Saving Trans Lives in VR: The VRChat Trans Academy

[@mycology5242]

Great interview Azeal! Tizzy was so articulate and elegant with the way she speak, and I loved her passion for the space she’s created. Really hope they can become nonprofit and keep expanding and growing.

[@Azeal]

She really did do an amazing job!

[@mckenziedougall509]

​@@AzealI've met her shes a great person

[@TizzyBell]

Thank you so much for allowing me to share our story on your channel Az. I'm incredibly proud of you for using your platform to uplift the trans community and to create understanding and awareness in the world. 💜🏳‍⚧

[@VirtuallyShay]

You did so good!!

[@Azeal]

[@MidnightVRYT]

I just joined the community, I've popped into the world off a friend once and meant to peak back. This is exactly the community I needed to find. ;~;

[@The_Dummy_thyneself]

Hey I know this isn't related to your comment or anything but your voice passes SOOOO well. How did you get your voice to pass that well like omg.

[@torrom9207]

I need a vr headset so I can join

[@silvercat18]

Tizzy has done a wonderful thing by building the academy in vrchat. Great community and has helped me personally. Long may it last.

[@FakeRiser]

I've been to the Academy maaaany times. I've met so many wonderful people that want nothing but to share love and happiness and it really warms my heart when I hear people give a lot of praise to this world and the group. Living in Sweden where the system is quite slow for us transfolk (3+ years to even get a first meeting with the most funded gender clinic and then a loong time to recieve stuff like HRT), there isn't really much for us to do unless we go the route of DIYing hormones or use legal loopholes like GenderGP. For us who are stuck in the system, it is REALLY amazing that there is a space like this where we can just get to interract with others in similar situations and be ourselves. This world has become like a second home for me. I always feel safe when I'm in the Trans Academy and it has enabled me to put a smile on my face when there's been hard times. Thank you Tizzy, for creating such a wonderful space for so many of us to be able to just be ourselves and being a wonderful person. Thank you PHIA, for introducing me to this absolute wonderful space and being a really great person! Thank you Azeal, for making this video and spreading positive awareness to a group which absolutely need it. Thank you Staff Team, for being super quick to eject the trolls that occasionally enter with only malicious intentions. Thank you VRChat, for being the platform in which I've made so many great friends and long lasting memories! Thank you, all the friends I've made in the Trans Academy and in VRChat in general. Before I forget, I'm so sorry ya'll have had to listen to my shiddy Rift S Mic xD

[@eckitronix]

The name's Dani, my first exposure to transacademy is this video and it seems awesome! I'd love to get into this, I'd love being able to join this immense community, I think ever since I came out as trans myself I started enjoying VRChat more and to know that such a thing exists! Thank you Tizzy and Azael for this!~

[@respectultimate28]

how do so many people even afford this shit lol

[@doublelunch24]

12:24 It's true! I've only been staff for a hot second, but I can confidently say that the work I've done for the Academy has been the most fulfilling work I have ever done and I can't imagine ever stopping 💖 Finding the Academy has been the single most important step thus far in discovering and creating my own identity and it means the world to me to help out however I can. Thank you so much, Tizzy and Azeal, for being such wonderful people. I'm so happy to know you and to work alongside you ❤

[@Azeal]

JOIN THE TRANS ACADEMY: discord.gg/transacademy (You don't need VR, the Discord group is very active and VRChat has a desktop client!)

[@lucymaycry7218]

Heya... is there any reason why the invitations don't work, or: "are expired"? I want to join but I don't know what to do..

[@lonelyboy9852]

24:23 "the human body is flawed, upgrade it." From the moment i understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the blessed purity of the Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude bio-mass that you called the temple with weather and you will beg my kind to save you. But i am already saved. Fore the machine is immortal. Even in death i server the Omnissiah. (great video mate, love your work.)

[@h0rn3d_h1st0r1an]

Warhammer 40k says trans rights confirmed

[@verskudoesthings]

Did you write this as a poem or a comment?

[@jackw5256]

Praise the Omnissiah

[@Eclipse-9341]

The Omnissiah 🙏🙏🙏

[@webvixdarklove7551]

@@h0rn3d_h1st0r1an”Space Marines are 8 foot tall trans behemoths”

[@niverive84]

Az and Tizzy are both amazing individuals. Before I started VRChat back during Christmas of 2021 I had very little interaction with trans people or trans issues, within the first week of starting VRChat I met one of my first best friends on VRChat who was trans and I learned a lot from her. I've met many beautiful trans people through the years on VRChat. I wasn't really sure at first if it would be okay for me, as cisgender, to join the Trans Academy, though I am glad I did and I am very thankful for all the beautiful people at the Academy, and I hope I can continue to assist in some way. I kind of have a bit of a saying myself where people should strive to spread love not hate, and there is so much love in the Trans Academy, and I hope it can be continue to be a beacon of love and hope for many people as we try to bring everyone together.

[@sammakki6090]

I'm so glad to see one of my favorite creators being openly supportive of trans people!!!

[@hopeisfutileasalways]

​@@BigManLaskeyAnd? Your point? Trans people are human too, and some humans are just bad people. That is just how humanity works. I know a cis male who killed another guy. Does this mean all cis males are murderers? Of course not!

[@AstralArchivists]

​@@BigManLaskeybro this has no connection to this comment or the original video, this just feels like you trying to spread hate

[@MrKIMBO345]

​@@BigManLaskey, Burden of proof? Also, you are likely to killed by "straight" men compared to trans people.

[@MrKIMBO345]

Why people makes long and unclear argument in the internet? Plus: I do make long argument but I will make an argument as a clear as possible.

[@signorfinancial]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@BigManLaskey bro you arent contributing to anything, who cares, even if you don't mean to put shade on the trans community that's not helping in any way.

[@noodles2459]

This means a lot to me as a trans woman

[@NexVoidGaming]

can you articulate why?

[@hizumizaigo4219]

​@@NexVoidGamingIn a world that has lots of hate everywhere that can make us feel trapped and certain amount of people trying to push all of us into a corner and to dehumanize us, make us feel unsafe and trying to make us feel that being comfortable with ourselves is wrong and degenerate and fake.. etc gender dyphoria is one of the worst mental disorders to live with and us transitioning and being ourselves makes us feel human and as normal & comfortable as possible.. I wish I could be cis then my life would be easier but living with gender dyphoria is the worst.. gender dyphoria feels like you need to sneeze all the time and all over your body but you never do and the need to sneeze intensifies every now and then but transitioning wether socially or medically or both can make us finally sneeze after all this time...

[@mo-s-]

​@@NexVoidGamingbecause it has a lot of words which convey a lot of meaning /s No but it's just nice knowing that there are people who support you, care about your demographic and are there to help you with problems. And the fact that a place like that can exist is also pretty cool

[@signorfinancial]

happy for you! :D

[@hizumizaigo4219]

@ronald2840 nothing really makes us trans except generally having the opposite sex brain from the body... it is a collection of errors we experienced in life that often leads us to being trans such as being paired up with one gendered group of kids to play a game and they don't feel comfortable with that group not because of the other kids in that group but that group they were put in the wrong group and that you feel sick if people call you based on their agab... nothing makes us trans we just discover we are and we can't control it.... fighting against will just make us feel sicker and sicker mentally overtime.... there is no need for Salvation for us we found it...we are born this way... regardless everyone sins everyday us being trans wouldn't be a big deal, God has to let sinners in heaven or else no one is getting to heaven... there is unforgivable sins which are much heavier than most sins which those sins are created equal but never the unforgivable sins. Jesus will open the doors to LGBTQ+ people...

[@UAVizUp]

I cannot explain the amount of envy I get from Tizzy’s voice she has single handedly inspired me to try harder with voice training

[@hisuye]

You'll get there with a little bit of work, and determination. I believe in you :)

[@fghsgh]

hecking same

[@RayQ101]

Voice training? More like surgery

[@fghsgh]

@@RayQ101 nope, glottoplasty doesn't sound like this. it sounds terrible. way more clockable than voice training if you know what to look for. it only affects pitch, making you sound like a gay man doing a bad falsetto impression of a woman. there's no way to get this amazing resonance and closure control without voice training. plus it isn't even permanent, it stretches back to how it was before after 10 years. and you can't get it after 30 because of the larynx turning into bone

[@RayQ101]

@@fghsgh Great to know, hope you get proper training then.

[@tifaret6202]

I remember seeing Tizzy and Azeal hanging out at TA a while ago and I've been eagerly waiting for this video ever since! Thank you both for all of your incredible and lovely work

[@ScarletStarManor]

Just here to say, this showed up in the first minute of upload on my feed, thanks for covering this group.

[@VirtuallyShay]

Wait I know them! Beautiful video, thanks so much for all the hard work. Az, We're absolutely grateful to have your help and to have you. I'm astonished every day at how fast the community has grown this past year thanks to Tizzy's leadership, as well as the hard work put in by our very dedicated staff team. I'm glad to be part of this amazing community and see so many new faces come along.

[@Azeal]

I'm so thankful y'all have had me along for the ride

[@Willie5000]

I’ve always admired Azeal’s empathy in all these interviews.

[@mesprout]

the academy group has been nothing short of amazing in the time ive been with them. glad to see them getting more recognition

[@Of_Your_Volition]

Interesting how complex and interconnected communities can be created in a virtual world. Too add quite nice how some of these organized communities are used. Good Job!

[@Azeal]

VR is just Reality+, change my mind

[@theGreenChangeling]

@@Azeal Why would you challenge us to change facts? (Aside from the fact that what everyone *knows* to be true today could be proven false tomorrow...)

[@cutebubbleUwU]

ive been in the discord for a few months now since august and the community is really like no other everyone is sweet and caring and im so happy more people are finding it and having a safe place to be it puts a huge smile on my face :3 thank you azeal so much for being such an amazing person and being there for this community! may it last as long as possible and also thank you tizzy for creating this server world and safeplace for everyone!!

[@nothark]

I'm literally gonna save up to buy a VR just so I can come here and meet everyone, they seem so awesome

[@Azeal]

You can join on desktop too if you want to check it out before that! 🏳️‍⚧️✨🧡

[@desenhistaanonimo3997]

the moment that i used a voice changer with a avatar, surprisingly my dysphoria was reduced by 90%

[@Esper54]

Trans gal here and honestly reading through these comments is making me cry, it's amazing just how supportive of a community you have cultivated Azeal. Genuinely this is almost too good to be true. Love u Az 💙🤍💖

[@Esper54]

@@wtfmoment4666 Except it doesn't work like that at all. E for one changes bone density on top of the fact that Sex in skeletons is already hard to determine especially if recovered after erosion has occurred. If they had a pristine skeleton they would likely know I was a trans woman and if they didn't they would just be assuming based off little indicators likely calling me a woman anyways considering E gives a lot of those skeletal indicators. And yeah no just saying your a girl does not make you a girl. Me saying I'm trans isn't what makes me trans? It's the gender dysphoria, the differing brain patterns and early post womb developments that make me trans. And nothing can change that even if I want it. Same as a cis person saying their trans doesn't just make them trans either. Dunno why you decided to just spout nonsensical arguments like this in the comment section.

[@korosensei3063]

❤❤❤

[@scaruri]

You've both done an amazing job with this interview! It's been amazing every time I've stopped by the academy and I'm astonished with the growth I've seen first hand since my first time last december! I'm so glad you're out here spreading the word azeal and many more hopeful years to come watching this beautiful place grow!

[@Casualtitan08]

I think if people just sat down and talked, we would have peace. Everyone is human. So what if they have a different view to you? That’s no reason to hate or disrespect. Communication first. Never violence

[@_Just_an-_Idiot-]

@@jackjames7283 least obvious rage bait

[@FreakFrederick]

@@_Just_an-_Idiot- to be real with you that's actually true to some degree lol

[@Verynicev]

@@FreakFrederickthank you

[@furgoddess]

Thank you Azeal for covering one of the places that gave me a safe place to hangout and meet amazing people. Trans Academy has helped me cope with living in a horrible place and has helped me enjoy being myself in a safe and nonjudgemental environment.

[@evalkafox]

i've spent a while creating a small trans support space that's finally flourishing a little... seeing others putting in this committment and creating much bigger and better communities for the same purpose is so genuinely amazing! it fills me with motivation to keep going and help make a difference in the ways i can. thank u for spreading awareness of this, azeal! you and her both do such amazing work.

[@Azeal]

[@RosePalaceTTKE]

It's nice to see a dedicated video on this VRChat community, every other video I've seen just states that it exists. I hope that this info helps someone in need of it, or someone that just wants it can see it too!

[@Azeal]

PHIA did a pretty good job too I think, but I'm glad you found this informative!!

[@lucindalockhart]

I love that Azeal says 'we' throughout the video, never thinking for a moment they aren't a part of the academy. Bless.

[@eg_manifest510]

10:05 oh that's very good to hear. There's a teacher at my school who's trans so it's nice to think that her simply being there might subtly help the next generation of kids be less hateful to the overall trans community. It helps even more that she's a great teacher that basically everyone respects, whereas if she was a jerk teacher it might have a worse effect simply due to guilt by association, so I'm glad that isn't the case

[@NexVoidGaming]

We also have a trans teacher and this is an area that is EXTREMELY homophobic. I can safely say that after them being up here for 3 years that the kids are a LOT less (openly) homophobic. The trans thing is a curveball for them, that's a new one so they didn't have any preconceived notions about that making it easier to tackle.

[@eg_manifest510]

@@NexVoidGaming yeah I heard a few nasty "jokes" made in the first years of my school but nowadays you don't hear a single bad thing said about them which is refreshing to say the least

[@NexVoidGaming]

@@eg_manifest510 I think as people get more time to get accustomed to thinks more people will be accepting. We as a collective society still haven't quite gotten over the "ew, gay" thing. So to throw Transpeople at society, it's kind of expected that their knee-jerk reaction is going to be along the same lines. Another decade or so and we should be ready for the new "ew, gross" flavour of the month.

[@St_at_ic]

the very second tizzy spoke i got gender envy. i really like her voice.

[@azurastellav6564]

Thank you so much for highlighting the academy. I know this is late, but with winter coming, I definitely will be using VR more, and I'll try to swing by the academy more.

[@blue_twitch___5371]

I’m so happy vr chat offers shelter for vulnerable communits and make a safe space for them

[@636Gal]

As a person who started their journey this year and wants nothing more than to just be a happy human living their best life regardless of where I end up, having this video cross my feed has opened a window to hope. Living in the southern US has its own challenges and VRChat appears to be the candle in the darkness so many need to light their way as it did mine.

[@transversewithru]

Tizzy is one of the most motivated, passionate, and selfless people doing important work to improve lives in VR and real space. I'm fortunate to come into that orbit, and am happy to be able to offer any support. Truly a legendary person, and it's palpable when you meet and speak with her. And you will too, because she has a genuine interest in the people she is helping. Great interview Azeal, you are a skilled documentarian and people will be watching these videos in ten years to see the beginning.

[@gohomesauce]

now this is epic trans rights are infact human rights

[@NonnaPossum1312]

Many people are saying this, and I find it to be self-evident. Truly epic, indeed.

[@Azeal]

😎🏳️‍⚧️

[@Sirinxbella]

I hate how I can't really access this sacred land due to vr being so damn expensive. Desktop just isn't the same.

[@EmileeAria413]

Well, I think this might be the thing that finally gets me to take the plunge into VRChat. I’ve wanted to for a long time but I was so scared of ending up in the wrong crowd or something because I didn’t have a specific goal in mind. Now I have the promise of free voice lessons and a community of fellow trans folk? Sign me the fuck up. Even 3 years (I think? Fuckin’ ADHD makes time an anomaly to me) into my transition, I still struggle with maintaining a feminine voice and have never felt truly happy with my voice. This sounds like a great community and I hope your quest to become a non-profit comes to fruition!

[@highbmifemboy]

I love people like Tizzy doing things to help not just trans people, but anyone to make them feel safe. I hope Tizzy's work grows more and reaches out to more spaces outside of VRChat.

[@BusterAnimations]

Omg, I never knew that this existed! I have a friend who is trans who I know would greatly benefit from this. Thank you for sharing this with us Azeal and Tizzy! You guys are amazing people and seeing you two interact in such a positive way is very uplifting. 💙💖🤍💖💙

[@mythicaldrawer7072]

The academy sounds like a really chill place to hang, but sadly don't have a VR headset.

[@Stellaria88]

you can get VRC on pc without a headset, that's usually what I do

[@mythicaldrawer7072]

@@Stellaria88 wait, really!? Edit: Just checked the Stream page, its' free. I am tempted to try it out.

[@5haken]

great video as always Azeal! your vids are always so informative and this video can bring so many more people to a safe space that they might need. vrc has been a great tool to experiment with my gender identity, and it has helped me figure out who i truly am, and i feel it can help so many people. :)

[@Azeal]

thank you for the kind words, and I'm so glad vrchat has helped you!

[@hellstoastt]

holyshitholyshit this place just might help me get my shit together.. i look so feminine and have such a high pitched voice and i fucking hate it, but i have no idea what to do about it. i keep overdosing and almost dying because i hate myself and my body and don't care if it just dies. i just wanna be a guy and i just wanna be able to accept myself. i don't wanna keep calling myself a pos on repeat

[@dynoq]

man, i hope you get better soon

[@ChromaClio]

🫂 You deserve better! I hope the academy can bring you the support you need to embrace your wonderful, masculine self!

[@korosensei3063]

❤❤❤

[@neosstuff]

i met tizzy a few weeks ago, shes a very chill person and is very passionate about what she does!

[@Cazra-VaporwaveWitch]

Damn, I wish I could have sit in on the recording for this one and meet Tizzy! >~< Trans Academy is such an amazing group and is such a great place in VRChat to hangout, decompress, and have an impromptu trans support group! Thanks, for continuing to be such a based spokes-ally for the trans community, Azeal!

[@Kastelt]

She and her team are heroes, and so are you Azeal. I hope that eventually I can get a VR to be able to explore my identity (I know the game can be used on desktop but I don't think it will be as effective like that).. Btw I was thinking about this being a form of well-made transhumanism and she literally mentioned it the second I began thinking about it lol

[@bon-bon321]

I remember this being mentioned in some of your other videos l'm happy the Academy is still going strong.

[@Azeal]

They're better than ever!!

[@miserablepumpkin9453]

I'm so happy that VRchat offers shelter for vulnerable communities, allowing them to share resources and support each other

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

Needed a place to post a distantly related thought, in regards to identity. Perhaps, for some, the avatar is a reflection of state of one's mind also. One might choose an armored, sci-fi supersoldier to represent how they feel in control, whereas they may choose a more gentler, calmer, meeker avatar to represent a fragility of mind, such as during a bout of depression.

[@neosstuff]

will watch later but thank you azeal for covering these topics! and thank you for all the help you have given us!

[@Azeal]

glad you're enjoying and thank you for being a long-term community member!

[@neosstuff]

@@Azeal no problem at all! proud to be supporting you since the early days and on patreon!

[@KrolElytry]

I am nitro supporter at academy and this academy saved me very cool comunity edit: I remembered when people from Trans Academy helped me in difficult times and when I took voice lessons for the first time

[@hopeisfutileasalways]

Going to watch the video later, but just wanna say that I really appreciate u for spreading the good word. While I'm not trans myself, the amount of hate I'll be getting for my queerness is bad enough, I can't imagine what trans people are going through, especially in the US. Keep up the good work ❤ Greetings from germany :)

[@Azeal]

[@Resident-of-Pluto]

I did not know this exists and now I think I'm in love with it.

[@MarinaKaterina]

I've met very kind and gentle people at the Trans Academy... All thanks to the curiosity that made me click on this video about two weeks ago... Thank you

[@raki2794]

So I wanted to support Azeal by buying the plushie then I noticed there was a trans edition version and saw that it would support a non profit organization which supports trans people so I bought that. Then I saw some videos related to trans people in VR Chat and found out about the Trans Academy in VR Chat which was a big discovery for myself. And now there is this video. The timing was just perfect. I really like you azeal and your channel. You made me realize how blind I was to the world and opened my eye's. I feel like I can be a part of something greater as well. Thank You. And Thank You Tizzy for making a place were people can be together without the fear of being judged.

[@sarahszabo4323]

Freaking awesome, I can't wait to join this when I get VR. Unfortunatly, this will probably be a few years.

[@VirtuallyShay]

VRC is also accessible on desktop!

[@cedrickulacz8468]

Ooof, I imagine that the Academy has to be VERY proactive and thorough with the safety of the people in it. Creating a safe and educational space for the trans community would be a very active process that too many out there would want to see sabotaged...

[@Hakasedess]

As a closeted trans woman, I've pretty much always used female avatars in video games, before even realizing I was trans it was just something I always did, so even after realizing it just sorta is what I always did I found a Rusk avatar on some avatar world, thought it was cute, swapped to it, didn't think much of it Until like, maybe a week or so later, when I realized there was an in-game camera, and genuinely I can't describe the sudden rush of confusion and euphoria I felt when I turned it to selfie mode and saw myself, in real time, as this anime girl creature. For the first time, I looked in a mirror and didn't see a man, but a girl, and that moment is something I'll always carry with me. VRChat in VR has been an incredible experience for me, in large part because of the avatars letting me kinda forget what my actual body looks like and simply exist as something far more feminine, even if only for a few hours, and I've met so many cool people just screwing around in various worlds

[@AquaHeart]

I'm so glad you're able to have that experience. I hope you can live it in the real world someday! 💙

[@Hakasedess]

@@AquaHeart I'm in the process of getting on HRT, so fingers crossed!

[@sebbystm7176]

Definitely one of the best thumbnails you’ve made, and a great story alongside it!

[@Toast_Data]

I'm glad you were able to bring awareness of this lovely space to ppl! Lotta good folks there, great video overall 😊

[@sku11zie52]

Honestly this is so cool, I'm so happy that a group like this exists

[@j1nx_spr1t3]

This just reminds me of how I've ended up surpassing my identity, last year I figured out I was genderfluid, and unfortunately over the second half of that year up until now. I've been suppressing it, I use to try and express my gender fluctuations but eventually I gave up, and now I've just been progressively getting more feminine. Which isn't a bad thing but I've lost touch with my masculine side. I would love to visit and join this community, seeing as not only I am under the trans umbrella but a majority of my friends are. But I just don't have the motivation to get onto VR anymore. I've grown myself into school and personal projects and have just been overworking myself. This is an amazing place, something like this, when done well, can be the most amazing place to be. I have a class where it almost seems like something out of a show because we are all friends, and all get along and work/talk together, and I mean everyone. And it's awesome! I just wish I wasn't so work focused so that I could experience it too, I bet it's wonderful.

[@randomyankee8923]

Hearing Tizzy talk about how 10 people were hanging out in a virtual coffee shops and soon growing to a 16,000 member community gives me an emotional feeling Also thanks Azeal for providing KZbin with the stories of so many people

[@Gab_Leviathan]

I wish my pc could handle vrchat better to go to those kinds of places, I'm having a terrible time trying to understand myself and coping with the possibility that I might be trans. I really wish people in the same situation as me can find the aid and help that I have been searching for.

[@AsherisAlees]

Great work Azeal. You are my favorite squirrel hehe.

[@VirtuallyShay]

Look a squirrel!

[@AsherisAlees]

​@@VirtuallyShay🐿️

[@Azeal]

FOX >:( also ty

[@AsherisAlees]

@@Azeal nyaaa you are a 🦊 🐿️ heheh 🤭

[@morpheus_uat]

It's like my parents said, "you can be whoever you want to be", but this time, for real.

[@DreamiiAmi]

I still remember when I met Tizzy for the first time how sweet and genuine she is. Excellent interview and I'm glad to finally see her come up here!!! :D

[@Into_Eternity]

Azeal, your videos, especially on these topics have made me very aware. I have to thank you for that!

[@gareckthetailor9918]

hopefully my trans cousin will be able to videochat with us at thanksgiving cause they been dealin with and trying to fix they're hard drug dependency

[@gareckthetailor9918]

was able to at least quickly talk with em over the phone :)

[@omori3007]

As a trans person Thanks for letting me know this academy exists!

[@Badlandswolf]

I love the Trans Academy! I’ve been too nervous to actually talk to people there but I love the concept. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@colehaney8836]

Hearing about this for some reason flipped a switch for me. I haven’t really allowed myself to explore my identity despite having some VERY interesting feelings and questions. Hearing about this group just made me realize there’s somewhere where I can do that safely. This is amazing. Even if I’m trans or not, I’m so, so thankful for this.

[@morpheus_uat]

im happy for them to have such a welcoming community 🥰

[@jester9215]

This is nice coverage for people who need it

[@Azeal]

we stan the trans academy

[@jester9215]

Hell Yeah!@@Azeal

[@anitaremenarova6662]

I've heard a great argument to use when convincing cis people to support trans rights: Trans people feel the same thing about their bodies as for example cis male bodybuilders or women that don't feel masculine or feminine enough except in the opposite direction. Hair transplants or breast augmentation is gender affirming care.

[@Mad_Alyx]

Been meaning for so long to attend more of the events at the academy but talking to people is just so hard!😂 I haven’t hoped on VR in a while. Regardless, Tizzy is doing amazing work!

[@rainydaze.]

This made my day! Thank you Azeal 🧡

[@Yveldi]

Exposure is honestly way more powerful against prejudice than any of us can possibly imagine. I have multiple friends that I know had an internalized transphobia. I was fully ready to lose some of my close friends upon coming out. However, all of them took it incredibly well, and I was even told that I helped some of them change their minds on the entire community of trans people, and I feel so liberated now that I can talk about my gender-related issues with my friends, knowing they will be supportive. I know it doesn't go that way for everyone, but I would be lying if I said my coming out to friends didn't feel very special.

[@renoiscold9785]

You are amazing Azeal :3

[@Azeal]

aww tysm

[@bon-bon321]

Your 24 hour trans live stream was so good!!! l watched some of the really late night sections while making my Chihuahua sized fantasy snail sculpture for school, me and Randell thank you for your service. Can you please tell me if you've archived the stream and where l can rewatch it?

[@Azeal]

Unfortunately as of right now the VOD isn't visible due to KZbin's 12 hour limit on rewatchable stream VODs, but I still have the 540 GB or so of footage on my storage server and I might upload it edited down eventually!

[@nathanielhill5887]

​@@Azealmaybe upload it in parts?

[@45potato95]

I had never thought of video games as a way to explore gender identity

[@BrandiBlitz]

Been in the Trans academy for a while now. I genuinely enjoy being there. I love it. Thank you Tizzy for making such a wonderful community Thank you Phia for introducing me to the trans academy ( @TheVirtualRealityShow ) Thank you Azeal for making the trans academy even more well known~ (aka putting the spotlight on the community)

[@This.ischip]

I have a question for tizzy do you think the classes would be suitable for 10 to 13 year olds? I’m 12 and I’m trans pansexual and I wanted to take some classes for computer science.

[@Azeal]

Hey there! Unfortunately, both Discord and VRChat are 13+ and the Trans Academy is required to abide by those rules. On your 13th birthday I'd love to see you in the Trans Academy Discord server, feel free to ping me in there (@azeal) and remind me of this comment! 🧡🏳️‍⚧️

[@itsyagirlVofficial]

I've never been on VR chat but this project sounds rad as hell! Keep up the good work

[@valzzu]

oh hell yes, good job :) i'm part of this community and I'm glad that u covered this topic.

[@valkstir2403]

Azeal's coming out really re-contextualizes this video, huh.

[@Ve5pine]

Very wholesome and I definitely didn't cry! ❤

[@OwOmeVR]

When I went through the changes in my life I wish I joined a community like this in the past >.< I'm relatively confidant in myself now and I'm proud of what I have accomplished all by myself but I'm sure it would have been less mentally taxing in a community like the trans Academy. Thank you for creating a place like that ^-^

[@Azeal]

🧡🏳️‍⚧️✨

[@bobatea4732]

My favorite vrchat youtuber and my favorite vrchat community :D

[@canofthunder]

7:23 as a what? 😈

[@callmesp2415]

The thing with growing up using avatars making you see your identity as malleable feels really true as someone who was born in the digital age

[@KLU3333]

Sooo can I join the the trans academy just to listen to tizzy's voice more? hehe

[@ReaYuni]

Such an amazing video love your videos Azeal and such amazingly spoken words Tizzy :)

[@ZeraAxon]

20:14 - 20:40 Beautiful words. It is so important to recognize and remember that we aren’t just the avatars we appear as, we’re also real life people with goals and dreams❤️

[@captainpumpkinhead1512]

The Proteus Effect. How you look affects how you think and how you act. Gonna have to look that one up. Maybe I can use that to help treat my ADHD. One of the hardest things about ADHD is internalizing "I can't do this" and constantly giving up because of that. I think this is a huge reason why I fell in love with _Black Clover_. The main character, Asta, is a magicless kid in a world governed by magic - not unlike an attentionless kid in a world governed by attention. He has this cheesy line, "My magic is never giving up!" It's cheesy, but it works in context. More importantly, you _feel_ it! It's truly an incredible manga. Maybe I could set my character to Asta and then study my homework in VR Chat? Can you even do that?

[@VirtuallyShay]

"fake it until you make it" and "dressing for success" are old concepts, but they can work. putting yourself in a mindset of being a success can influence you. YOU are a successful person. What would you as a successful person do? do that. embody that mindset.

[@rowandoggo]

Honestly, being trans is scary. It casts you as the other, and people are just ultimately scared and fearful of things they have no experience with or knowledge of.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Thank you so much for doing what you do! 🏳‍⚧

[@clawedmoss9030]

Its amazing that such a place can exist outside of any irl laws that allows even those is less then ideal situtations to be who they want to be. Vrc does wonders for this like was mentioned but having a place for it to be talked about safely and help people he informed is amazing.

[@cutenekonep906]

i was shown this world by one of my partners, because of her and a few others i learned a lot about myself and brought the part of myself a pushed very far down and thought i had killed because of my father but they brought it back and very happy they did, im much happier as a person and i got to meet Azeal through her to so that was nice. had always used female Character and never knew why i just felt better using them and as i learned about myself i knew why

[@XemsiFaye]

Lots of support!

[@Azeal]

[@MadMorriganleft]

I'm really overjoyed to here this is a thing. I'm happy that other trans people have community, this makes me feel more hopeful.