We’re bringing queer stories into the real world—layered into the spaces where empathy is needed most. Here’s why Queer Reflection is moving from the screen to the sidewalk, and how AR can help us feel these stories more deeply.

Queer Reflection founder Bryan Alexander reflects on how Erasure’s “Hideaway” gave him the courage to come out—and inspired the creation of an empathy platform for those still learning to be brave.

Queer Reflection founder Bryan Alexander shares how Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” shaped his identity, inspired his NYU essay, and planted the seeds for his empathy-driven platform.

Inspired by Dr. Bruce Perry’s “Born for Love,” Queer Reflection explores how empathy shapes queer identity, why it’s endangered—and how immersive storytelling can revive it.

Queer Reflection blends AI, AR, emotional branching, and narrative design to build the future of empathy. This isn’t just tech—it’s a feeling engine.

In a world where queer rights are under renewed attack, Queer Reflection explores why building empathy through immersive experience is more urgent than ever.

Queer Reflection founder Bryan Alexander shares a personal story about queer invisibility, emotional design, and why we must build spaces where no one disappears to survive.

Queer Reflection explores why empathy—not just information—is the key to ending homophobia. Discover how immersive storytelling can transform hearts and minds.

Queer Reflection is a groundbreaking empathy platform that goes beyond education—offering immersive, emotionally responsive experiences that let users live through the joys, fears, and challenges of LGBTQ+ lives. By bridging the empathy gap through AI-driven storytelling and augmented reality, we’re not just changing minds—we’re rewiring them.

Our first Encounter begins at the dinner table—an intimate, emotional simulation where you come out to your family and feel every reaction in real time. It’s immersive, raw, and the first step in building a more empathetic world. We’re inviting the queer community to help us choose what comes next.

I didn’t start Queer Reflection to build another platform—I built it because I needed a way to survive the silence, the misunderstanding, and the distance between queer lives and the world’s willingness to feel them. This is more than tech. It’s a love letter, a mirror, and a spark.

Before Harvey Milk, there was José Sarria—the drag queen, activist, and self-proclaimed Empress Norton. This post honors José’s royal defiance, political courage, and the dazzling power of queer pageantry as resistance.

Harvey Milk believed that visibility was survival—and that hope could never be silent. This post honors his legacy as a leader, an activist, and a symbol of the power that comes from simply being seen.

Quentin Crisp refused to hide. His life as an artist, writer, and self-described “stately homo” challenges us to consider where we trade authenticity for approval—and what we might reclaim by letting go of that need.

Audre Lorde taught us that silence is not safety—it’s complicity. This post honors her work as a poet, activist, and truth-teller, and asks what it means to transform silence into language and action.

Alan Turing cracked the code that helped end a war—but his own country punished him for being gay. This post honors his genius, his quiet courage, and the hard lessons his story still teaches us about bias, brilliance, and belonging.

Marsha P. Johnson showed us that joy can be resistance—and that care is its own kind of protest. This post honors her life, her fight, and the emotional labor that still shapes the work we do today.

Queer Reflection’s tribute series, “The Shoulders We Stand On,” honors twelve queer pioneers whose courage, brilliance, and defiance made this moment possible. Their stories aren’t just history—they’re the blueprints for the empathy, action, and change we’re building today.