Lindsay Amer: Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality
Lindsay Amer: Waarom kinderen moeten leren over gender en seksualiteit
Lindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families. Full bio
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girl or somewhere in between,
of meisje bent of ergens tussenin,
like "It's OK to be gay"
"Het is OK om gay te zijn"
for a roomful of kindergartners.
is iets compleet anders.
voor mijn web serie "Queer Kid Stuff,"
for my web series "Queer Kid Stuff,"
voor alle leeftijden.
and social justice videos for all ages.
bedoel ik letterlijk van baby's
I mean literal babies
met kinderen."
about gay stuff with kids."
is actually crucial.
over homozaken is eigenlijk cruciaal.
kinderartsen zegt
of Pediatrics has found
over hun gender-identiteit
of their gender identity
een gevoel voor het zelf ontwikkelen.
are developing their sense of self.
dat hun kinderen opgroeien
to become kind, empathetic,
zelfverzekerde volwassenen .
is an important part
is een belangrijk deel
en emotionele ontwikkeling.
één gender voldoen
and nonbinary and queer parents
trans en gay ouders
en ik over de LGBT gemeenschap,
and I talk about the LGBT community,
door middel van liedjes
zoals mijn oude professor zei:
from an old professor of mine,
door hun kleine oogjes.
through their tiny little eyes,
and simplifying them --
en versimpelen ze,
zoemen we in op de kern.
ons voelen en onszelf uiten.
and how we express ourselves.
and gender and family,
en gender en familie.
children can grasp.
die kinderen kunnen begrijpen.
episodes about gender,
om het uit te leggen en introduceerde ik
and introduce gender-neutral pronouns
zoals 'zij' en 'hun'.
about their own pronouns
over hun eigen voornaamwoorden
voornaamwoorden vragen.
I build on this foundation
bouw ik op dit fundament
like "nonbinary" and "transgender."
zoals "niet-binair" en "transgender."
nonbinary gender to their grandparents.
uit te leggen aan grootouders.
opmerking steeds weer opnieuw.
over and over again:
in Huntsville, Alabama
na gepest te zijn als homoseksueel.
bullied for being gay.
en gaan er nog velen komen.
more likely to attempt suicide
vaker zelfmoord
are almost six times more likely.
bijna 6 keer zoveel kans.
roughly one third of homeless youth
is ongeveer één derde van de dakloze jeugd
bisexual or questioning,
identify as transgender,
de dakloze jeugd zegt transgender te zijn,
van de algemene populatie jongeren.
of the general youth population surveyed.
of trans people
de geregistreerde gevallen.
were of trans women of color.
waren gekleurde transvrouwen.
telling me I'm a pedophile
dat ik een pedofiel ben.
met creatieve suggesties.
in a number of increasingly creative ways.
op mijn blokkeerlijst zetten
on my block list
to get run over by a truck.
doodgereden werd door een truck.
Holocaust reference.
met de Holocaust.
about one of my episodes
Reddit meme over een aflevering van mij
spervuur van negativiteit.
is what we're up against:
the mental health risks,
de mentale gezondheidsrisico's,
my parents gave me when I came out,
die mijn ouders gaven toen ik uit kwam,
to have a harder life.
ik een moeilijker leven had.
and unicorns and glitter,
eenhoorns en glitter.
met de teddybeer uit mijn jeugd.
with my childhood stuffed teddy bear.
when I was their age.
dat had gehad op die leeftijd.
niet hoeven te worstelen zoals ik.
to struggle through what I did,
to who I could be.
wie ik kon zijn.
van vreugde en positiviteit
through joy and positivity
de moeilijkheden van gay zijn.
the hardships of queer life.
en wie ze kunnen zijn,
and who they can be,
or what pronouns they use.
wat ze dragen of zeggen.
for their differences,
van anderen vanwege verschillen,
en gelijkere plaats zullen maken
and more equal place
van deze wereld zullen bestrijden.
that festers in our world.
for boys to wear dresses
jurken mogen dragen
mogen opkomen.
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.
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