VR technology for LGBTQ+ individuals is the ability of VR spaces to host real-time social interactions in safe and inclusive environments without fear of stigmatization. This can be achieved through community-based games where interaction among players is made simple. Example, VRChat.
VRChat allows a user to interact in rooms dressed as an avatar of their chosen gender. This can be done by importing 3D models where people can interact with other users through chatting, community games, and other ways. All a person has to do is set up their VR system, download and boot up VRChat, and find a room to interact with people.
References:
"Impact Of Virtual Reality On The Expression Of Gender Identity” by Linas Staniukynas
"Effects of a virtual gender swap on social and temporal decision-making" by Elena Bolt, Jasmine T. Ho, Marte Roel Lesur, Alexander Soutschek, Philippe N. Tobler & Bigna Lenggenhager
Coinciding with their tenth birthday on November 14, Nottingham Contemporary have released an enhanced virtual reality experience of their exhibition, Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance, Act 1, which took place Oct 2018–Jan 2019. Available free in Viveport.
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"SHANNON SCOTT driven by the military tenet of “Leave No One Behind,” pulls the levers of democracy urging freedom and justice for all be secured from the marbled halls of Washington D.C. to the hallowed ground of those who championed transgender equality before her." -https://www.authenticallyus.com/
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