There is a rabbit who made your sandwich.

An elderich being teaches a math course.

The local werewolf takes care of the elderly.

Rams make up the staff at a pub nearby.

Dragons make excellent library workers.

Your favorite cashier happens to be a lion.

Your overly punctual classmate is a moth, and your less than punctual classmate is a hummingbird.

A goldfinch shops at a gift shop.

A catfish tours you through a historical site.

Across the street is a banshee who is walking their dog.

Cats work on their computers in small cafes.

And you move through your life as you are.

We are unique but certainly not alone. Your community is around you, even if you do not see it outright.

your identity is valid no matter what. even if you have an identity that in some way connects to humanity, it doesnt make you any less valid as a therian or otherkin in either of the communities

having any level of connectedness to humanity as an alterhuman doesn’t make you less non-human because fully human people don’t feel any disconnect. the threshold of being nonhuman is literally 1. youre nonhuman regardless of how you may or may not connect with your humanity

you’re valid if you aren’t 100% fully human all of the time

You’re valid if you are 100% fully human all of the time, you just like the label

You’re valid if you are 100% fully nonhuman all of the time

You’re valid if you get dysphoria

You’re valid if you don’t get dysphoria

You’re valid if you use gear or do things like quads

You’re valid if you don’t or can’t use gear

You’re valid if you don’t do things like quads or can’t do them for any reason

You’re valid if you’re a “weird” alterhuman

You’re valid if you have a lot of kintypes

You’re valid if you only have one or two kintypes

Youre valid if youre just learning about yourself and want the label

You’re valid if you’ve been an alterhuman for a while

You’re valid if you’ve been an alterhuman for as long as you can remember

You’re valid if you want the label just for fun

You’re valid if you’re faking alterhumanity (as long as it’s not to give it a bad name)

You’re valid if you discovered your alterhumanity through faking it

You’re valid if you don’t have the words to describe your alterhumanity

You’re valid if you make your own words to describe your alterhumanity

You’re valid if you’re a “problematic” fictionfolk

You’re valid if you’re a “problematic” factfolk

You’re valid, no matter what anycreature says.

You’re valid.

Otherlinkers, funlinkers, otherpaws, and any other voluntary alterhuman identity are so important to the community, Never let anybody dictate your identity and control it

Voluntary identities have always been and always will be apart of the community ❤️