Pittsburgh Hosts Furry Pervert Convention
July 16, 2014

Every year Pittsburgh enjoys the economic benefits of hosting
a convention of 5000 "Furries" - adults who dress up in animal costumes.
(This year they met July 3-6.) Our reader, Florence James, is familiar
with adult sex fetish groups, and says this is one.
"Take my word for it; it is not in any way, shape or form a child's play fantasy game. It is an x-rated adult fetish group with a fur fetish, similar to diaper, rubber, and other strange materials and objects used as sexual stimulation fetish tools."
Makow - What does it say when a Men's Rights Conference is booted out of a hotel but these furry fetishists are warmly accpted?
by Florence James
(henrymakow.com)
My city Pittsburgh has hosted the Anthrocon conventions for the past nine years due to the big profits for the city itself, and this year the furry fan-dom group has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Pittsburgh Aviary.
Wonderful, BUT I ask myself...is Pittsburgh being duped into believing this group is something other than what it is?
Having worked in the adult industry for decades, and having owned adult websites back in the mid-nineties, I'm fairly well-versed on adult fetish categories.
I'm not going to bore you with descriptions or lengthy explanations, you can Google it and find all the information on the subject matter yourself, but I will get straight to the point with this:

My professional opinion is that Anthrocon is a CON, and this is not just simply a group of thousands of grown adults who love furry animals----think about that for a minute!
My concern is for the children, and that's why I am writing this piece. I stumbled on a chat forum where a parent was inquiring whether it was safe for their 14-year-old son to participate in the furry culture.
When you read some of the answers that are given, it will send chills down your spine----most notably the answer about how only a very SMALL percentage of them are into bestiality.
Even more disturbing to me as a parent is that our local news media personalities have not taken the time to investigate this for what it really is, and thus, when the Anthrocon convention rolls into Pittsburgh, they giggle and promote it as a children's fantasy.
"There is no city that welcomes us in the way Pittsburgh does," said Samuel "Uncle Kage" Conway, chairman and CEO of Anthrocon told the local newspaper. "People here have embraced walking foxes as part of the scene."
This sense of acceptance is important for attendees, who come to Anthrocon to join a community of like-minded anthropomorphics devotees hailing from 25 countries and every state except North Dakota, Mr. Conway said. More than 1,100 attendees dressed in full-body fursuits will walk in a parade Saturday afternoon inside the convention center.
Take my word for it; it is not in any way, shape or form a child's play fantasy game.
It is an x-rated adult fetish group with a fur fetish, similar to diaper, rubber, and other strange materials and objects used as sexual stimulation fetish tools.
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Related - Furry Nation Unleashed in Downtown Pittsburgh
--------- "Furries" a Stepping Stone to Bestiality?
--------- Are Furries Really So Bad? (more on convention, pictures)

When I first heard there was such a thing as a "furry" fetish - people dressing in animal costumes having orgies - it sounded like something geeky that might go on at Mensa or Trekkie convention.
If these fetishes strike us as funny and harmless due to the association with childishness, check out this clip from Stanley Kubrick's movie THE SHINING.
As far as it being a gateway to bestiality, that's probably another geeky fetish called 'Plushophilia' - which seems to 'sex with stuffed toy animals'.
James T said (July 20, 2014):
For the recent furry article, I feel there needs some correction, and some clarification made. First the misconception "furry is just sex
stuff" This is what happens when someone doesn't do research beyond "CSI" etc. Originally the group was a "fan club", no more unhealthy
than people that like "star wars" or "star trek", only in this case, the focus was cartoon anthropomorphic animals, It was a small
subculture for awhile, then got a boost when the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon came out, which lead to a spike of interest during
the 90's.
In a nutshell, it was corrupted by the satanic practice of "tolerance" when it gained popularity, then split, becoming the majority fandom (filthy), and the minority fandom (clean), Folks should take this as a lesson, and be wary, as it is whats in store for society as a whole.