Jackson Bird: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
جاكسون بيرد: كيف تتكلم وتستمع إلى الناس المتحولين جنسيًا.
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?"
في الحقيقة رجل أم امراة؟
للعملية الجراحية بعد...
that's a safe place to look."
No real man has hips like those."
حقيقيون بمثل هذه الأفخاذ"
to use the men's bathroom.
those hypothetical questions
my personal experiences being transgender,
الشخصية كمتحول جنسي،
wanting to tell an entire audience
وأنا أريد أن أخبر جمهورا بأكمله
with being trans, right?
بكونك متحولًا صحيح؟
wondering how we have sex
we're working with below the belt.
نستخدمها أسفل أحزمتنا.
I was assigned at birth
when they're around me.
يصبحون حولي.
trans people wholeheartedly
كل المتحولين بإخلاص
what they think they should,
التي لا ينبغي عليهم،
about coming out as transgender
عن التحول الجنسي
wouldn't know what I meant.
impressions of you
of music and videos
single person I came out to.
for months afterwards,
don't ever stop coming out.
helping me with my taxes
which one of them should pat me down,
من يجب أن يقوم بتفتيشي,
to everyone watching this.
with me being trans,
تمامًا لكوني متحول،
about physically transitioning,
like so many other people,
means just one thing:
of a man overnight,
gender-affirming surgeries
تعزيز الجنس المختلفة
one procedure in their lifetime, if that.
واحدة طوال حياتهم، إن قاموا بها أصلًا.
personally feel the need
is only beginning to cover them.
بتغطية تكاليفها.
seeking physical transition
يريد تحول جسدي
and some sparse whiskers on my neck
والقليل من الشعر الخفيف على رقبتي
through a second puberty ...
are slower and steadier
can lead people to believe,
by their new name and pronouns.
باسمه وضميره الجديدين
in physical transition
becomes their true gender.
their new name and pronouns,
with other trans people.
Puff Daddy to P. Diddy,
"باف دادي" إلى "بي ديدي"،
when we've used the wrong gender pronoun
الضمير المناسب
the same effort
people more awkward about trans people
عن الناس المتحولين
for LGBT opponents.
من قبل معارضي الـLGBT.
of assaulting someone in a public bathroom
بالاعتداء على أحد ما في حمام عام
more scared of you than you are of us.
أكثر بكثير مما تخافه أنت منّا.
in trans communities
to start using and when,
that could lead to violence against us.
قد يؤدي إلى عنف ضدنا.
and frightened looks in the women's room,
في حمام النساء
to start going into the men's room.
لحمام الرجال
not go to the bathroom at all.
had had a urinary tract infection
قد أصيب بعدوى جهاز تناسلي
aren't protecting anyone.
are assaulted in bathrooms,
على متحول في الحمامات،
when we report it.
حالما نبلغ عن الاعتداء.
of these misconceptions.
من المفاهيم الخاطئة يوميًا
of privilege mountain.
من الامتيازات
of trans knowledge
من المعرفة عن المتحولين
to more learning on your own.
أكثر بأنفسكم.
and educate those around you
وثقف الناس حولك
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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