The History Of The Furry Fandom Part I
September 1st, 1980 - The Day Fandom Was Born.
More so than not, conventions as we know them did not exist in 1980. The concept of a convention by the fans, and for the fans, was an unheard of concept. Conventions existed for the sole purpose of promoting the big names of whatever industry the convention was centered around. It was nothing but publicity for those that were all ready a success. Such was Noreascon, or the 38th World Science Fiction Convention. Among the awards given out at that convention were Best Novel for Arthur C Clark, and Best Short Story for George R.R. Martin. People clapped and
I believe that today is better than Yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow could be...
The Furry Fandom as a political entity, is a bizarre, and unusual organization, if it can be called organized that is. Since our inception as a formal Fandom in 1980 we have been a loose configuration of multinational people with little to no govorning body, and spoken for only by a few charismatic figureheads with no real power beyond that which they command with their presence.
To understand the Furry Fandom as a political entity one must know a little bit about the history of the Furry people. The concept of Furries, Anthropomorphism, has been around s
