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Orion Scribner
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They. A grown-up. I'm the author of an online comic (Theri There) and a community history book (Otherkin Timeline). Alterhuman, otherkin, therianthrope (ΘΔ).
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Oct 18
What are therianthropes and otherkin? Here is an introduction. You are welcome to circulate and re-post this essay. bsky.app/profile/fram...
frameacloud.bsky.social Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Oct 18
A simple introduction to otherkin and therianthropes. This short article in simple English is a four minute read. See the third post in this thread for the document with all the sources cited and translations into other languages.
A Simple Introduction to Otherkin and Therianthropes. Version 2.4.7 by Orion Scribner (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This short piece of writing is for anyone to start learning about us therianthropes and otherkin. The piece uses only common words and simple sentences. Readers can put it into other languages more easily. The statistics come from surveys that had a sample size greater than one hundred people. The endnotes and references give the origins of all the information. Some real people are therianthropes and otherkin. We say that we are something other than human. For example, one of us who says, “I am a wolf.” The most common sorts of creatures for us to be are wolves, elves, and dragons. This is always an important part of who we are. These are not characters we invented for play in a game. It is not something we do simply for amusement. It is a real part of us. It is an experience that we have without trying. It is also an identity, because it is what we are. Most of us sometimes have thoughts and feelings that are more similar to our animal side. Some of us have thoughts and feelings that we are part animal all the time. 78% of us have instincts that most people do not have. For example, the desire to use body language similar to what our sort of creature uses. We choose what we do with our instincts. We are responsible for what we do, the same as anyone else. Instincts are not an excuse for doing bad things. We know that our bodies never change form. No one can change their body into an animal form. No one has magic powers that go against the laws of physics. We each make our own discovery of how and why we are therianthropes or otherkin. Nobody is able to do that for someone else. Only you can know who you are. Many of us knew that we were other than human before we had heard of anybody else who did. Here is how our communities started. In 1990, a group made the word “otherkin” for themselves. It comes from the words “other kinds.” In 1994, another community took up the word “therianthrope” for themselves. It means “animal person.” The two communities came to have knowledge of each other later, in about 1996. The oldest similar groups have put out writings since 1973.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · 2d
Peer-reviewed scientific journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews published an article about clinical & non-clinical therianthropy in their July 2025 issue. Learn more about it & share your thoughts on it as a community here: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/98880.html
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · 8d
An update to my directory of alterhuman creations on itchio

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 7
The server for Othercon 2025 is currently open and active! Come join in on the fun!

Please note that the last chance to join the server will be tomorrow night. An invite link is currently listed on our website

#alterhuman #othercon
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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 3
Othercon's schedule for 2025 is now available!

othercon.zohobackstage.com/Othercon2025...

By default it is shown in EST, but can be changed near the top where it says "Date and time is shown in (UTC -05:00) America/New_York".
#alterhuman #othercon
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Mel. White @coyotedancing.bsky.social · Aug 4
FURRYMUCK USERS: The memorial service for Tugrik on FurryMuck will be this coming Friday (August 8, 2025) at 9 pm CST (10 EST, 8 MST, 7 PST). Instructions for how to attend are on the Park bulletin board.

Please pass the word to all who may be interested.
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Howling Beastpunk ΘΔ☆⁷ @who-is-page.bsky.social · Jul 29
@frameacloud.bsky.social's gay alterhumans doodles spotted in the wild
A dragon and a wolf making kissy faces at each other. They attempt to kiss but just scrunch their snouts up against one another, with a heart above them.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Jul 16
I applaud your courage & vulnerability in creating this video. I've had little opportunity to cite public examples of this perspective when archiving & reporting current events about anti-furry & anti-alterhuman attitudes. I value & like your perspective. I agree with your points. Thank you.
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caput lupinum Δ⚓︎ 🧿 @lovequeer.bsky.social · Jul 15
This is a video I made back when the Texas FURRIES Act was still being voted on. I was too scared to post it at the time, because my activism on this matter and perspectives as a survivor of anti- therian conversion abuse got me harassed off my platform. I wont be silent any more, now.
The Reality of the FURRIES Act, Wolf (2021), and Therian Conversion Abuse
YouTube video by No No
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Jul 16
Sorry for the late reply, I haven't been on social media much the last couple of months. Yes, it's the eleventh bill of this kind over the last few years.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · May 25
My Patreon newsletter for May 2025. A list of articles I wrote for Otherkin News, mostly about anti-furry bills; a Discord server for befriending local alterhumans in the southeastern US; adventures tabling at a zine fair; and more!
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May 2025 newsletter | Orion Scribner
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 27
Texas HB 54, the 11th anti-furry bill based on the litter box hoax, is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday. Read my article about why Republicans are doing this, with context, history, analysis, & sources: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97521.html

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A screenshot of my blog post that I linked to. Stan Gerdes's press release about his bill from March 13. Page 5 of the bill text, showing where it talks about non-human behaviors.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 27
@dogpatch.press Here's my third article about TX HB 54.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 27
@erininthemorning.com Republicans have been making these anti-furry bills to satirize transgender students for three years now. GOP is fabricating a moral panic to justify defunding public schools. In my blog, I've been documenting each of these bills & the media coverage of them all along.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 27
Texas HB 54, the 11th anti-furry bill based on the litter box hoax, is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday. Read my article about why Republicans are doing this, with context, history, analysis, & sources: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97521.html

Mirror: otherkinnews.tumblr.com/post/7819926...
A screenshot of my blog post that I linked to. Stan Gerdes's press release about his bill from March 13. Page 5 of the bill text, showing where it talks about non-human behaviors.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 27
Thank you keeping an eye on the bill and catching that they scheduled the hearing for it.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 27
The bill text says exactly how they plan to enforce the ban: by fining schools $10,000 for a first violation & $25,000 for subsequent violations, section 6(f), page 10. It's an excuse to take huge amounts of money away from public schools.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 27
This is the GOP's 11th anti-furry bill based on the litter box urban legend. Read why the GOP is doing this, with context & sources: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97521.html The bill author suggested he's baiting furries to make a spectacle at the hearing. Furries, please take care with publicity.
zaisarel.bsky.social Zai Sarel @zaisarel.bsky.social · Apr 26
Team, this is not a drill: the FURRIES act, a gross signaling bill banning the nonexistent kitty-litter use in class, will be going in front of the Texas House Education Committee on Tuesday. You can register to speak about it!

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Apr 17
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...

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Defend the Internet Archive. Protect the Wayback Machine. Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit. Sign our open letter on change.org
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Dogpatch Press @dogpatch.press · Apr 17
Read this part. Diverting public funds into private pockets at the cost of kids education wasn't popular. Not even among Texas Republicans(!) So, the governor made it a loyalty test, separating sheep from goats, attacking those not in line with his agenda. The school issue didn't even matter for it.
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Dogpatch Press @dogpatch.press · Apr 17
Why the governor of Texas was spreading lies about furries, making a distraction with a mission to crush anyone under the tank treads while rolling this forward. bsky.app/profile/prop...
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 17
The Texas House has approved a $1 billion private school voucher bill — the culmination of more than three decades of work by Christian conservative donors.

@jschwartzreporter.bsky.social explains how we got to this moment (published 2024):
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Dogpatch Press @dogpatch.press · Apr 20
A useful info source. bsky.app/profile/fram...
frameacloud.bsky.social Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 19
Texas Republicans proposed HB 4814, the "F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act," to criminalize allowing furries in public schools, based on an urban legend. Here's my roundup of media coverage of the bill in the month since.
otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97162.html

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A screenshot of the beginning of the article in question.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 24
You're right that there's no evidence. However, it's important to understand that the bill is *part* of the Republican intent to defund public schools by framing them as hopelessly chaotic. Also, it's not a law yet; Schoolhouse Rock refresher course:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpd...
Schoolhouse Rock How a Bill Becomes a Law
YouTube video by Dr. Gerard Jabbow
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 19
@dogpatch.press Done!
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 19
Texas Republicans proposed HB 4814, the "F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act," to criminalize allowing furries in public schools, based on an urban legend. Here's my roundup of media coverage of the bill in the month since.
otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97162.html

Mirror: otherkinnews.tumblr.com/post/7812940...
A screenshot of the beginning of the article in question.
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Orion Scribner @frameacloud.bsky.social · Apr 19
A Roundup of News Coverage of Texas’s F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act

Collected and annotated by myself for the Otherkin News blog:
otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97162.html

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