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I personally wonder if there are sexes or sexualities that are more likely to go develop particular paraphilias.

It's parroted that men posses most paraphilias, but there's no scientific evidence to support this. It's all anecdotal. My anecdotes conflict with the popular opinion, primarily masochism (pain, power, humiliation) in women. A sprinkling of sadism as well. (Think BDSM.)

I think this sentiment is in large part due to the psychiatric and psychological professions having dealt with primarily men as their patients, usually in a criminal context. It may be that men and women are inclined to develop different sorts of paraphilias, different thematic clusters.

However, it could follow that what makes people gay, lesbian, or bi could also incline them towards paraphila, among a great deal of other psychological traits. It's entirely possible, and there's some evidence to suggest it, but that's generally not a politically correct thing to say.

As far as gay and furry goes, I was reading a journal article about a community of zoophiles. Not furries, people who like real animals. (Totally normal hobby, I assure you--reading this sort of stuff.) Among them, there were a cohort (there were several) of men who exclusively desired male animals, and they labeled themselves homosexual. Point being, are these gay furries homosexual in the classic sense and just happen to also be furries? Where is their sense of "male" being derived from in terms of their attractions--male humans, or male anthropomorphic animals? What about a female human in a male-presenting fursuit? Outstanding question.