2020s
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Contents
Overview[edit]
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]
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
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