shape for her all of the time. Phantom is a partial suit, so there is no bodysuit to pad out. I have started using kigurami padding to get my shape better, so that is helping. So I guess my fursona is genderflux since the degree of her femininity is constantly changing based on what I have with me for presentation.
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.
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”.
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.
