The damnedest thing about getting into VR this year is you'd think that playing a much more idealized version of myself would make existing IRL harder...it really doesn't at all. Being around a bunch of queer people in a space of self expression has paradoxically made me feel less weird about my body IRL, less dysphoric even. I thought using my voice was going to like, make me feel weird and self conscious since I couldn't stick with text and maintain the illusion of a perfectly passing cis woman, and instead I wore a dress in public for the first time this year and have started exploring cosmetics again.
...I mean there's also the whole "Yeah we're going full furry on main" thing too. That's pretty neat. Honestly more of a return to a much older form than a new thing but whatever.
