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* The term [[otherkin]] was first coined on [[The Elfinkind Digest]] by [[Torin]]?
|text1=The term [[otherkin]] was first coined on [[The Elfinkind Digest]] by [[Torin]] in 1990?
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* The online [[therian]] community started out on [[alt.horror.werewolves]] on [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]]?
|text1=The online [[therian]] community started out on [[Alt.Horror.Werewolves]] on [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]]?
* An [[angels|angel]] [[otherkin]], [[MemoryandDream]] - owner and founder of [[Embracing Mystery]] and [[Drink Deeply and Dream]] - started the [http://giveneyestosee.com/blog/2011/10/i-am-obamacare/ I Am Obamacare] meme?
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* There is a largely separate [[Draconity]] community for [[dragons|dragon]] [[otherkin]], which started out on [[alt.fan.dragons]] on [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]]?
|text1=An [[angels|angel]] [[otherkin]], [[MemoryandDream]] - owner and founder of [[Embracing Mystery]] and [[Drink Deeply and Dream]] - started the [http://giveneyestosee.com/blog/2011/10/i-am-obamacare/ I Am Obamacare] meme?
* The [[Elf Queen's Daughters]] were an [[elves|elven]] group in 1973?
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* [[vampires|Real vampires]] were once termed [[human living vampires]]?
|text1=There is a largely separate [[Draconity]] community for [[dragons|dragon]] [[otherkin]], which started out on [[Alt.Fan.Dragons]] on [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]]?
* [[Walking the Thresholds]] is the longest continually-running [[:Category:Gathers|gathering]] for otherkin?
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* [[The Elfinkind Digest]] is the [[:Category:Mailing Lists|mailing list]] that started the online [[otherkin]] community?
|text1=The [[Elf Queen's Daughters]] were a group of self-identified [[elves]] in 1973, 17 years before the otherkin community came into existence?
* The [[otherkin]], [[therians|therian]] and [[vampires|real vampire]] communities evolved separately with some limited overlap in membership, and are still largely separate despite increasing overlap?
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* The [[otherkin]] and [[multiplicity]] communities have historically had a great deal of overlap due to the frequency of [[multiplicity|multiple]] [[systems]] having nonhuman members?
|text1=[[vampires|Real vampires]] were once termed [[human living vampires]]?
* [[Starseeds]] and [[earth angels]]/[[elementals (Doreen Virtue)|elementals]] are two nonhuman communities which developed as part of the [[wikipedia:New Age|new age]] movement, independent of the [[otherkin]] community?
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* The first [[:Category:Gathers|howl]] in the [[therians|therian]] community was held in the fall of 1994 in Ohio, and was organized by [[Smash Greywolf]] for members of the [[alt.horror.werewolves]] [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] group?
|text1=[[The Elfinkind Digest]] was the [[:Category:Mailing Lists|mailing list]] that started the online [[otherkin]] community?
* A [[windigos|windigo]] named [[James H. III]] suggested the term [[therianthrope]]s for [[therians]] on [[alt.horror.werewolves]] in December 1994 as a more general term than [[lycanthrope]]s?
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* The first discussion group for [[vampires|real vampires]] online was the [[alt.culture.vampires]] [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] group, a spin-off group from [[alt.vampyres]], which was created on February 9, 1998?
|text1=The [[otherkin]], [[therians|therian]] and [[vampires|real vampire]] communities evolved separately with some limited overlap in membership, and are still largely separate despite increasing overlap?
* The [[Meowers]] were the first [[wikipedia:Troll (Internet)|trolls]] to target a nonhuman community ([[alt.horror.werewolves]]) in an organized fashion, even though some of the Meowers were [[otherkin]] themselves?
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|text1=The [[otherkin]] and [[multiplicity]] communities have historically had a great deal of overlap due to the frequency of [[multiplicity|multiple]] [[systems]] having nonhuman members?
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|text1=[[Starseeds]] and [[earth angels]]/[[elementals (Doreen Virtue)|elementals]] are two nonhuman communities which developed as part of the [[wikipedia:New Age|new age]] movement, independent of the [[otherkin]] community?
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|text1=The first [[:Category:Gathers|howl]] in the [[therians|therian]] community ([[Harvest Howl]]) was held in November 1994 in Ohio, and was organized by [[Smash Greywolf]] for members of the [[Alt.Horror.Werewolves]] [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] group?
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|text1=A [[windigos|windigo]] named [[James Harrion III]] suggested the term [[therianthrope]]s for [[therians]] on [[Alt.Horror.Werewolves]] in December 1994 as a more general term than [[lycanthrope]]s?
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|text1=The first discussion group for [[vampires|real vampires]] online was the [[alt.culture.vampires]] [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] group, a spin-off group from [[alt.vampyres]], which was created on February 9, 1998?
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|text1=The [[Meowers]] were the first [[wikipedia:Troll (Internet)|trolls]] to target a nonhuman community ([[Alt.Horror.Werewolves]]) in an organized fashion, even though some of the Meowers were [[otherkin]] themselves?
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|text1=The first book to deal extensively with [[otherkin]], using that exact term, was [[The Veil’s Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic]] by [[Willow Polson]], published on March 3, 2003?
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