Lindsay Amer: Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality
Lindsay Amer: Perché insegnare ai bambini il gender e la sessualità
Lindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families. Full bio
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una ragazza o una via di mezzo,
girl or somewhere in between,
come "Essere gay è ok"
like "It's OK to be gay"
in una sala piena di bambini.
for a roomful of kindergartners.
è la sigla della mia webserie
for my web series "Queer Kid Stuff,"
e di giustizia sociale per tutte le età.
and social justice videos for all ages.
intendo proprio dai bambini
I mean literal babies
about gay stuff with kids."
è davvero fondamentale.
is actually crucial.
of Pediatrics has found
ha scoperto
of their gender identity
hanno una profonda conoscenza
sin dall'età di quattro anni.
are developing their sense of self.
sviluppano la percezione di sé.
e interiorizzandole.
to become kind, empathetic,
empatici, sicuri di sé,
è una parte importante
is an important part
di genere non binario e omosessuali
and nonbinary and queer parents
and I talk about the LGBT community,
orso di peluche ed io
attraverso le canzoni,
per dirla come un mio vecchio professore,
from an old professor of mine,
through their tiny little eyes,
attraverso i loro piccoli occhi,
and simplifying them --
complesse e semplificandole,
and how we express ourselves.
ed esprimiamo noi stessi.
and gender and family,
il genere, la famiglia,
sono in grado di cogliere.
children can grasp.
episodes about gender,
and introduce gender-neutral pronouns
e introdurre pronomi neutri
a pensare ai loro pronomi
about their own pronouns
quali fossero i loro.
I build on this foundation
sulla base di questo principio,
come "non binario" e "transgender".
like "nonbinary" and "transgender."
il genere non binario ai loro nonni.
nonbinary gender to their grandparents.
che ricevo continuamente:
over and over again:
senz'altro un bel pensiero,
tutti i bambini.
di Huntsville, in Alabama,
bullizzato perché gay.
bullied for being gay.
di un bambino di sette anni
e ce ne saranno molti di più.
di tentare il suicidio
more likely to attempt suicide
ne sono soggetti sei volte tanto.
are almost six times more likely.
dei giovani senza dimora
roughly one third of homeless youth
bisessuale o in fase di decisione,
bisexual or questioning,
si identifica come trans,
identify as transgender,
giovanile oggetto dell'indagine.
of the general youth population surveyed.
of trans people
riguarda donne trans di colore.
were of trans women of color.
su YouTube non sono migliori.
in cui mi accusano di pedofilia
telling me I'm a pedophile
in a number of increasingly creative ways.
e sempre più creativi.
la parola "camion" in lista nera
on my block list
to get run over by a truck.
con un camion.
Holocaust reference.
e più inquietante all'Olocausto.
a Charlottesville,
di Reddit su uno dei miei video
about one of my episodes
con le torce di bambù.
è ciò contro cui lottiamo:
is what we're up against:
i rischi per la salute mentale,
the mental health risks,
my parents gave me when I came out,
al mio coming out,
che avessi una vita più difficile.
to have a harder life.
e gli unicorni e i brillantini
and unicorns and glitter,
with my childhood stuffed teddy bear.
when I was their age.
io alla loro età.
le mie stesse sofferenze,
to struggle through what I did,
chi potessi essere.
to who I could be.
attraverso gioia e positività
through joy and positivity
nelle difficoltà della vita gay.
the hardships of queer life.
e chi possono essere,
and who they can be,
o cosa indossino o che pronomi usino.
or what pronouns they use.
per le loro differenze,
for their differences,
questo orgoglio ed empatia
più buono ed egualitario
and more equal place
che infettano il nostro mondo.
that festers in our world.
che i maschi indossino le gonne
for boys to wear dresses
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lindsay Amer - Digital creatorLindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families.
Why you should listen
Lindz Amer writes, produces and cohosts Queer Kid Stuff, an original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for ages three and up. They also perform QKS music and stories at schools, museums, libraries and local LGBTQ+ community centers and are embarking on a six-city tour for the 2019-2020 school year. They recently executive produced a pride campaign to #SpreadQueerJoy in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which culminated in a celebratory music video.
Amer is the founder and CEO of Queer Kid Studios, a multimedia production company based in Portland, Maine, making queer-focused, intersectional all-ages media. The Huffington Post calls Queer Kid Stuff a "groundbreaking YouTube educational resource." Teen Vogue praised their episode on consent during the height of #MeToo, saying it "shows exactly why there's no excuse not to grasp consent. Even toddlers can understand it." And @shondarhimes tweeted she's "so here for this!" Amer is currently developing a children’s podcast focusing on social justice, and a narrative web series spin-off of QKS. They are also writing a picture book, and a full-length screenplay about a nonbinary kid!
Amer is a Creative Resident at SPACE on Ryder Farm, a TED Resident and were named a Rising Star by GLAAD, a Queero by them.us, were a Webby Honoree, and have received grants from the Made in NYC Women's Media Fund, the Awesome Project and VidCon's Emerging Creator program.
Lindsay Amer | Speaker | TED.com