Jackson Bird: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
Џексон Берд: Како да им зборуваме и како и да ги слушаме транс-родовите луѓе
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?"
операции досега..
that's a safe place to look."
место за гледање.“
No real man has hips like those."
нема такви колкови.“
to use the men's bathroom.
користи машки тоалет.
those hypothetical questions
хипотетички прашања
my personal experiences being transgender,
искуство како трансродова личност,
wanting to tell an entire audience
with being trans, right?
кај трансродовите луѓе,нели?
wondering how we have sex
we're working with below the belt.
I was assigned at birth
кој го имав при раѓање
when they're around me.
во ваша близина.
trans people wholeheartedly
мене и другите транс луѓе
кажат нешто погрешно,
what they think they should,
ако нешто не знаат
about coming out as transgender
да се појавиш како трансродова личност
wouldn't know what I meant.
impressions of you
на луѓето за вас
на 10 страници,
of music and videos
single person I came out to.
пред кого се разоткрив.
for months afterwards,
потпис со месеци потоа
don't ever stop coming out.
да се разоткривате.
helping me with my taxes
кој ми помагаше за данокот
which one of them should pat me down,
со што да ме спои,
to everyone watching this.
with me being trans,
дека сум трансродова личност
about physically transitioning,
за физичките трансформации
like so many other people,
means just one thing:
трансформација значи едно:
of a man overnight,
gender-affirming surgeries
поврзани операции
до операција на задник
one procedure in their lifetime, if that.
операција во животот воопшто.
personally feel the need
is only beginning to cover them.
почнува да ги покрива.
seeking physical transition
-личност која бара физички трансформации
and some sparse whiskers on my neck
и повеќе влакна на вратот
through a second puberty ...
are slower and steadier
can lead people to believe,
by their new name and pronouns.
кон транс-личноста.
in physical transition
во физичката трансформација
becomes their true gender.
нивниот вистински род.
their new name and pronouns,
име или заменката
with other trans people.
Puff Daddy to P. Diddy,
when we've used the wrong gender pronoun
погрешната заменка
the same effort
people more awkward about trans people
транс-родовите луѓе
for LGBT opponents.
за противниците на ЛГБТ.
of assaulting someone in a public bathroom
кои нападнале некого во јавен тоалет
more scared of you than you are of us.
се плашиме од вас отколку вие од нас.
in trans communities
кај транс заедницата
to start using and when,
that could lead to violence against us.
кое може да ни донесе неволји.
and frightened looks in the women's room,
почнаа чудно да ме гледаат
to start going into the men's room.
одам во машкиот тоалет.
not go to the bathroom at all.
да не одиме во тоалет.
had had a urinary tract infection
имале уринарна инфекција
aren't protecting anyone.
are assaulted in bathrooms,
се напаѓани во тоалет
when we report it.
страна ако пријавиме.
of these misconceptions.
се биде напаѓан поради овие предрасуди.
of privilege mountain.
привилегираната планина.
of trans knowledge
за транс-родовите луѓе и верувам
to more learning on your own.
and educate those around you
ги другите
трансродова личност“
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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