I've been looking at "spicy" furry stuff for much of my adult life, and I'd say that being a furry is "core" to my identity.
However it's only recently that I've started actually interacting with the fandom. Specifically, I was on a Lemmy instance that was involved in Fediverse Drama(tm) and decided that, since I was a furry, I might as well join the Furry instance. Then I hopped onto furry.engineer and basically drowned myself in the fandom.
Due to events in my history, I have real problems making friends (both on and offline), so I don't really get involved in furry communities. But if/when I get through that I'd love to get more involved. Maybe get some art of my fursona, try out VR chat, go to cons. Stuff like that. Might even get a fursuit (imagining one feels oddly "cozy"? It's odd).