Jackson Bird: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
Джексон Бёрд: Как говорить с трансгендерами и слышать их
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?"
он — мужчина? Или женщина?»
операцию по смене пола...
that's a safe place to look."
No real man has hips like those."
не бывает таких бёдер!»
to use the men's bathroom.
пользоваться мужской уборной.
those hypothetical questions
все эти вопросы до того,
my personal experiences being transgender,
что такое быть трансгендером,
wanting to tell an entire audience
рассказывать на весь зал
with being trans, right?
проблема трансгендеров, да?
wondering how we have sex
как мы занимаемся сексом
we're working with below the belt.
I was assigned at birth
с которым я родился,
when they're around me.
когда они сталкиваются со мной.
trans people wholeheartedly
меня и других трансов,
what they think they should,
что они «должны» знать,
about coming out as transgender
перед совершением каминг-аута —
wouldn't know what I meant.
что ты имеешь в виду.
impressions of you
окружающих о тебе,
of music and videos
single person I came out to.
кому сказал, что я транс.
for months afterwards,
на несколько месяцев,
don't ever stop coming out.
никогда не заканчивается.
helping me with my taxes
помогающему с налогами,
which one of them should pat me down,
какой пол писать мне в анкете —
to everyone watching this.
это продолжение каминг-аута.
with me being trans,
принял мою трансгендерность,
about physically transitioning,
о физических изменениях,
like so many other people,
как и многие другие,
means just one thing:
может значить только одно:
в высокого, мускулистого,
of a man overnight,
gender-affirming surgeries
по изменению пола,
one procedure in their lifetime, if that.
только через одну операцию в жизни.
в дальнейших операциях,
personally feel the need
is only beginning to cover them.
в медицинскую страховку.
seeking physical transition
решившегося на физические изменения,
заместительная терапия.
and some sparse whiskers on my neck
и подобие бороды,
through a second puberty ...
половое созревание...
are slower and steadier
медленнее и устойчивее,
can lead people to believe,
окружающих нас людей,
by their new name and pronouns.
к трансгендеру по-новому.
in physical transition
нет чёткого момента,
becomes their true gender.
человеком, сменившим пол.
their new name and pronouns,
от своего нового имени и пола,
with other trans people.
к другим трансгендерам.
Puff Daddy to P. Diddy,
что Пафф Дэдди стал Пи Дидди,
when we've used the wrong gender pronoun
пол или кличку
the same effort
people more awkward about trans people
касающейся трансгендеров, —
for LGBT opponents.
of assaulting someone in a public bathroom
туалете обвиняется больше конгрессменов,
more scared of you than you are of us.
больше боятся вас, нежели вы нас.
in trans communities
обсуждает эту тему —
to start using and when,
that could lead to violence against us.
негативного внимания.
and frightened looks in the women's room,
взглядов в женской уборной,
to start going into the men's room.
пользоваться мужским.
not go to the bathroom at all.
общественными туалетами.
исследование показало,
had had a urinary tract infection
с инфекцией мочевой системы
aren't protecting anyone.
не защищают никого.
are assaulted in bathrooms,
подвергающийся насилию в уборной,
when we report it.
когда заявит о случившемся.
of these misconceptions.
отпор подобным заблуждениям.
of privilege mountain.
of trans knowledge
to more learning on your own.
продолжите узнавать нас.
and educate those around you
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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