Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Furry Studies

Furry Studies aims to explore and examine the creative community as ways of self-expression. This conference marks furry research as a valid site for contemporary community-based academic inquiry, and to promote global and cross-field collaboration among furry scholars and those invested in this community. It brings together a wide range of scholars and enthusiasts from art, design, cultural studies, human-computer interaction, games, history, psychology, sociology, and among other areas. In doing so, this conference seeks to advance knowledge and formalize a field of ‘furry studies.’ The second conference on Furry Studies was held at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, USA on the 31 October, 2025. The conference website is at https://furrystudies.org. Full conference recording is available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3bJKwy-2uGECrX9Y0IWdfhOGK_uiMNTB. The recording is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Table of Contents Introduction Hazel Ali Zaman-Gonzalez and Brett Hanover Opening Keynote Rod O’Riley Furry Stickers and Semiotic Landscapes: Linguistic Anthropological Sketches Eduardo Salinas Lactaoen Furry Music: An analysis of composers, producers and convention performances João Araújo Enter the Anthropomorphocene: Furry video games as a lens to examine human and non-human experience in the post-Anthropocene Reuben Mount An Anthology Without an Editor: The impact of Funny Animals (1972) on the furry art market and its valuation Ian Gray Eurofurence: The tail of the travelling convention Tim Stoddard Keep Furkeley Weird: A case study in queering the face of academia online Furries @ Berkeley Furry and Anthropomorphizing Animals as a Response to a Hostile World Furscience Brushing Up Against Species: Transgender feminist worldbuilding through fursuit practices Alec Esther Trans-Species Panic: The furry slope of anti-trans legislation Alexander Rudenshiold and Caro Mooney Sparklefurs: Virtual avatars, physical embodiment, and intergenerational histories in the furry fandom Belle Walston Chasing Our Tails: (Trans)species critique and coalitional politics Juniper Clark