Wow what a thread haha, both funny and educational honestly.
But I’d like to answer the original question. Now.. I’ve never Really been all for the “pride” and “symbol” stuff. Or flags or the like. For a fact, despite being trans and bisexual myself, I’ve actually been quiet frustrated abour queer people pushing stuff down my throat and getting upset about the slightest accidental misuse of flags or terminology. Despite that I am ALL for queer rights and equality and all that.
Also, the “pride” and “wanting to be open & loud” of some of my zoo friends has directly caused me harm in the past. Because They opened up online and got exposed, cancelled whatever, I was directly linked back to them as their friend. So I got harmed as a side effect of others showing their ‘pride’.
Now all thats over and done, I and my animals are safe for sure and it actually pushed me to explore this part of my life more and end up on this forum. So despite the harm, their pride also helped me find others like me more easily and helped me open up about myself.
Do I show “pride” myself? Not really if you don’t count the exceptionally good care , socialization, diet,.. of my beloved pets that I gladly show off to my friends about hha.
I have lots of paw and animal themed buttons, keychains etc. But not cuz of being a zoo, but cuz of being an “animal person”. But I guess it Has helped in the past .. as a few zoo friends dared to ask or open up about zoophillia after a while simply because of feeling like “I’d understand because I clearly also love animals on a very deep level”
To anyone else tho, I’m just a furry or an animal fan ?
Which definitely isn’t incorrect either.
So No I’m not intending to actively show pride or show that I’m zoo in any way or another. And I am very much aware of the risks that that otherwise would bring. But I guess if any other zoo is trying to figure out if I am or am not a zoo, they could notice at the way I speak about and care for my pets and the fact my lifestyle is very animal themed.
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