How video games help trans people find gender euphoria
  • 14 points Captain_R33fer

    Good for them

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  • -6 points Robinothoodie

    In my teens, being able to do this, really helped my psychological well-being.

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    4 points Phimb

    As a straight white male, I just fucking love seeing all the skins for my cute female character. A good 10% of my enjoyment is finding new gear and seeing how they look.

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    -15 points Direct-Fix-2097

    Unusually, for me being able to do this gave me an insight into the abuse and harassment women get (or women avatars anyway).

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  • -15 points QuixotesGhost96

    Some researchers are already working on immersive virtual reality experiences tailored for exploring your gender identity.

    Okay, yeah - that's what I was curious about. I'm a cis male myself, but it was definitely a pretty interesting experience playing characters of a different gender in VR and I always wondered how a trans person might respond to it.

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  • -32 points Keytars

    Downvotes from transphobes.

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  • -10 points PuttingthingsinmyNAS

    What Discord sent a hate train to this comment section good Lord

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    -1 points 07060504321

    Discord?

    This is just normal Reddit.

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    -1 points New-Poem-719

    A lot of the people that call themselves 'hardcore gamers' and browse gaming forums are terminally online losers who fall into the chud spaces.

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  • -30 points TransendingGaming

    The VRChat to Trans pipeline is such an awesome thing

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    -30 points thatsnotwhatIneed

    why are you even being downvoted

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    0 points Syrdon

    I'm sure this post got shared to some transphobe subreddit/discord/group chat/whatever and some fraction of those people just want to step on anything that might help another person even a little bit

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