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A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Exactly What You’re Looking For The LGBTQIA+ Directory is designed to help you quickly discover communities, venues, events, and experiences that match your interests, identity, and play style. While the main search bar is powerful on its own, the Advanced Search Filters allow you to…

The Monthly Honoree Spotlight Program is an ongoing recognition initiative of the LGBTQIA+ Directory of Second Life, created to celebrate the individuals, groups, and spaces that continually strengthen LGBTQIA+ community life across the grid. Through this program, the Directory highlights residents whose leadership, creativity, advocacy, and service help make Second…

Honoring Those Who Helped Shape Our Community The LGBTQIA+ Directory recognizes that our virtual world is built upon the love, creativity, leadership, and dedication of those who came before us. To honor these individuals, we offer a special Memorial Listing designation. What Is a Memorial? A Memorial within the LGBTQIA+…

The Nature Collective (TNC) is a Second Life community dedicated to cultivating and celebrating spaces that center on nature, environmental beauty, and exploration. Created with the intention of bringing people closer to the restorative power of natural environments, TNC supports sims, landscapes, and projects that invite residents to slow down,…

Exploring identity, safety, and choice in virtual spaces Second Life gives people the freedom to express themselves in ways that may not always be possible in the physical world. For many LGBTQIA+ residents, it’s a space to explore identity, build community, and simply be who they are without judgement. One…

Content Review Standards: Strengthening Safety, Professionalism & Community Trust How the Moderation & Public Relations Committees Are Working Together to Support Listings Under Our Updated Policy The LGBTQIA+ Directory continues to grow as one of Second Life’s most trusted resources for community spaces, creators, and LGBTQIA+ residents. With that growth…