My name is Zacqary Adam Green. In my spare time, I am a purple fox named Xerxes.

I'm a member of the furry community, because thinking of myself as a ridiculous animal creature — and hanging out with other like-minded individuals — just so happens to make me happy. I'm also one of a very noticeable minority of furries who owns a fursuit. I like to put it on in public or at parties, so that I can bounce around and act ridiculous. Why? Because it's fun. And it makes other people smile. That's it. No other reason.

However, since we all have access to the Internet, and consequently Google, I can't really deny the fact that there is also a very noticeable minority of fursuiters. The ones who, in addition to wearing their fursuits out in public and entertaining people, also wear them behind closed doors while they have sex.

Now, I'm not a member of this particular minority, but I do have a few friends who are. I don't share their interest, but it doesn't bother me. Live and let live.

But I'm sure that there are some people who look at fursuiters, and think, "Oh god, which one of those people has sex in their suit? It could be any of them. What if it's the one touching me right now?"

Allow me to help you reconsider your anxiety.

Take a look at this photo of me wearing a purple shirt.

Got that? Okay. Now, let me admit to you something: on occasion, I have had sex while wearing that shirt. And you know what? Yeah, the fact that I was still wearing a shirt definitely made the sex more arousing.

Does that make you uncomfortable, knowing that? If I were to walk up to you, wearing that shirt, would you feel that I'm unclean? Would you think that maybe because wearing that shirt made me enjoy sex more, that perhaps it was getting me worked up right that very moment? Would you be afraid of having me near your children while I wore that shirt?

No. No, of course not. That would be absurd. Because, whenever you see anybody in the world wearing any article of clothing, you're always aware, in the back of your mind, that all of those people might have, once upon a time, had sex while wearing that article of clothing. And maybe enjoyed it more because they had some clothing still on. And yet you don't freak out whenever you see somebody wearing clothes.

So, yes, I cannot possibly deny this: whenever you see a fursuiter, there is always a slight possibility that at one point, they may have been wearing that suit while having sex. And hell, maybe you could know for a fact that one fursuiter in particular has had sex in their suit.

Big deal. People have sex. Some people do it while wearing things. Then they put the stuff they wore through the laundry, put it back on, and walk right back into the world. Save your paranoia and discomfort for things like live electrical wires and pissed off wild bears. The world will be a much more fun place if you just stop worrying.