Therian Convergence

•The Therian Convergence invites everyone to attend our first ever irl panel being held at anthro northwest this new year's weekend! Hosted by @luunaathh , this panel will discuss alterhuman community terminology, community history from 1975 to the early 2010s, and ways to stay safe in online and offline alterhuman spaces! This panel will be the first we host this year, we will have other alterhuman panels this coming year at Texas Furry Fiesta, Anthrocon, Stratosfur, Anthro New Mexico, Megaplex, and other conventions! Silvermoon, the giant Lugia will be at the panel as well for everyone to pet and say hello!

•Note: All attendees and their activities at this panel must be in compliance with the anthro northwest code of conduct at all times. This panel will be hosted at the hyatt regency seattle in Snohomish room 605.

•Greetings and hello to everyone reading this post! The long awaited update on the therian convergence online event is here! The therian convergence is an annual online event that is meant for the discussion of therian and otherkind identity! Anyone can attend this online event regardless of whether they identify as therian or not. If you are interested in attending this event, please refer to the details above and below!

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•This is the therian convergence's first premier, we would love it if as many individuals attended the event as possible! Feel free to refer and invite your friends to the event!

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•We are accepting panels throughout the course of the convergence, if you are thinking about presenting a panel during the convergence, please private message either @luunaathh or @smol-paw with your panel idea and what timeslot you would like to reserve! Panelists will be recieving their early invitations to the therian convergence event server when the panel is scheduled.

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•Panelists and presenters for the therian convergence will be receiving their early invites to the event server on June 22nd. Regular attendees for the event will be recieving their invites to the server late in the evening on June 26th.

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•For safety and security reasons, there are only two ways to sign up for the therian convergence. Interested individuals can either join the sanctuary beyond the mists discord server or they can sign up with a therian convergence staff member via private messages. There are unfortunately certain members in the therian community who may want to sabatoge the positive atmosphere of the event, so the therian convergence staff have put in extra vetting processes to ensure the safety of the event and its attendees.

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•The sanctuary beyond the mists discord server is the off-season server for the therian convergence crowd to converse after the initial event is over! A link to the official event server will be posted in the server's announcement channel when the time comes. The sanctuary beyond the mists is a calm server that is free from gatekeeping and elitism so common in the wider therian community. This server serves as a safe place for therians and otherhearted individuals to gather and converse in a positive manner!

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•Thank you for your interest in the therian convergence this year and we hope to see you at the event this season!

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•https://discord.gg/psH4NNjVzh

•Do you want to present a panel or special presentation at the first therian convergence? We are now accepting presentation submissions for the event! A panel is an informative lecture or visual presentation that is meant to educate others regarding a specific topic! The therian convergence seeks to host panels regarding therianthropy, animality, and animal identity! If you want to host a panel at the convergence, please private message this account or @luunaathh with the topic you want to present! Here are some ideas for panels we want to see hosted at the convergence! Feel free to suggest other ideas than these!

•Animal identity experiences

•Gender and therianthropy

•Therianthropy and spirituality

•The fictherian experience

•The history of the therian community

•Therian dragons

•How to deal with therian elitism

•Awakening

•Unsual animal identity

•Psychedelics and how they effect animal identity 18+

•Navigating a human life with animal instincts

•Dealing with species dysphoria

•Therian gear and the discourses behind it

•Working with animals professionally as a therian

•Being therian and indigenous

•Greetings! In summer of 2024, a new online gathering of therian identifying individuals will be happening! The purpose of this event is to bring the therian community together in a positive, safe space to connect with each other, talk about their experiences, and ask for support and advice! Featured at this event will be movie nights, presentations by members of the community, special art streams, and many channels where individuals can connect with others and share their experiences! If you want to receive regular updates on the upcoming event and connect with the individuals creating and joining the event, feel free to join the off season discord server for the event, sanctuary beyond the mists! It is a safe, non-judgemental space where therian gatekeeping is not allowed. If you are interested in attending the event or signing up as a staff member to help out with event planning and moderating, fill out one of the two forms below! If you want to host a panel or event stream at the gathering come next summer, please send a direct message to @luunaathh with your idea. If you want to sign up as an artist for the event so you can advertise your commissions, art projects, and social media sites, please also send a direct message to @luunaathh! We thank you for reading and we hope to see you at the convergence! If you have any other inquiries about the event, send an ask or a direct message to this blog.

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•Disclaimer-Therian gatekeeping is absolutely not allowed at this event. Our definition of gatekeeping includes perpetuating the myth that therians can only be earthen animals, telling others they cannot use the term “therian” for whatever reason, and grilling others on their identity. This event is also not for those who claim to be zoo therians”. Anyone who is found to be engaging in elitist, inappropriate, or otherwise unacceptable behavior will be banned from the event. We will not negotiate on this rule to ensure the safety of our attendees and our community.

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•Attendee sign up form——https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkOdpGpIUHEWxDfk5iwIxuG4yq4mvtgzypcfaJVhrI9B2DlA/viewform

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•Staff application form——https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdF4tVgd9m6GDPY79OlmO7bOeXO0v0-K4q3clrtdkTWtBQ9A/viewform

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•Therian Convergence off season server (Sanctuary Beyond the Mists)-https://discord.gg/psH4NNjVzh