Inhaí: aplicativo para mapear locais LGBTI+ friendly de forma colaborativa.

Abstract

For the LGBTI+ community, it is very important to know how receptive and open a place is regarding diversity, mainly because prejudice, even today, is quite recurrent. In this context, there are constantly reported cases of individuals who experience embarrassing situations or who are violated - physically and morally - in certain establishments. Therefore, this work aims to develop a web application that allows a virtual environment for evaluating places, according to the receptivity to the LGBTI+ public and in a way that allows employees to judge them objectively(stars) and subjectively(comments). This article presents an overview of the application's architecture and also an analysis of the interaction of its users with the functionalities provided. The data collected from the subjective evaluations were organized and analyzed into 3 groups(outside the focus of the application; positive; and negative), which resulted in a total of 52 evaluations available. In this sense, some similar behaviors were observed in these interactions, such as out-of-context assessments, contradictory to the grade given, the type of places evaluated (Bar, Restaurant, School, etc.), and places that started with a positive assessment, but after a certain period, they had a drop in the average. The Inhaí application has been available since May 1, 2021, and gathers 298 users who interact socially and collaborate in this mapping, which reveals a promising impact on the exchange of experiences lived in these places and demonstrates the potential for extension and expansion of its functionalities.