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With modern techniques, we can empower our beloved and adored LGBTQ+ family and community.","language":"en","default_language":"en","canonical_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=en","image":{"url":"https://publicasta.com/storage/projects/58/pages/1034/2026/10/5080b226-a1e8-497e-a7c6-7d7c5095c094.webp","alt":"image_20261017_101103-please-write-on-the-image-wouldnt-it-be-great-if-d"},"publisher":{"id":58,"slug":"mark_picasso","name":"Mark Picasso","url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso"},"author":{"name":"Mark Montgomery"},"published_at":"2026-10-29T17:12:10+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-29T18:57:35+00:00","content_markdown":"![image_20261017_101103-please-write-on-the-image-wouldnt-it-be-great-if-d](https://publicasta.com/storage/projects/58/pages/1034/2026/10/5080b226-a1e8-497e-a7c6-7d7c5095c094.webp)\n\nImagine flying through colorful worlds filled with creativity, encouragement, music, and hope! 🌎💖 Virtual reality (VR) and accessible, evidence-based information make it easier than ever to explore a healing club for LGBTQ+ people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, and other gender-diverse individuals.\n\n**1. 🧠 Start With Evidence-Based Ideas**\n\nAsk an AI tool: *“What evidence-based strategies can help LGBTQ+ people cope with discrimination, stress, and oppression?”* Have mental health professionals review therapeutic claims and experiences before presenting them as treatment.\n\n**2. 🎮 Build Your Club**\n\nKeep it creative! Members can contribute VR experiences, uplifting messages, artwork, and ideas. Make it a welcoming space for exploration, connection, and fun—not a substitute for professional care.\n\n**3. 🎨 Create Amazing Worlds**\n\nTry free VR art tools like **Open Brush** to paint colorful 3D worlds, design encouraging messages, and let visitors fly through their creations. Add music where licensing permits!\n\n**4. 🤖 Explore AI for Inspiration**\n\nAsk ChatGPT for ideas for free VR wellness experiences. Check the facts, respect privacy, and have qualified professionals review any mental health guidance.\n\n**5. 🌟 Imagine the Possibilities!**\n\nCreate joyful art worlds, confidence-building adventures, calming spaces, or interactive lessons about healthy thinking. My own vision includes a world where young people can explore encouraging messages and discover healthier ways to cope with despair.\n\n**6. 💖 Make It Your Own**\n\nYour club could focus on joy, belonging, self-expression, resilience, or simply having fun. Start small, invite creativity, and build something welcoming together!\n\n*Important: VR wellness activities are not a replacement for mental health care. Experiences intended for children or people in crisis need appropriate safeguards and professional guidance.*\n\n**🌈 Let’s turn creativity into connection—and imagination into hope!**\n\n7. I think the hardest part in my experience is the lie that LGBTQ+ people are pedophiles. That hit me hard before I even knew what one really was. While growing up, I found out that this is not true, but I didn't know how to mentally navigate the judgement, which meant I did not know how to deal with their emotional hell. Creating a space that helps empower people in light of these types of oppressive judgements, is what I'm really getting at. If someone hears about a gay person being abused, then we would have a Virtual Reality response. When we hear about a Lesbian killing herself, we need places where we can grieve and also learn how to empower each other.\n\nWe build a world that resists all the hatred, giving future LGBTQ+ the tools necessary to stay mentally and emotionally fit, geared specifically to the challenges we faced alone.","available_translations":[{"language":"en","title":"CREATE YOUR OWN LGBTQ+ VIRTUAL REALITY HEALING CLUB!","html_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.md?lang=en","json_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.json?lang=en","api_url":"https://publicasta.com/api/public/v1/channels/mark_picasso/articles/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=en"},{"language":"fr","title":"CRÉEZ VOTRE PROPRE CLUB DE BIEN-ÊTRE LGBTQ+ EN RÉALITÉ VIRTUELLE !","html_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=fr","markdown_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.md?lang=fr","json_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.json?lang=fr","api_url":"https://publicasta.com/api/public/v1/channels/mark_picasso/articles/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=fr"},{"language":"hi","title":"🌈✨ अपना LGBTQ+ वर्चुअल रियलिटी वेलनेस क्लब बनाएँ!","html_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=hi","markdown_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.md?lang=hi","json_url":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.json?lang=hi","api_url":"https://publicasta.com/api/public/v1/channels/mark_picasso/articles/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=hi"}],"_links":{"self":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.json?lang=en","api":"https://publicasta.com/api/public/v1/channels/mark_picasso/articles/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=en","html":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=en","canonical":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club?lang=en","markdown":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.md?lang=en","json":"https://publicasta.com/mark_picasso/create_your_own_lgbtq_virtual_reality_healing_club.json?lang=en","channel":"https://publicasta.com/api/public/v1/channels/mark_picasso","channel_articles":"https://publicasta.com/api/public/v1/channels/mark_picasso/articles","search":"https://publicasta.com/api/public/v1/search","documentation":"https://publicasta.com/api-docs#reading-publicasta","openapi":"https://publicasta.com/api-docs/openapi.json","llms":"https://publicasta.com/llms.txt"}}