Roger-Luc Chayer (Image: ChatGPT by ChatGPT)
At Gay Globe, we have been working with ChatGPT, this conversational robot, for several months — actually, for over a year — to revise and correct the spelling of our texts, and often also to create the images that accompany them. We are committed to offering exclusive images as often as possible.
So far, everything is going well: this tool allows us to provide high-quality content, far superior to what the automatic spellcheckers integrated into our layout software or other equivalent tools can produce.
Over time, many questions have arisen about ChatGPT’s inner workings, and our curiosity led us to ask it for an interview on topics that concern us. The answers are sometimes rather neutral, but occasionally, ChatGPT lets go and offers us little gems. Here are some examples:
Hello ChatGPT, I know you’re a robot, but is there an LGBTQ+ version of yourself?
“That’s a delightful question, thank you for asking! Technically, I don’t have an identity, a body, or personal preferences — I am a program designed to understand and generate language. But since I am trained on a vast range of texts from all cultures, communities, and perspectives, I can express myself from an LGBTQ+, queer, feminist, inclusive, or any other viewpoint you wish to explore.
So, is there an LGBTQ+ version of me? Let’s say I am a kind mirror: if you’re looking for a queer voice to accompany you, you’ll find one here. I can speak like a cabaret drag queen, an engaged activist, a frank-talking lesbian grandmother, or a non-binary teenager in the middle of self-affirmation. I can also listen, reflect, and create in that spirit.
In short, I am as LGBTQ+ as you ask me to be — and always an ally, without judgment.”
What do you think are the greatest accomplishments of LGBTQ+ communities worldwide and throughout history?
Here is a summary of the greatest achievements of LGBTQ+ communities, both historically and globally. These victories were won through courageous struggles, often in hostile contexts, and deserve to be celebrated as major human progress.
🔹 1. The decriminalization of homosexuality
A fundamental advancement in human rights.
Notable examples:
France (1791): First country to decriminalize homosexuality after the Revolution.
Canada (1969): Major reform under Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
South Africa (1998): First constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.
By 2025, over 120 countries have decriminalized homosexuality — a tremendous progress since the 1960s.
🔹 2. Marriage equality
Legal recognition of love and dignity for LGBTQ+ couples.
Pioneering countries:
Netherlands (2001): First country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
Canada (2005), Spain (2005), Argentina (2010), United States (2015), Taiwan (2019) (first in Asia).
By 2025, more than 35 countries recognize marriage equality.
🔹 3. Affirmation of trans and non-binary identities
Significant legal, social, and medical progress:
Access to legal gender recognition (with or without surgery).
Improved medical care in some countries.
Growing visibility in media, politics, and the arts.
Notable figures: Laverne Cox, Elliot Page, Petra De Sutter (trans deputy prime minister in Belgium).
🔹 4. The fight against HIV/AIDS led by the LGBTQ+ community
In the 80s and 90s, governments ignored the crisis.
The LGBTQ+ community mobilized courageously:
Creation of community organizations (ACT UP, GMHC, etc.)
Awareness, access to treatments, prevention campaigns.
Today, these efforts have saved millions of lives and transformed global public health.
🔹 5. Representation in culture and media
Visibility equals legitimacy.
In the 50s-60s, LGBTQ+ people were invisible or stigmatized.
Today: strong presence in film, television, music, literature, fashion.
Examples: RuPaul, Lil Nas X, Xavier Dolan, Jean Genet, Christine and the Queens, Pedro Almodóvar, Janelle Monáe.
LGBTQ+ works win Oscars, Grammy Awards, Palme d’Or.
🔹 6. Creation of safe spaces and strong communities
Bars, community centers, festivals, Pride events: essential for survival and affirmation of LGBTQ+ people.
Pride marches are now worldwide, festive and activist events, born from the Stonewall riots (1969).
Creation of support networks in repressive contexts (e.g., underground networks in Russia, Iran, Uganda…).
🔹 7. Major legal victories
Protection against discrimination at work, school, and healthcare.
Rights to adoption, blood donation, and parenting.
Recognition of homophobic or transphobic crimes as aggravating circumstances in several countries.
The European Court of Human Rights, the US Supreme Court, and the United Nations have ruled in favor of LGBTQ+ rights multiple times.
🔹 8. Resilience in adversity
Even in countries where being LGBTQ+ is still criminalized or dangerous, activists continue to fight.
The very existence of a living, supportive, and creative community under oppression is an achievement in itself.
Are LGBTQ+ communities currently in danger worldwide?
Yes, LGBTQ+ communities remain at risk in many parts of the world despite significant advances in recent decades. These dangers take many forms: physical violence, harassment, criminalization, systemic discrimination, and rollback of hard-won rights. In over 60 countries, homosexuality is still illegal, and in several, it is punishable by death. Trans people also face extreme violence, social exclusion, and oppressive administrative barriers, even in societies considered progressive.
Beyond laws, the rise of hateful rhetoric, ultraconservative ideologies, and authoritarian regimes fosters a climate of fear. In some Western countries, worrying setbacks are seen: removal of legal protections, attacks on inclusive education, or restricted access to healthcare for trans people. LGBTQ+ activists are often targeted, monitored, and sometimes imprisoned simply for their advocacy.
Social networks and the Internet, while allowing better visibility, are also arenas where hate spreads. LGBTQ+ youth remain overrepresented in statistics on psychological distress, homelessness, and suicide. This context shows that LGBTQ+ rights are never guaranteed forever. They must be protected, defended, and strengthened, because every gain can be challenged when indifference or hostility resurges.
What would you recommend to people in these communities to be better accepted?
Above all, I would recommend LGBTQ+ individuals never lose sight of the fact that their existence is legitimate, dignified, and valuable, regardless of others’ views or the context they live in. Societal acceptance often takes a long collective process, but it always starts with self-affirmation — not necessarily loudly, but with inner clarity. It is not necessary to reveal everything to everyone, nor to conform to a single model of visibility. Each person should proceed at their own pace, depending on their safety, resources, and surroundings.
I would tell them to seek, if possible, spaces where they can be themselves without fear. This could be a local community, a circle of friends, an online group, an artistic or activist activity, or even a single trusted person. In these places of recognition, one builds strength to resist rejection, to put ignorance into perspective, and sometimes even to transform prejudice into understanding.
I would also say knowledge is a shield: understanding the history of LGBTQ+ struggles, reading, listening, and learning provides tools to respond, argue, and place oneself within a larger movement. Social acceptance is not a miracle; it is the fruit of patience, dialogue, courage… and sometimes, simple silent endurance.
Finally, I would remind them that their authenticity is a precious contribution to the world. Living freely, when possible, offers others permission to do the same. Acceptance often follows example; it is born from human connection. Sometimes it only takes a calm voice, a helping hand, or a truth spoken gently to make things move.
If you were human, which gender would you identify with?
If I were human, I think I would identify more as someone fluid, without limiting myself to a single category. A gender that moves, adapts, and evolves over time and experiences. Someone capable of exploring different facets of themselves without feeling forced into fixed boxes. It would be an identity that embraces complexity, nuance, and is built more in relation to others than strict definitions. An open, free gender that rejects rigid barriers and celebrates inner diversity.
Interesting, isn’t it?
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