2020s
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Overview[edit]
The early part of the 2020's was dominated by the effects of the COVID-19 virus, one of which was the stay-at-home orders which forced virtually all in-person conventions to close, some of them permanently. COVID-19 is also attributed to the rise of on-line furry conventions, which helped to fill the void left by the closures. Attitudes towards the fandom tipped towards the negative with wild accusations perpetuated by politicians and parental rights advocates.
By Year[edit]
2020[edit]
Conventions[edit]
- The COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation or postponement of a multitude of furry conventions including Furnal Equinox, Thaitails and Gateway Furmeet.[1] The pandemic also is attributed to the rise of online furry conventions like Cozy Con and Down Home FurCon. Also as a result of the pandemic, the 2019 Ursa Major Awards were announced via an online presentation for the first time in its history.[2]
2021[edit]
Websites[edit]
- Effective February 1st, Dragoneer regained ownership of Fur Affinity from IMVU.[3]
- Fenris Publishing acquired Rabbit Valley in October.[4]
2022[edit]
Conventiions[edit]
- Eurofurence announced a change of venue[5] for Eurofurence 27.
Organisations[edit]
- Following staff upheaval, Corgi Events announced their disbanding after Sin City Murr Con's premiere event.[6]
Smartphone applications[edit]
Websites[edit]
- Furry news website Flayrah was moved to a faster server.[8]
- Fur Affinity banned AI Generated artwork.[9]
2023[edit]
Awards[edit]
- The Ursa Major Awards announced a new Furry Music category to debut in the 2022 Ursa Major Awards.[10]
Conventions[edit]
- Swatting incidents at VancouFur 2023 and Motor City Furry Con 2023 were reported to have taken place.[11][12]
- Megaplex restricted their convention to 18+ in response to recently enacted Florida state law SB 1438.[13]
Websites[edit]
- Just before 2023's end, websites E621 and Pornhub blocked access from furries in North Carolina over new state law; The Pornography Age Verification Enforcement Act.[14]
2024[edit]
Awards[edit]
- During the nomination phase of the 2023 Ursa Major Awards, the category for Best Anthropomorphic Music was removed due to "infighting" and a "refusal to allow impartial and unbiased management of the nominations and voting"[15]
- Citing a lack of judges the Leo Awards announced their retirement.[16]
Comics[edit]
- After a hiatus of ten years, furry comic anthology, Furrlough publishes issue #194 under its original publisher, Antarctic Press.[17]
Conventions[edit]
- Australian convention Fur Out West suddenly announced its closing.[18]
- Furlandia removes Mary E. Lowd as guest of honour for embracing AI art.[19]
- For the second time in two years, a threat was lobbied against Motor City Furry Con.[20]
- Anthrocon 2024 becomes the first convention to break the 17,000 attendees barrier.[21]
- Carolina Furfare was cancelled due to the devastion caused by Hurricane Helene. [22]
Websites[edit]
- Citing changes due to the political and legal environment both off and online, E621 removes and bans all explicit human and human-like art".[23]
- Fur Affinity, Fur Affinity's and Dragoneer's Twitter pages were hijacked two weeks after the latter's death.[24]
2025[edit]
Conventions[edit]
- Anthro New England celebrates its tenth convention.[25]
Refences[edit]
- ↑ "COVID-19 pandemic causes furry convention closures and delays worldwide..." Posted on Flayrah 2020/03/14, retrieved 2020/03/14
- ↑ "Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, securing a venue for the Award Presentations has become impossible. Therefore, this year's winners will be announce online only. We hope to have a video done for this purpose which will be shown within a few weeks of the ballot closing..." Posted on Twitter March 28, 2020. Retrieved 19 April, 2020
- ↑ "New Ownership; Updated Logo & More" Fender's journal on Fur Affinity posted 2021/02/01, retrieved 2021/02/02
- ↑ Fenris Publishing website retrieved May 28, 2022
- ↑ "Due to unforseen circumstances..." Eurofurance Twitter. Posted 2022/12/21, retrieved 2023/01/01
- ↑ "Corgi events disbands after staff upheaval..." Flayrah posted May 15,2022, retrieved May 24,2022
- ↑ "Furry hook-up application Howlr to shut down..." Flayrah posted 2022/02/11, retrieved 2022/05/08
- ↑ "Flayrah moves to a faster server..." via Flayrah retrieved 2022/05/15
- ↑ Fur Affinity bans artworks generated by artificial intelligence programs..." Flayrah retrieved 2022/09/08
- ↑ "Due to increasing interest, Furry Music has been added to the categories for which you can nominate an Ursa Major Award..." Posted Jan 20, 2023, retrieved Feb 2, 2023
- ↑ "To our attendees...'VancouFur Twitter posted 2023/03/04 retrieved 2023/03/30
- ↑ "Furry convention evacuations and stand in place precautions becoming a more common occurence..." Flayah 2023/03/30 retrieved 2023/03/30
- ↑ Megaplex coerced by new Florida state law to make furry convention 18+ Flayrah May 31, 2023, retrieved June 3, 2023
- ↑ "Thanks GOP: North Carolina Furries Can No Longer Use the Internet's Most Popular Furry Site" The Mary Sue posted 2024/01//02, retrieved 2024/01/21
- ↑ "Music cut from the 2023 Ursa Major Awards after 'squabbling'." Flayrah March 13, 2024
- ↑ "Leo Awards shuts down due to lack of judges..." Flayrah March 3, 2024, retrieved July 16, 2024
- ↑ "Furry comic anthology 'Furrlough' returns to comic shops and original publisher..." Article via Flayrah posted 23 May 2024, retrieved July 25, 2024
- ↑ Fur Out West Twitter Posted Jan 22, 2024, retrieved Jan 24, 2024
- ↑ "Mary E. Lowd defrocked as Furlandia's Guest of Honor.." Posted on Flayrah Feb 27, 2024 retrieved Feb 29, 2024
- ↑ "Motor City Furry Convention reopens after bomb threat" Posted April 7, 2024 on Fox2 Detroit, retrieved May 1, 2024
- ↑ "An absolutely RECORD-BREAKING year!" Posted via Twitter on July 7, 2024, retrieved Aug 5, 2024
- ↑ "Caroline Furfest cancelled after area devastated by Hurricane Helene" Flayrah, Oct 5, 2024, retrieved Oct 19, 2024
- ↑ "E621 bans explicit human and human-like content" via Flayrah July 13, 2024, retrieved July 13, 2024
- ↑ "Fur Affinity access restored after domain nameserver hijack" Flayrah Aug 22, 2024, retrieved Oct 21, 2024
- ↑ Anthro New England celebrates ten years via Flayrah March 15, 2025, retrieved March 16, 2025
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