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Therian Trend In Argentina Raises Questions About Youth And Identity

Teen culture on the internet can move fast, but a new trend in Argentina is turning heads for a different reason. In Buenos Aires, groups of teens have started meeting in parks wearing animal masks, moving on all fours, and acting out dog or cat behaviors together. Some leap over obstacles like they are running... The post Therian Trend In Argentina Raises Questions About Youth And Identity appeared first on One Green Planet.

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In Argentina, the trend of the thérians is as worrying as it is: young people gather to express their animal identity with masks and stagings. Popular on social networks since the 1990s, this movement is also present in France, and provokes debates, especially in the LGBTQIA+ community as well as in some mental health professionals.

The Therians exist. And their existence says something about the way in which young people build their identity, about what happens when traditional referents fall apart and others have to be invented. In Argentina, Chile, Spain and Colombia small craft enterprises dedicated to making masks and custom outfits have emerged. Aniela Dumas Rojas. Journalist. “Cubadebate.” Havana. 6/3/2026. I have never seen a Therian in Cuba. They may exist, they ma…

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onegreenplanet.org broke the news in on Friday, March 6, 2026.
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