Hellos! There doesn't seem to be much going on here so I figured I'd start off! Welcome to r/Zoophilia
Looks like there are very few readers here but if you readers are out there, how about introducing yourselves?
I'm a zoo and a furry. I've identified as a zoo since my early teen years. My absolute favourite animals are dogs and wolves! In terms of furry, I'm a wolf. Depending on how long you've been here on Reddit, you may have seen my post on r/IAmA about zoophilia, which appears to have been the first of its kind. I frequent r/Furry so you may have seen me there if such a thing interests you, though I don't actually post much. I'm kind of more of a lurker and don't really post besides the odd comment here and there. Perhaps I'll find myself posting here, given this subreddit picks up at some point!
I'm a furry (border collie), been in the fandom since my early teens as well. I didn't discover that I was zoo until a few years later.
You might run into me on r/android, r/furry, r/yiff, r/technology, and r/tailbait!
Yip! I'm a mostly canine-inclined zoo, and have a much smaller interest in several others species, humans included. Right now I'm in grad school and living somewhere in the western US, but that's probably all you're going to get out of me here! I consider myself somewhat of a furry, though I'm not really involved in the fandom; you still might see me around r/furry though, among other random places. Did a few AMAs a while back too.
Feel free to drop me a line--I don't bite (much) ;)
I'm a zoo & furry scince 2007. I'm a male brown feral wolf. Straight to humans, but bisexual to animals. I have also a zoophilic girlfriend and we're together scince 8 months now.
I'm only into Canines, except for Foxes.
All my friends know about this (non-furry friends also). I even told my mom & brother (but they don't believe me and claim it as phase). My sister accidently heard about it while I was talking with my mother.
Back then I just tried once to tell them. Never did it again.
You find me mostly on r/tailbait, r/bestiality and several gaming and Minecraft subreddits.
You've told your family? Damn... this is something I'm taking to the grave, for sure.
I should have done too, to be honest. But I felt like I can't take my secret with me for my whole life. To be dishonest about who I am.
I couldn't take that. I hate to struggle about something not so worth. If they can't accept me, then I'm fine with it to know. I won't fight for it, I just want to know.
EDIT: Little paradoxon. I meant, sure I SHOULDN'T have told them. Because it was alot fighting and stuff.. But the fact I did it though, was a great achievment in my life.
Ah, well that's good :)
I'm a bisexual, furry, zoophile, vegetarian guy. I'm also a mod of r/furry.
My stupidest coming out story I've had was trying to explain to my parents that I am a vegetarian. How stupid is it that you have to tell people that you like to eat other kinds of food.
I believe in the wisdom of the crowd for Reddit. I'm not a very controlling mod, but there are a few problems to deal with, like spam. This is how democracy is suppose to work.
I'm in college (not much time for modding). I love computer programming, drawing, playing piano, listening to classical music, journal writing, philosophy. I have enriched my life by reading the classics instead of listening to popular culture. Zoophilia has existed for ages, but because it currently isn't popular, it is very hard to be yourself. Break free of culture.
Most people deal in emotion. Sure, you might have an awesome argument for your love. But, they won't listen. They don't care. It is not "I find that unethical because ... ". No, it is "Ewww, that's gross."
You may end up like Alan Turing or Oscar Wilde. On the pointy end of the government's sword.
Hey there, nice to see you here :)
Well said. You're absolutely right. Though, I've managed to get one person who at first thought it was gross to listen. We've been pretty good friends but we've grown apart and gone our separate ways by now. He found me to be very umm--fascinating.
I've been living by this for years and my life has been so much better ever since.
Oh man, I feel your pain. My mom cried a little when I told her I'm gay (for humans anyway), but she eventually accepted it. A year after that, when I told her I had gone vegetarian, she just insisted "No! Not you!" What's the big deal? She still gives me shit about it o___o
We sound very similar... I too am in college, and programming, drawing, and music creation (though electronic in my case) are among my interests. That's awesome! Also, what you said about zoophilia is very well-stated; I do try to justify it to people, but in the end, whether they cave or not, I share your feelings.
I'm zoo-ex. Male, mid 20s, zoo from since before the internet. I'm sure y'all will learn more about me as we go, so I'll spare you the life story now.
I am experienced, active, and open about the topic of this sub. I do not hide from those closest to me, and I understand that is a rarity among us. Reactions range from what you'd expect to "whatever" to "that's fascinating". I have a few stories about that later.
I don't believe "coming out" to be a healthy experience for any party involved. Secrecy, hiding, and eventually laying everything down on somebody all at once is a heavy load to carry. Best not to lie, however to only offer truth when it is so requested.
I'll stick around. This sub will get interesting.
So you knew you were zoo from a a very young age? How was your experience with discovering this about yourself?
Indeed I did. It wasn't any particular experience or event that triggered this in me, but a curiosity I've always had. I recall wondering about things I knew to be strange, things I knew not to mention, before I even had any real notion of sex. I never had any sort of epiphany moment; it has just always been with me. It's weird that I never understood why, but I knew it was something I shouldn't talk about.
I did not struggle with it or feel ashamed. I did not experience the same personal battle that I did with homosexuality, which surfaced several years later in my life. In fact, those who know me best knew I was, ahem, dicking the dog, so to speak, before I ever admitted to having sex with another man. There was a period in my life when the thought of homosexuality did not sit well with me. Even erotic images of nude males had me wading through denial; I had to assure myself I was straight.
Strangely enough, male dogs did not make me feel the same way: it was not gay. It is also strange that I did not feel zoophilia to be wrong in the same way I did homosexuality. Perhaps it was the constant, mainstream, negative attention gays received in society that made me feel that way. In high school, to admit homosexuality would have been a social death sentence and very well might have invited physical harm.
So overall, my experience has been decent. People just accept me. However, I wouldn't go parading around about it.