Recent Reflections

• Mapping Empathy to Rewire the World: Introducing the Queer Reflection Empathy Map
  In Empathy in Action, Reflections
  Queer Reflection’s new Empathy Map worksheet is a powerful tool for creators, educators, activists, and anyone seeking to better understand the emotional experience of queer lives. Ground your storytelling, design, or outreach in lived truth—and help build a world that truly listens. […]
• How AI Can Be Queer-Affirming (Yes, Really)
  In Empathy in Action, Reflections
  AI isn’t here to replace queer voices—it’s here to reflect them. At Queer Reflection, we’re using AI to deepen empathy, not dilute it. This post explores how technology, when guided by lived experience, can become a mirror for emotional truth. […]
• Echoes of Erasure: Trump Shuts the ‘Press 3’ LGBTQ+ Hotline
  In Founder’s Notes, Reflections
  On July 17, 2025, Trump dismantles the ‘Press 3’ LGBTQ+ youth lifeline. This poetic, furious reflection demands action as we stand guard over our queer souls. […]
• Who Queer Reflection Is For (and Who It’s Not)
  In Founder’s Notes, Reflections
  Queer Reflection isn’t for everyone—and that’s the point. We built this platform for those ready to listen with their hearts, not argue with their politics. If you’re willing to feel what we feel, this space is for you. […]
• Original Sin: How Religion Created Homophobia
  In Founder’s Notes, Reflections
  Before religion codified it, homophobia didn’t exist. It was taught, enforced, ritualized. This blog post unpacks how religious institutions transformed diverse human expressions of love and gender into sources of shame, and how queer liberation demands that we confront these sacred roots of oppression. […]

• The Shoulders We Stand On: José Sarria, The Widow Norton, and the Royal Art of Queer Defiance
  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. […]