Resources

Some of these sites are collective efforts with the intent to provide community resources, while others bridge the gap between resource-oriented and personal sites. I've categorized them as best I can, but please check out the Blogs & Personal Sites tab as well!

Alterhuman and Nonhuman

• • A Dragon's Explanations (Tumblr) - an active Tumblr geared toward answering otherkin, nonhuman, and alterhuman questions, fact checking, and dispelling misinformation. Run by Rani, a dragonkin.

  • Alt-H - a website dedicated to all alterhumans, including otherkin, therians, fictionkin, starseeds, god-shards, other-hearted, copinglink, etc. Contains a dictionary, guest essays, resources, and FAQ.

  • Alterhuman Dictionary - a site with a large dictionary with both common and obscure terms, and a list of various alterhuman resources.

  • Alterhuman Wiki - a small, but growing wiki hosted on Miraheze.org. Particularly useful for less-common words within the community, with background, sources, and usage.

  • Between Forest and Sea - a website by the House of Chimeras system, with numerous resources relating to otherkinty, therianthropy, and plurality.

  • Darkfang - a website with archives and an 18+ chat and forum for alterhumans.

  • Draconic Discourse (Tumblr) - a Tumblr blog dedicated to correcting misinformation, and perspectives on community, life, and perception of the otherkin and ace communities.

  • Radiant Obscurities - writings about the experience of “being animal” from therians, otherkin, and other alterhumans, with a focus on animal types that are uncommon in the community.

  • The Alterhuman Archive - a large and growing collection of links to alterhuman writings, categorized into identity subcategories. Run by Page of the Sol System and the House of Chimeras system.

  • The Alterhuman Web - an archive of alterhuman writings and resources, meant to exist as a living document of old and new resources.

  • Through Time and Space - a website containing an FAQ, dictionary, personal writings, and a number of relevant resources. Run by Azaphaer, a dragonkin, fictionkin, and starseed. 

  • A Complete Directory of Nonhuman Spaces, Events, Websites, and Resources - an extensive and evolving list on Lunastre Draconis' Dreamwidth account of active alterhuman spaces online.

Copinglinks and Otherlinks

• • Voluntary Identity - an open Discord for those with voluntary identities to hang out and discuss linking.

Otherkin

• • Another Wiki - a comprehensive wiki focused primarily on otherkin and therians.

  • Beyond Awakening - a collection of stories and essays on otherkinity and therianthropy by various authors.

  • Draconic.com - a website by KaniS with an explanation of dragons and draconity, as well as links to dragon-themed websites and a forum.

  • Dreamhart - a website complete with otherkin and magic resources, FAQ, and personal writings.

  • Elenari - a collection of writings by the Elenari, a group of elven otherkin who share memories of their elven lives that have common elements of history, culture, and language.

  • Eristic - a website by Arethinn focusing on elves, fae, otherkin, and magic, complete with resource links, commentary, and extensive personal writings.

  • Far From Home - a small alienkin website, with some basic information on alienkin, and some descriptions of various types of aliens.

  • Groves of Annwyn - a older website focused on sidhekin and fae. Some content is personal opinion or outdated.

  • Jafira's Lair -  a large website run by Jafira, a dragonkin, complete with resources for dragons and personal essays.

  • Kin Assistance (Tumblr) - an informational blog run by a group of otherkin and fictionkin, with an FAQ, a self care guide, and answers to questions on numerous alterhuman topics.

  • Library Draconium - a website by Malchior (the creator of the term "alterhuman"), with definitions, musings, and links.

  • Murkworks - the homepage of the Elfinkind Digest, a mailing list primarily for otherkin, running for a whopping 28 years (1990 - 2018).

  • Otherkin 101 - a quick and dirty intro to what otherkin are and aren't, along with basic definitions and links.

  • Otherkin.com - a website with various essays and articles on otherkinity, along with a short FAQ about various aspects of otherkinity.

  • Otherkin.net - a website containing various essays, opinion pieces, and a small forum for otherkin.

  • Otherkin Resource Center [archived] - a sub-site of defunct absinthia.com, with writings, FAQ, and resource links.

  • Otherkin Phenomena - a website with various (primarily metaphysical) essays.

  • Tomorrowlands - a website by Baxil, a dragon, with an explanation of dragons and draconity, personal writings, and an excellent in-depth FAQ. 

  • The Art and Writing of Scribner - Orion Scribner's website, full of otherkin and alterhuman history and definitions. An excellent resource, and I recommend browsing Orion's Otherkin Timeline for detailed otherkin, therian, and fictionkin history.

Therian

• • Therian Nation (Tumblr) - an informational blog with therianthropy-related news, discussion, and information.

  • Therian Wikia - a comprehensive and up-to-date wiki focused primarily on therianthropy.

  • Wildpath Library - a website focused on building alterhuman resources, with writings on perspectives, nature, and discourse.

Fictionkin

• • Fictionkin.com [archived] - a website for fictionkin that includes FAQs on a number of topics, and an excellent fictionkin dictionary.

  • From Fiction - an archive of fictionkin writings, an FAQ, and resources about fictionkin, plurality, and soulbonding, created by Felix, a longtime member of the fictionkin community.

Plurals

• • Ex Uno Plures - an extensive collection of articles, links, and and FAQ about plurality, put together by the Sylvan System.

  • Healthy Multiplicity - an extensive and friendly website with articles covering a wide array of plurality topics, from navigating daily life, understanding healthcare, and even a space for singlets to browse for better understanding.

  • Kinhost.org - a site offering terms and information on plurality, complete with a podcast and guide to teaching systems to cooperate and work together in both a free-but-outdated form and in an updated ebook collection form.

  • More Than One - an easy to understand website covering pertinent terms and answering common questions like "what is it like?" and "am I plural?".

  • Pluralpedia - a crowdsourced and comprehensive wiki, covering plural terms.

  • Power to the Plurals - a website with links and articles covering plurality, personhood, and plural oppression. Also, this site is associated with The Plural Association, a nonprofit that has created The Plural Warmline, a line for plurals or questioning plurals to call who may be seeking assistance, answers, or a friendly ear from an experienced plural.

  • Check out https://houseofchimeras.neocities.org/ for an extended list of resources

Vampires

• • Atlanta Vampire Alliance - an extensive website with an FAQ, articles, resources, and a forum for sanguinarian and psychic vampires.

  • Drink Deeply and Dream - a website for sanguinarian and psychic vampires with and FAQ, articles, essays, and interviews.

Alterhuman and Nonhuman

• • Aestherians (Neocities) - an informative and personal website of an American bison, gnoll, and Ben 10 fictionkin, with writings, background, and links.

  • Alterhuman Summoning Circle - a webring linking numerous alterhuman personal websites.

  • beeps - personal site of beeps, an alterhuman robot and software developer.

  • House of Chimeras personal site - a personal site of the House of Chimeras system, with information about their system rules, fronters, and spectrum of identities.

  • maple.pet - personal site of mavica, a robot squirrelbunny and creator of the Otherkin-friendly CAPTCHA.

  • Nonhuman-Nonsense - a website with a glossary and personal essays, covering numerous alterhuman experiences including fableing, therianthropy, plurality, and fictionkinity.

Copinglinks and Otherlinks

• • Otherlinks - a Tumblr for copinglinks and otherlinks. Posts aesthetics, resources, and commentary, and answers questions.

Otherkin

• • A Dragon's Journal (Tumblr) - a personal Tumblr with musings, opinions, and general community chatter from the perspective of a dragonkin.

  • Luunaathh - personal site of Luunaathh, the founder of the Draconic Summit, with links to currently active alterhuman spaces online.

  • The Dragonheart Collective - a personal website of a system of nonhumans, including a document on alterhuman online safety and personal writings.

  • The Silver Elves (Angelfire) - an informational site run by the Silver Elves, with history, links, and resources.

  • The Silver Elves (Blogspot) - a collection of essays by the Silver Elves answering common questions they receive.

  • The Silver Elves (Wordpress) - a Wordpress blog run by the Silver Elves, with regular updates on various topics relating to elves, magic, otherkin, and spirituality, and an article series on what it means to be an elf.

  • Three Dragons and a Dog - the personal site of the Sol System, which includes Page, coiner of the term "copinglink". Contains personal writings and an extensive resources and links list.

  • Rialian - an elf-themed website by Rialian, an elf.

  • Who is Page (Tumblr) - a blog run by Page, an eastern dragon and canine psychopomp.

Therian

• • Absurdism - two websites in one, run by a leopard therian and a snow leopard therian. Contains personal essays on therianthropy, paganism, and gender identity, among others.

  • Animal Quills - a trove of personal essays by various authors written before 2010.

  • Being Lion - a Barbary lion's personal website, with writings about therianthropy and spirituality.

  • Spirit of the Wind - a website by Citrakayah, a cheetah therian, with personal writings, short stories, and art.

  • The Academic Dingo - a website by bloodmuffins, a dingo therian and psychology PhD student, with resources and personal essays.

  • The Sanctuary - a website by polytherian Sonne Spiritwind, with extensive essays and writings, poetry, and guest essays.

Fictionkin

• • From Fiction (Tumblr) - a fictionkin blog run by Felix, a longtime member of the fictionkin community.

  • Shadowfae (Tumblr) - an alterhuman and fictionkin blog run by Pale, with frequent essays and community insights.

Vampires

• • Lexsang (Tumblr) - a support blog for sanguinarian vampires.

• • alt.fan.dragons (Google Groups) - a foundational draconic Usenet group started in December 1993. Google discontinued Usenet access via Google Groups in 2023, but all posts are currently available as a public archive and posting to the Usenet group is still accessible through other Usenet providers.

  • Animality - a forum for those with any form of connection to animals, including therianthropes, furries, animal-hearted, daemons, etc.

  • Cybertroniankind - a forum for Cybertronians, a fictional race from the Transformers universe.

  • Draconic - a forum for dragons, founded in 1998.

  • Draconity - a forum for dragons, with annual contests and a yearly group "photo" (a.k.a. a commissioned drawing of members who provide a kintype reference).

  • Dragons Valley - a forum and resource site for dragons.

  • Nexus Draconis (German) - a German-language forum for dragons, discussing identity, types of dragons, past-life memories, and magic.

  • Nonhuman National Park - an inclusive forum for nonhumans, alterhumans, and everything in between.

  • r/Alterhuman - a subreddit dedicated to alterhumanity as a whole.

  • r/Therian - a subreddit dedicated to therians and therianthropy.

  • r/TrueOtherkin - a subreddit dedicated to otherkin, therians, and fictionkin.

  • r/Otherkin - a subreddit dedicated to otherkin, therians, and fictionkin.

  • The Dragonworld (German) - a German-language forum for dragons, with discussions about dragons, everyday life, and survival as a dragon in a human world.

  • The Otherhearts - A forum for animal and other-hearted people.

  • The Werelist - a forum for therians.

  • Therian-Kin Corner - a therian and otherkin-centric forum, with threads dedicated to guides, essays, and community events.

Listed here are some of the larger alterhuman social media groups. For a more comprehensive list, visit Another Wiki's page on active otherkin social media networks.

• Otherkin (FB) - a private Facebook group for otherkin and therians. Not very active.

• Otherkins Therians Vampyre (FB) - a private German-language Facebook group for otherkin, therians, and vampires. Not very active.

• Otherkin Village (FB) - a private Facebook group for otherkin, therians vampires, furries, and supporters. Not very active.

• The Therian Circle (FB) - a private Facebook group for therians, otherkin, and humans. Not very active.

• Alterhuman Amino - a relatively quiet Amino for alterhumans.

• Official Dragonkin Amino - a relatively quiet Amino for dragonkin.

• Otherkin/Fictionkin Amino - a large Amino focused on otherkin and fictionkin. Fairly active with a number of younger members.

• Therian Amino (Amino) - an Amino for therians to discuss anything and everything about therianthropy. Includes a wiki and helpful informational posts. Otherkin are welcome too. Has a history of being anti-system and anti-plural. The Sol System provides a good overview under the "Bewares" tab [here].

• Therian and Otherkin Amino - a large Amino focused on otherkin and therians, but occasional fictionkin post as well. Fairly active with a number of younger members.

• • Cooking with Dragons YouTube Channel - a food-centric channel run by Roark the Coffee Vern, including cooking demos.

  • Othercon YouTube Channel - the official Othercon channel, with Othercon panel recordings presented on Discord.

  • PinkDolphin YouTube Channel - a channel by polytherian PinkDolphin (PD), with video interviews, how-tos, and personal tidbits.

  • The Centaurus Festival YouTube Channel - the official channel of the Centarurus Festival, with recordings of panels presented on Discord.

  • The Draconic Summit YouTube Channel - the official Draconic Summit channel, with recordings of Draconic Summit panels presented on Discord.

  • Therian Nation YouTube Channel - a channel run by Therian Nation hosts Shannon (Ulfrvif) and George, both longtime members of the therian community.

• Shifting, Shamanism and Therianthropy - a short book by Lupa detailing therianthropy, meditation, and shamanism.

• Studio Prey - a publishing studio run by otherkin who have authored a number of otherkin-themed books.

• The Changeling - a novel by Zilpha Keatley Snyder about the friendship between two girls, one of which whom believes she's a changeling.

• Alternative Worlds: Metaphysical Questioning and Virtual Community Amongst the Otherkin - Danielle Kirby, Sydney Studies in Religion, 2008.

• FurScience! A Summary of Five Years of Research from the International Anthropomorphic Research Project. - Plante et al., Waterloo: FurScience, 2016. Contains a section about otherkin and therians.

• Furries A to Z (Anthropomorphism to Zoomorphism)  - Gerbasi et al., Society & Animals, 2008. Contains a section about otherkin and therians.

• Identity and Belief: An Analysis of the Otherkin Subculture - Stephanie C. Shea, University of Amsterdam, 2019. PDF provided by Wildpath Library.

• Life Stories of Therianthropes: An Analysis of Nonhuman Identity in a Narrative Identity Model - Natalie Bricker, Lake Forest College, 2016.

• On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space (dissertation) - Devin Proctor, George Washington University, 2019.

• Policing the Fluff: The Social Construction of Scientistic Selves in Otherkin Facebook Groups - Devin Proctor, George Washington University, 2018.

• Spirituality and Self-Realisation as ‘Other-Than-Human’: The Otherkin and Therianthropy Communities -  Carole M. Cusack, University of Sydney, 2017.

• Visit House of Chimeras' academic and media sources page for a list of books, articles, and media that reference or focus on otherkin and other alterhumans. *some articles may be behind a paywall*

Fun Stuff

• • Alfandra (about) - a small personal website giving humorous tidbits about Alfandra (alt.fan.dragons) and the multitude of alternate names for Alfandra.

  • ClaWrite - an alphabet created by Baxil to make it easier for dragons and other clawed beings to write.

  • Draconity Test - a humorous test for gauging how draconic you are.

  • Dragon Code v1 - the original code for describing your dragonself shorthand. May be used by non-dragons as well.

  • Dragon Code v2 - an improved version of Dragon Code. May be used by non-dragons as well. Check out mine on my About Me page!

  • Dragon Map - a crowdsourced map displaying locations of dragon statues and landmarks around the world.

  • Funnies by ThetaDelta - a humorous collection of Tumblr posts by trolls, anti-kin, and confused Tumblr users.

  • Games for Kin - a semi-active Tumblr offering suggestions for games relating to various kin/therio/fictotypes. Also suitable for coping/otherlinks and otherhearts.

  • I Hold My Father's Paws - a short fiction piece by David Levine about a man struggling to come to terms with his father's medical transition from human to dog.

  • Inky Paws Zine - an 89-page alterhuman collaborative fiction zine, organized by Who-is-Page of the Sol System.

  • Kinfood - a Tumblr with hundreds of recipes tailored to specific otherkin and fictionkin species/races. The tags page no longer appears to work properly, but specific tags may be accessed by adding "/tagged/[tag name here]" to the end of the blog URL (i.e. "http://kinfood.tumblr.com/tagged/birdkin").

  • Nonhumanity Spectrum Tool - a fun customizable chart to easily visualize your experiences with alterhumanity or nonhumanity.

  • Otherkin-friendly CAPTCHA -  a short browser userstyle script that removes references to human identity in CAPTCHAs.

    • Improved version by beeps [here]

  • Shenani-kins - a webcomic by Page of the Sol System about being otherkin and queer.

  • Theri There - a short webcomic series by Orion Scribner about otherkinity.

  • You Might Be Otherkin If... - a tongue-in-cheek list of traits you might have if you are otherkin.

Other

• • House of Chimeras otherkin resources list - another comprehensive resources list covering otherkinity, therianthropy, phytanthropy, multiplicity, and more.

  • List of otherkin media appearances (Another Wiki) - a list of articles, books, videos, and other media types that feature otherkin, therians, fictionkin, and vampires.

  • My resources tag (Tumblr) - some resources I've collected over the years on my Tumblr account.

  • The Ultimate Terminology List (Amino) - an incredibly comprehensive post in the Otherkin-Fictionkin Amino group covering various alterhuman terms. If you can't find a term in my dictionary or on any of the wikis, there's a decent chance you'll find it there. Unfortunately, many definitions are not sourced.

  • Therian Nation Magazine - an excellent digital zine put out by Ulfrvif and friends, with stories, advice, recipes, history, and anything else you can think of. Also, 100% free!

  • Therian Dictionary (Amino) - an Amino post covering common therian terms.

  • The History of the Term Animal-Hearted - some history on the creation and usage of "animal-hearted".