This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. At the Northwest Cider Symposium back in March, I spotted someone on the vendor floor wearing a plush upholstered animal tail.

This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. At the Northwest Cider Symposium back in March, I spotted someone on the vendor floor wearing a plush upholstered animal tail.