Jackson Bird: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
Jackson Bird: Kaip kalbėtis su translyčiais asmenimis
TED Resident Jackson Bird is using digital storytelling to demystify the transgender experience. Full bio
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through your head right now.
actually a man or actually a woman?"
kad jis iš tiesų vyras ar moteris?“
that's a safe place to look."
tai – saugi vieta žiūrėti.“
No real man has hips like those."
Joks vyras neturi tokių klubų.“
to use the men's bathroom.
naudotis vyrų tuoletu.
those hypothetical questions
hipotetiniais klausimais,
mano komforto zonos ribų.
savo asmenine patirtime būnant translyčiu,
my personal experiences being transgender,
wanting to tell an entire audience
norėdamas su visa auditorija pasidalinti
with being trans, right?
būnant translyčiu, tiesa?
wondering how we have sex
mes užsiimame seksu,
we're working with below the belt.
mums tenka dirbti.
I was assigned at birth
man priskyrė gimus
when they're around me.
trans people wholeheartedly
ir kitus translyčius visa širdimi,
what they think they should,
ką turėtų
about coming out as transgender
prisipažindamas esąs translytis,
wouldn't know what I meant.
nesupras ką turiu omenyje.
su klaidingais įsitikinimais,
impressions of you
kai paaiškini jiems apie tai.
enciklopedinį dokumentą,
of music and videos
muzikos ir klipų,
single person I came out to.
kuriam prisipažinau.
for months afterwards,
el. pašto paraše,
don't ever stop coming out.
taip niekada ir nenustoji.
helping me with my taxes
kuris man padėjo sutvarkyti mokesčius,
which one of them should pat me down,
to everyone watching this.
ir kiekvienam žiūrinčiam šią kalbą.
with me being trans,
jis tai priėmė puikiai.
about physically transitioning,
lyties keitimo procesą
like so many other people,
kaip ir dauguma žmonių,
means just one thing:
gali reiškti tik vieną –
of a man overnight,
per naktį,
gender-affirming surgeries
ar vyrišką.
one procedure in their lifetime, if that.
patirs tik vieną operaciją arba nė vienos.
personally feel the need
is only beginning to cover them.
tai padengti.
seeking physical transition
siekiant pakeisti išorine formą
pakaitinė hormonų terapija.
and some sparse whiskers on my neck
keletą pūkų ant kaklo,
through a second puberty ...
are slower and steadier
can lead people to believe,
mano,
by their new name and pronouns.
in physical transition
nėra jokio konkretaus momento,
becomes their true gender.
savo tikrosios lyties.
their new name and pronouns,
savo naują vardą ir įvardžius,
with other trans people.
su kitais translyčiais.
Puff Daddy to P. Diddy,
vadinti P.Diddy,
when we've used the wrong gender pronoun
sumaišome įvardžius
the same effort
people more awkward about trans people
su translyčiais asmenimis susijusios temos
for LGBT opponents.
of assaulting someone in a public bathroom
buvo nuteista daugiau JAV kongreso narių,
more scared of you than you are of us.
bijome jūsų kur kas labiau, nei jūs mūsų.
in trans communities
translyčių bendruomenėse –
to start using and when,
that could lead to violence against us.
galinčio virsti smurtu prieš mus.
vyrų tualetais,
and frightened looks in the women's room,
išsigąstingų žvilgsnių moterų tualetuose,
to start going into the men's room.
naudotis vyrų tualetais.
not go to the bathroom at all.
išvis nesinaudoti tualetu.
had had a urinary tract infection
šlapimo takų infekciją
aren't protecting anyone.
are assaulted in bathrooms,
patyrus užpuolimą tuolate
when we report it.
teisėsauga nebus jų pusėje.
of these misconceptions.
nuo šių klaidingų įsitikinimų.
of privilege mountain.
privilegijų kalno viršūnės.
nei vienos iš dviejų stereotipinių lyčių,
of trans knowledge
suvokimo pradžiamokslį,
to more learning on your own.
toliau mokytis patiems.
and educate those around you
ir patys pamokykite aplinkinius,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jackson Bird - Digital storyteller, activistTED Resident Jackson Bird is using digital storytelling to demystify the transgender experience.
Why you should listen
After publicly coming out as transgender in 2015, Jackson Bird has been committed to amplifying the voices of transgender people and breaking down the stigma attached to their experiences. He shares the stories of fellow transgender people on his podcast, Transmission, as well as on his ongoing YouTube series, "Queerstory."
Bird is also known for his work with the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA), a nonprofit that activates online fan communities towards social action. A 2017 TED Resident and 2016 YouTube NextUp Creator, Bird was also a 2015 LogoTV Social Trailblazer nominee and hailed by MTV as a "Social Media Warrior Who Helped Restore Our Faith in 2016."
Jackson is currently a Craig Newmark Organizer-In-Residence at Civic Hall and runs the monthly LGBTQIA+ Creators Group at YouTube Space NY. He currently lives in New York City.
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