@chuxen@queer.party artfriends Stigmata and Sasha Jones give a neat talk on queerness and furries, and one of their ideas is, sometimes we have a "shadow fursona" that's a different gender and is used, temporarily or not, to explore ideas + feelings. their talk is good and they're always looking for input! (i owe them some! aljsdgjhasjkd)
i had a few: male but malleable (skunk), female but brash + crass (red panda), then a v soft friend who's none of the above (another tanuki! i just love them)