Lindsay Amer: Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality
Lindsay Amer: Kodėl vaikai turi išmokti apie lytį ir seksualumą
Lindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families. Full bio
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girl or somewhere in between,
ar kažkas per vidurį –
didelės šeimos nariai.
like "It's OK to be gay"
„Viskas gerai, jei esi gėjus“
yra vienas dalykas,
for a roomful of kindergartners.
pilname darželinukų.
for my web series "Queer Kid Stuff,"
„Queer Kid Stuff“ teminę dainą,
and social justice videos for all ages.
vaizdo klipus apie LGBTQ+.
I mean literal babies
tai tiesiogiai reiškia nuo kūdikystės
about gay stuff with kids."
reikalus su vaikais“.
is actually crucial.
reikalus yra būtinas.
of Pediatrics has found
tyrimai rado,
of their gender identity
apie savo lyties tapatybę
are developing their sense of self.
„aš“ supratimą.
to become kind, empathetic,
užaugtų gerais, empatiškais,
is an important part
and nonbinary and queer parents
ir ne-binariškais ir queer tėvais
and I talk about the LGBT community,
vedame diskusijas apie LGBT bendruomenę,
dainuodami dainas,
from an old professor of mine,
mano seno profesoriaus frazę:
through their tiny little eyes,
mažomis vaikų akimis.
and simplifying them --
idėjas ir jas supaprastiname,
and how we express ourselves.
ir kaip save išreiškiame.
and gender and family,
apie lytį ir apie šeimą,
children can grasp.
vaikams suprantamos.
episodes about gender,
serijų apie lytį
and introduce gender-neutral pronouns
lyčiai neutralių įvardžių pristatymui,
about their own pronouns
apie jų pačių įvardžius
I build on this foundation
statau pamatus šiai idėjai
like "nonbinary" and "transgender."
kaip „ne-binariškas“ ir „transeksualas“
kuriems per 20-imt,
nonbinary gender to their grandparents.
paaiškinti apie ne-binariškumą seneliams.
over and over again:
įtraukiami visi vaikai.
bullied for being gay.
kad buvo gėjus.
more likely to attempt suicide
tris kartus labiau
are almost six times more likely.
net šešis kartus labiau.
roughly one third of homeless youth
maždaug 1/3 benamių jaunuolių
bisexual or questioning,
gėjų, biseksualą ar nėra apsisprendę,
identify as transgender,
jaunuolių identifikuojasi translyčiais,
of the general youth population surveyed.
bedro jaunimo dalyvavusio tyrime.
of trans people
pranešta.
were of trans women of color.
įvykdyta prieš tamsiaodes trans moteris.
telling me I'm a pedophile
kaltinančias mane pedofilija
in a number of increasingly creative ways.
kitokiais ir vis kurybiškesniais būdais.
on my block list
žodį traktorius,
to get run over by a truck.
pervažiuotų traktorius.
Holocaust reference.
keliantys bei susiję su Holokaustu.
įsiveržė į Charlottesville
about one of my episodes
apie mano klipą kurėjas
is what we're up against:
yra tai prieš ką mes kovojame:
the mental health risks,
psichinės sveikatos rizikos,
my parents gave me when I came out,
man pateikė tėvai kai aš prisipažinau –
to have a harder life.
apsunkintą gyvenimą.
and unicorns and glitter,
vienaragius, ir blizgučius,
with my childhood stuffed teddy bear.
gėjus, kartu su savo pliušiniu meškinu.
when I was their age.
to struggle through what I did,
su sunkumais per kuriuos aš perėjau
to who I could be.
kuo aš galėčiau būti.
through joy and positivity
per džiaugsmą ir pozytivumą
the hardships of queer life.
queer gyvenimo sunkumus.
and who they can be,
ir kuo galėtų tapti,
or what pronouns they use.
ar kokius įvardžius naudoja.
for their differences,
už jų skirtumus,
ir empatijos skatinimas
and more equal place
tolerantiškesne vieta,
that festers in our world.
nepykantą, klestinčią mūsų pasaulyje.
for boys to wear dresses
jei berniukai nešioja sukneles
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