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The term otherkin was first coined on The Elfinkind Digest by Torin in 1990?
Starseeds and earth angels/elementals are two nonhuman communities which developed as part of the new age movement, independent of the otherkin community?
The first howl in the therian community (Harvest Howl) was held in November 1994 in Ohio, and was organized by Smash Greywolf for members of the Alt.Horror.Werewolves Usenet group?
A windigo named James Harrion III suggested the term therianthropes for therians on Alt.Horror.Werewolves in December 1994 as a more general term than lycanthropes?
The first discussion group for real vampires online was the alt.culture.vampires Usenet group, a spin-off group from alt.vampyres, which was created on February 9, 1998?
The Meowers were the first trolls to target a nonhuman community (Alt.Horror.Werewolves) in an organized fashion, even though some of the Meowers were otherkin themselves?
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?
The online therian community started out on Alt.Horror.Werewolves on Usenet?
An angel otherkin, MemoryandDream - owner and founder of Embracing Mystery and Drink Deeply and Dream - started the I Am Obamacare meme?
There is a largely separate Draconity community for dragon otherkin, which started out on Alt.Fan.Dragons on Usenet?
The Elf Queen's Daughters were a group of self-identified elves in 1973, 17 years before the otherkin community came into existence?
Real vampires were once termed human living vampires?
The Elfinkind Digest was the mailing list that started the online otherkin community?
The otherkin, therian and real vampire communities evolved separately with some limited overlap in membership, and are still largely separate despite increasing overlap?
The otherkin and multiplicity communities have historically had a great deal of overlap due to the frequency of multiple systems having nonhuman members?

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