Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett has inquired with University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd about a “Furry Club” at the university’s Knoxville Campus.  Furries are people who take on animal qualities

Furries wear costumes that resemble their fursona, which can be full or partial

In a now deleted Facebook post, Burchett shared a letter addressed to Boyd asking about the club, which he said reportedly had around 90 members.

The fact that ⁦the University of Tennessee even has a furry club is alarming. This isn’t the University of Tennessee that I know. Let’s leave that for the University of Texas,” Burchett wrote in the post.

In 2022, two state lawmakers claimed there was a “growing crisis” of children in Tennessee who identified as “furries” being allowed to use litter boxes at school