Leaders, team, and everyone here — let’s stop pretending.
We were told this fandom is accepting and safe. It isn’t. You are accepted until you stop fitting.
For more than ten years, GFTV reported the news. We saw the best of this fandom, but we also saw the worst. We lived through it ourselves.
And we decided one thing: we will not build that kind of place.
This year, I will say it plainly. We went through danger. We went through humiliation. We went through pressure that nearly broke people. And we are still here.
Furries talked about us. They questioned how we lead. They questioned whether we deserved to lead.
One person compared himself to me directly. More IQ, more EQ, more money, more qualifications — therefore they’re more fit to lead.
Then it went further.
If GFTV ever tried to run a convention, we were told they would make sure it would not happen. That was not advice. That was not accountability. That was threat dressed as superiority.
Leadership is not status. Popularity is not worth. We measure character, and we protect dignity.
Then came the incident that changed everything. He fainted from heat in front of people. Furries asked him to apologise. They said he inconvenienced others. They said people were there to have fun.
We stepped in to help him. We gave him first aid. We said this reaction was wrong. Furries attacked us. They said we were enabling him.
It did not stop there. The pressure followed him after the event. It stayed on him. His health worsened. He later disclosed a rare condition, and he lives with pain that many people never saw.
We stayed with him through it.
While he was dealing with that, nothing changed outside. Furries kept mocking him. Furries kept calling him a problem. In one chat, the words were, “We see a problem, we remove the problem before it becomes a Problem.”
Then came worse lines: “wipe the hospital records,” “silence his primary school teachers,” and “Delete the bloodline.” This was said about a person who needed care.
No one asked if he was okay – no one!
I saw all of that. I spoke up. I said this was wrong.
And I had to ask myself: since when is helping someone survive called enabling?
After all these years doing the news, I did not expect this from the furry community — a community that says everyone matters. And yet, this happened.
That was the moment I understood something clearly. We have to stand on our own feet. We can no longer rely on that community.
So we decided: We do not leave people when it gets hard. We stay with them.
That decision made us who we are now. It became our Framework for Community Care. It became our discipline.
It became our answer to a community that talks about inclusion but treats difficult people as liabilities.
It became our reason to build PolicySpot, strengthen our rules, and make our standards clear enough that nobody has to guess whether dignity matters here.
We also saw the same pattern elsewhere.
Someone said “good morning” daily. Furries screenshotted it and mocked him.
A minor was targeted and isolated in wider furry spaces. People made remarks about his intelligence and his parents.
People who were already struggling were told they were the reason they were outcasted. Then someone came to us and said, “people in GFTV continuously get outcasted,” “because they don’t listen to criticism,” and “enabling them is not how you do it.”
That was the gaslighting. Furries pushed people out. Those people came to GFTV spaces. We gave them shelter. Then we were told we were enabling them.
No. We were protecting them.
We did not expose the minor’s full pain to his parents. We did not turn his life into a case file. We simply stayed with him.
We supported him through school, through bad days, and through moments where he needed people around him. Our community stayed with him online and in person. His parents came to our events. They saw how we treated him. They made their own judgement.
One year later, his father said, “thank you very very much for helping us look out for him.” He said it was “very meaningful” for his son to be with us.
That is not branding. That is proof.
And our people changed too. The ones who were once shaken became steadier. The ones who were once afraid started leading.
One person who went through serious psychological deterioration later stood up and helped lead a cross-border event under Project Starlight.
Think about that. From being pushed down by this environment, to building something across countries.
That is what care can do.
Project Starlight was not just an expansion plan. It was survival turning into movement. It was us saying that if one environment becomes too cold, we will build warmth elsewhere.
We crossed borders. We connected people. We showed that a Singapore-based furry organisation can stand, care, and build beyond fear.
And through all of this, we built culture too. The small jokes. The ramen meme.
The small things that gave people reasons to laugh when the rest of the world felt heavy. These things may look small from outside. They were not small to us. They helped people stay alive.
Article 6 taught us to stay independent. FCC taught us to care without surrendering discipline. Project Starlight taught us to look outward. Together, they became our answer: we do not follow popularity. We build spaces where people can live with dignity.
We were judged before we were known. Stories spread before we spoke. We were pressured to stay quiet. We were made to feel like we caused what happened to us. We rejected that.
Today, we are still here.
Not because it was easy. Not because we were untouched. But because people chose to stay.
To the families — thank you. You saw your children here. You trusted what you saw. You gave us the strength to keep going.
To the team — thank you. You carried weight people will never fully see. You stayed when it was difficult. You stood when it mattered.
To our community — thank you. You believed in this place when it was easier to walk away.
We are here because you stayed.
A Part To Play is not just a slogan. It is responsibility. Every one of you has a part to play in building this place into our home, because you chose to care.
Twelve years ago, we started with belief.
Today, we stand with proof.
Happy 12th birthday, GFTV.
Now — play your part.
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Pawsry Hamktxchuzhni
Founder and Project Lead
Global Furry Television
我们就是他们口中的「问题」：兽视十二周年致辞
各位领袖、团队，还有在场的每一位——不要再假装了。
我们曾听说这个圈子包容且安全，但事实并非如此。你被接受，直到你不再符合他们的标准。
十多年来，国际兽视一直在报兽圈新闻。我们看到了这个圈子最光明的一面，但也看到了最黑暗的一面。我们自己亲身经历了这一切，并决定了：我们绝不会建立那样的地方。
今年，我要直说了。我们经历了危险，经历了羞辱，经历了几乎把人压垮的压力。而我们依然活着。
兽迷们在议论我们，质疑我们的领导方式，质疑我们是否配领导。
有一个人直接拿自己跟我比较，他讲自己比我有”更高智商、更高情商、更多钱、更多资历”，所以比我”更适合领导兽视”。
然后事情变本加厉：如果兽视要办兽展，他讲要确保办不成。那不是建议，那不是问责，那是披着优越感的威胁。
领导不是地位，人气不等于价值。我们衡量品格，我们维护尊严。
然后发生了改变一切的事件。有人在众人面前热到昏倒，兽迷们却要他道歉，说他给别人添麻烦了，说大家是来玩乐的。
我们站出来帮他，为他做了急救，说这种反应是错的。兽迷们却攻击我们，讲我们在纵容他。
事情没有就此结束：活动结束后，压力依然跟着他、笼罩着他。他的健康状况恶化，后来他透露自己患有罕见疾病，一直承受着常人看不见的疼痛。
我们始终陪伴着他。
当他正在面对这一切时，外面的世界毫无改变。兽迷们继续嘲笑他，说他是问题人物。
在一个聊天记录里，有人写道：”我们看到问题，就要在问题变成大问题之前把问题解决掉。”
接着出现了更可怕的字句：”抹掉医院记录”、”把他的小学老师杀人灭口”、”灭掉他的血脉”。这些话是针对一个需要关怀的人说的。
没有人问他是否安好。没有人！
我看到了这一切，我站出来说这是错的。
我不禁问自己：从什么时候开始，帮助一个人活下来被叫作”纵容”？
做了这么多年新闻，我没想过兽圈会这样——口口声声说人人重要，却给这种事发生。
那一刻，我清楚地明白了一件事：我们必须靠自己站起来，不能再依赖那个社区。
所以我们做了一个决定：困难时，我们不抛弃人，我们要与他同在。
这个决定成为了我们今日立身的基石，成为了我们的社区关怀框架，成为了我们的纪律。
面对于那个讲包容、却将难以相处的人视为包袱的社区，它成为了我们的回应。
它成为了我们建立《政策点》、强化规章制度、并明确标准边界和原因的动力，好让每个人都知道：在这里，尊严不容置疑。
我们在其他地方也看到了同样的模式。
有人每天说”早安”，兽迷们却截图取笑他。
一名未成年人在更大的兽迷空间被针对和孤立，人们嘲笑他的智力，还侮辱他的父母。
那些在挣扎的人，却被告知是他们自己害自己被排斥的。然后有人来找我们说：”兽视里的人不断被排斥，因为他们不听批评，而且纵容他们是不对的。”
这就是兽迷当场扭曲事实。兽迷们先把人推出去，之后那些人来到兽视旗下的空间；我们给予他们庇护，然后我们却被说是在纵容他们。
不，我们是在保护他们。
我们没有把那名未成年人的全部痛苦暴露给他的父母，也没有把他的人生变成一份档案。
我们只是陪伴着他，支持他度过学业、度过糟糕的日子，以及那些需要有人陪伴在旁的时刻。我们的社区在线上线下都陪伴着他。
他的父母来到我们的活动，看到我们如何对待他，做出了自己的判断。一年后，他的父亲说：”非常非常感谢你们帮我们照顾他。”他说儿子能和我们在一起，意义重大。
那不是宣传，而是证明啊！
而我们的人也改变了。那些曾经动摇的人变得更加坚定，那些曾经害怕的人开始站了出来。
一位克服了心理健康危机的人挺身而出，领导《星光计划》的第一个跨境活动。
想想看：从被那些他以为关心他的兽迷打压，到跨出国界、超越兽迷圈子、为所有人建立一些东西。
这就是关怀的力量。
星光计划不只是扩张计划，它是生存转变而成的运动。这是我们在说：如果一个环境变得太冰冷，我们会在别处建造温暖。
我们跨越国界，连接人心，证明了一个新加坡的兽迷组织可以站起来、关怀他人、并超越恐惧去建设。
在这过程中，我们也建立了文化。小笑话、拉面梗……
当世界沉重时，这些小事给了人们快乐的理由。这些事从外面看来可能渺小，但对我们来说并不渺小。它们给了人们活下去的理由。
《组织宪章》第六条教会我们保持独立。社区关怀框架教会我们在不放弃纪律的情况下关怀他人。星光计划教会我们向前看。合在一起，它们成为了我们的答案：我们不追随人气。我们建造让人们有尊严生活的空间。
但是，我们在被认识之前就被评判。故事在我们开口之前就已经传开。我们被施压保持沉默，被灌输是自己造成了发生在身上的事。我们统统拒绝这样的说法。
今天，我们依然在这里。
不是因为容易，不是因为毫发无伤，而是因为人们选择了留下。
致各位家属——谢谢你们。你们在这里看到自己的孩子，核实了他的安全。你们给了我们继续前行的力量。
致团队——谢谢你们。你们承担了人们永远不会完全看到和理解的重担。困难的时候你们留了下来，关键时刻你们站了出来。
致我们的社区——谢谢你们。当离开更容易的时候，你们选择了相信这个地方。
我们能在这里，是因为你们留下了。
《恪守本分》不只是一句口号。它是责任。
你们每个人都在把这里建设成我们的家园中扮演着角色，因为你们选择了关怀。
十二年前，我们带着信念出发。今天，我们带着证明站在这里。
生日快乐，国际兽视！！
（华语）生日快乐，国际兽视！
（广东话）祝福国际兽视宏图大展！
（英语）生日快乐，国际兽视！
（马来语）生日快乐，国际兽视！
（菲律宾伊洛卡诺）祝国际兽视长生繁荣！
现在——轮到你了。
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爪利行乐主翅尼
创办人兼项目负责人
国际兽视（GFTV）
Global Furry Television 