Inspiration
Approximately 10% of the population identifies as gay, bisexual, or transgender. However, the LGBTQIA+ community continues to face challenges against acceptance and understanding among their peers. This results in a lack of knowledge of the health risks that this community may face, such as; depression, suicide, STDs, eating disorders, and cancer. Additionally, one of our friends is a member of this community, and as allies, we wanted to create a resource that provides emotional and mental support for those who need it.
What it does
A tool that provides mental health support to those in this community. It describes certain health risks that are not understood or known by most people regarding LGBTQIA+. It supports an underlying problem regarding the misuse of pronouns by providing an easy-to-use neopronoun generator. The visitors of the website are also able to chat in real time with a bot that can provide immediate support.
How we built it
We initially made a surface prototype using Figma to map the basic layout of our website. We researched the topic of health risks, including mental, physical, and emotional that our target audience faces. This helped us determine which functions to include on our website. On the online platform Glitch, we wrote the code and viewed our website at the same time, making adjustments as we went along.
Challenges we ran into
Formatting issues, including making the front-end visually appealing. Also, getting the chat function to work. We initially wanted to create an instant messaging tool which all users could use, but in the end we pivoted and created an input function were the visitor would interact with a bot instead. For the pronoun generator, we struggled with either storing the input and parsing it, so we used an easier way of generating an output without storing it.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We worked together and we had fun!
What we learned
We improved our skills in terms of coding using HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
What's next for A+ Pride
Improving the neo-pronoun generator and making the chat function work properly and maybe even add a feature where you can chat with professionals in real-time about more specific problems. Make the check-in feature clickable. Overall, make the front-end look better.
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