ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ivan Coyote - Writer, performer
Ivan Coyote believes that a good story can help inspire us to invent a better future.

Why you should listen

Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. An award-winning author of eight collections of short stories, one novel, three CD’s, four short films and a renowned performer, Ivan’s first love is live storytelling. Over the last nineteen years, they have become an audience favorite at music, poetry, spoken word and writer’s festivals from Anchorage to Amsterdam.

Ivan began performing in 1992, and in 1996 co-founded Taste This, a four person performance troupe that combined live music, storytelling and performance poetry to create a text-driven genre-busting collaborative exchange. Taste This toured North America extensively and in 1998 the four artists published Boys Like Her, a critically acclaimed book that took the stage show to the printed page. Boys Like Her sold out three editions and continues to be considered a notable Canadian contribution to the dialogue around gender identity and sexuality.

Ivan teamed up with Arsenal Pulp Press in 2000, and has since released nine more books. Close to Spiderman (2000), One Man’s Trash (2002), Loose End (2005), Bow Grip (2006), The Slow Fix (2008), Missed Her (2010), Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme (2011), One In Every Crowd (2012) and Gender Failure (2014). 

Ivan is still fascinated by the intersection of storytelling and music, and works with a number of well-established Canadian musicians, including pianist and composer Veda Hille, songwriter Dan Mangan, folk artist Rae Spoon, cellist Cris Derksen, and violinist Lyndell Montgomery. Ivan has released three CDs of storytelling with music, You’re A Nation (2003) and You Are Here (2007) and Only Two Reasons (2010).

In 2001 Ivan landed a little gig teaching short fiction at Capilano University in North Vancouver. This little night school class led to an accidental discovery: Ivan loves to teach creative writing. Coyote continued to teach short fiction and classes and workshops, and in 2007 was invited to become Carleton University’s writer-in-residence. While in Ottawa, Coyote taught a third year fiction class, and three memoir-writing classes for senior citizens. It was while teaching seniors that Ivan realized their true calling. Ivan strongly believes in listening to the stories of our elders, and encouraging them to write down their lives. 

Coyote has since been honoured to be the writer-in-residence at the Vancouver Public Library (2009), The Carol Shield’s writer-in-residence at the University of Winnipeg (2011) and the writer-in-residence at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario (2012). 

In addition to these literary and teaching accomplishments, Ivan continues to tour extensively throughout North America and Europe, telling stories not only to festival audiences but to high school students, social justice activists, adult literacy students and senior citizens all across the continent. Ivan believes in the transformative power of storytelling, and that collecting and remembering oral history not only preserves a vital part of our families and where we come from, but that a good story can help inspire us to invent a better future.

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Ivan Coyote: Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms

Ivan Kojoti (Ivan Coyote): Zašto su nam potrebni rodno neutralni toaleti

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Postoji nekoliko stvari koje su nam svima potrebne: svež vazduh, voda, hrana, sklonište, ljubav... i bezbedno mesto da obavimo nuždu. Za trans ljude koji se ne uklapaju sjajno u priču o dva pola, javni toaleti su ogroman izvor stresa i mesto gde će ih najverovatnije ispitivati ili uznemiravati. U ovom poetskom i ritmičnom govoru, Ivan Kojoti hvata se u koštac sa složenim i veoma ličnim problemima rodnog identiteta i izlaže potrebu za rodno neutralnim toaletima na svim javnim mestima.
- Writer, performer
Ivan Coyote believes that a good story can help inspire us to invent a better future. Full bio

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There are a fewнеколико things
that all of us need.
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Postoji par stvari
koje su nam svima potrebne.
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We all need airваздух to breatheдиши.
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Svima nam treba vazduh da bismo disali.
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We need cleanчист waterвода to drinkпиће.
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Treba nam čista voda za piće.
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We need foodхрана to eatјести.
We need shelterсклониште and love.
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Treba nam hrana da bismo jeli.
Treba nam sklonište i ljubav.
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You know. Love is great, too.
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Znate. Ljubav je takođe sjajna.
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And we all need a safeсигурно placeместо to peeпишкити.
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I svima nam treba
sigurno mesto da obavimo nuždu.
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(LaughterSmeh) Yeah?
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(Smeh) Je l' da?
00:35
As a transTrans personособа who doesn't fitфит neatlyuredno
into the genderпол binaryбинарно,
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Kao trans osoba koja se ne uklapa sjajno
u podelu između dva pola,
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if I could changeпромена the worldсвет tomorrowсутра
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kada bih sutra mogao da promenim svet
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to make it easierлакше for me to navigateнавигате,
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da bi mi bilo lakše da upravljam,
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the very first thing I would do
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prva stvar koju bih uradio je,
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is blinkБлинк and createстворити singleједно stallkabine,
gender-neutralneutralnim bathroomsкупатила
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u treptaju oka stvorio bih
rodno neutralne toalete sa jednom kabinom,
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in all publicјавно placesместа.
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na svim javnim mestima.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
01:01
TransTrans people and transTrans issuesпитања,
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Trans osobe i trans problemi,
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they'veони су been gettingдобијања a lot
of mainstreamмаинстреам mediaмедији attentionпажњу latelyу последње време.
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u poslednje vreme dobijaju mnogo
pažnje od strane vodećih medija.
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And this is a great and necessaryнеопходно thing,
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I ovo je sjajna i neophodna stvar,
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but mostнајвише of that attentionпажњу
has been focusedфокусиран
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ali većina te pažnje je fokusirana
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on a very fewнеколико individualsпојединци,
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na veoma malo pojedinaca,
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mostнајвише of whomкога are kindanekako richбогат
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od kojih je većina nekako bogata
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and prettyприлично famousпознат,
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i prilično poznata,
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and probablyвероватно don't have to worryзабринути that much
anymoreвише about where they're going to peeпишкити
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i verovatno ne moraju više toliko
da brinu gde će vršiti nuždu
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in betweenизмеђу classespredavanja
at theirњихова communityзаједница collegeколеџ,
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između predavanja na lokalnom koledžu,
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or where they're going to get changedпромењено
into theirњихова gymteretana stripтрака
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ili gde će da se presvuku
u opremu za fizičko vaspitanje
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at theirњихова publicјавно highвисоко schoolшкола.
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u svojoj srednjoj školi.
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FameSlava and moneyновац insulatesizoluje
these televisionтелевизија starЗвезда transTrans people
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Slava i novac izoluju
ove TV zvezde, trans osobe
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from mostнајвише of the everydayсваки дан challengesизазове
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od većine svakodnevnih izazova
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that the restодмор of us
have to tackleтацкле on a dailyдневно basisоснове.
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sa kojima mi ostali moramo
da se borimo svaki dan.
01:46
PublicJavnosti bathroomsкупатила.
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Javni toaleti.
01:49
They'veOni su been a problemпроблем for me
sinceОд as farдалеко back as I can rememberзапамтити,
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Predstavljali su mi problem
od kad se sećam,
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first when I was just a little babyбеба tomboys gospodom
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prvo kada sam bio samo
mala muškarača
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and then laterкасније as a masculine-appearingmuљkosti pojavljivanje,
predominantlyпретежно estrogen-basedna osnovu estrogena organismорганизма.
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i onda kasnije muškarasto biće
većinom zasnovano na estrogenu.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
02:04
Now, todayданас as a transTrans personособа,
publicјавно bathroomsкупатила and changeпромена roomsСобе
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Sada, danas kao trans osoba,
javni toaleti i svlačionice
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are where I am mostнајвише likelyвероватно
to be questionedispitivali or harasseduznemiravala.
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su mesta gde će me najverovatnije
ispitivati ili uznemiravati.
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I've oftenчесто been verballyverbalno
attackedНападнут behindиза theirњихова doorsврата.
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Često su me verbalno napadali
iza tih vrata.
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I've been hauledDovukli out by securityсигурност guardsgarda
with my pantspantalone still halfwayна пола пута pulledвуче up.
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Čuvari su me izbacivali
sa pantalonama i dalje na pola.
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I've been staredзурио at,
screamedвришти at, whisperedшапутао about,
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U mene su buljili, vikali,
šaputali su o meni,
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and one time I got smackedlupio in the faceлице
by a little oldстари lady'sdama je purseторба
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i jednom sam dobio udarac u lice
torbicom male starice
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that from the looksизглед of the shinermasnica
I tookузела home that day
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koja je po izgledu masnice
koju sam poneo kući taj dan
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I am prettyприлично certainизвестан containedсадржано at leastнајмање
70 dollarsдолара of rolledprevrnuo up smallмали changeпромена
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sigurno sadržala
bar 70 dolara umotanog sitniša
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and a largeвелики hardтешко candyбомбоне collectionколекција.
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i hrpu tvrdih bombona.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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And I know what some of you are thinkingразмишљање,
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I znam šta neki od vas misle,
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and you're mostlyуглавном right.
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i većinom ste u pravu.
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I can and do just use the men'sмушкарци roomсоба
mostнајвише of the time these daysдана.
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Mogu i koristim muški toalet
većinom vremena ovih dana.
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But that doesn't solveреши
my changeпромена roomсоба dilemmasдилеме, does it?
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Ali to ne rešava moju
dilemu oko svlačionica, zar ne?
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And I shouldn'tне би требало have to use the men'sмушкарци roomсоба
because I'm not a man.
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I ne bi trebalo da moram da koristim
muški toalet jer nisam muškarac.
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I'm a transTrans personособа.
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Ja sam trans osoba.
03:08
And now we'veми смо got
these fearmongeringfearmongering politiciansполитичари
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I sada imamo ove
političare koji uteruju strah,
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that keep tryingпокушавајући to passпасс
these bathroomкупатило billsрачуне.
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koji pokušavaju da provuku
ove zakone za toalete.
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Have you heardслушао about these?
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Da li ste čuli za ovo?
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They try to legislateзаконодавство
to try and forceсила people like myselfЈа сам
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Pokušavaju da ozakone
i nateraju ljude poput mene
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to use the bathroomкупатило
that they deemsmatrala da je mostнајвише appropriateприкладан
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da koriste toalet
koji oni smatraju najprikladnijim
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accordingу складу to the genderпол
I was assignedдодељен at birthрођење.
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prema polu koji mi je dodeljen rođenjem.
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And if these politiciansполитичари
ever get theirњихова way,
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I ako ovi političari
ikada dobiju po svome,
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in ArizonaArizona or CaliforniaCalifornia or FloridaNa Floridi
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u Arizoni ili Kaliforniji ili Floridi
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or just last weekНедеља in HoustonHouston, TexasU Teksasu,
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ili baš prošle nedelje
u Hjustonu u Teksasu
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or OttawaOtavi,
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ili Otavi,
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well then, usingКористећи the men'sмушкарци roomсоба
will not be a legalправни optionопција for me eitherили.
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e pa, ni korišćenje muškog toaleta
neće biti legalna opcija za mene.
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And everyсваки time one of these politiciansполитичари
bringsдоноси one of these billsрачуне to the tableсто,
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I svaki put kada neki od političara
donese ovakav zakon na diskusiju,
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I can't help but wonderпитати се, you know,
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ne mogu a da se ne zapitam, znate,
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just who will and exactlyбаш тако how would we
go about enforcingsprovođenje lawsЗакони like these. Right?
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ko će to i kako tačno sprovoditi
ovakve zakone. Zar ne?
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PantyPanty checksčekove?
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Provera gaćica?
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Really.
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Stvarno.
03:59
GenitalGenitalija inspectionsinspekcije outsideспоља
of bathkupanje changeпромена roomsСобе at publicјавно poolsbazeni?
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Provera genitalija ispred svlačionica
na javnim bazenima?
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There's no legalправни
or ethicalетички or plausibleverodostojno way
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Ne postoji legalan
ili etički ili razuman način
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to enforceизвршити lawsЗакони like these anywayУ сваком случају.
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da se ipak sprovode ovakvi zakoni.
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They existпостоје only to fosterFoster fearбојати се
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Postoje samo da bi uterali strah
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and promoteпромовисати transphobiatransphobia.
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i podržavali transfobiju.
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They don't make anyoneбило ко saferсигурније.
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Ne čine nikoga sigurnijim.
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But they do for sure make the worldсвет
more dangerousопасно for some of us.
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Ali zasigurno čine svet
opasnijim za neke od nas.
04:28
And meanwhileу међувремену, our transTrans childrenдеца sufferпатити.
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A u međuvremenu, naša trans deca pate.
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They dropкап out of schoolшкола,
or they optопт out of life altogethersve zajedno.
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Napuštaju škole,
ili uopšteno odustaju od života.
04:36
TransTrans people, especiallyпосебно transTrans
and gender-nonconformingpolu-neusklađene youthмлади
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Trans ljudi, posebno trans
i rodno neodređena omladina
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faceлице additionaldodatne challengesизазове
when accessingприступање poolsbazeni and gymsтеретане,
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suočava se sa dodatnim izazovima
kada idu na bazene ili teretane,
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but alsoтакође universitiesуниверзитети,
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ali takođe i univerzitete,
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hospitalsболнице, librariesбиблиотеке.
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bolnice, biblioteke.
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Don't even get me startedпочела
on how they treatлијечити us in airportsaerodrome.
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Nemojte ni da počinjem
o tome kako nas tretiraju na aerodromu.
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If we don't moveпотез now
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Ako se sada ne pokrenemo
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to make sure that these placesместа
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da obezbedimo da su ova mesta
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are trulyзаиста openотворен and accessibleприступачан to everyoneсви,
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zaista otvorena i pristupačna svima,
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then we just need to get honestпоштен
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onda samo moramo biti iskreni
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and quitодустати callingзове them publicјавно placesместа.
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i prestati da ih zovemo javnim mestima.
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We need to just admitпризнајем
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Moramo samo da priznamo
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that they are really only openотворен for people
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da su ona zaista otvorena samo ljudima
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who fitфит neatlyuredno
into one of two genderпол boxesкутије,
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koji se savršeno uklapaju
u jednu od polnih grupa,
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whichкоја I do not.
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što kod mene nije slučaj.
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I never have.
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Nikada nije bio.
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And this startsпочиње very earlyрано.
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I ovo počinje veoma rano.
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I know a little girlдевојка.
She's the daughterћерка of a friendпријатељ of mineмој.
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Poznajem jednu malu devojčicu.
Ona je ćerka moje prijateljice.
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She's a self-identifiedSamo-identifikovana tomboys gospodom.
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Ona je samoidentifikovana muškarača.
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I'm talkingпричају about cowboykauboj bootsчизме
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Pričam o kaubojskim čizmama
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and CaterpillarGusenica yellowжуто toyиграчка trucksкамиони
and bugбуг jarstegle, the wholeцела nineдевет yardsдворишта.
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i Caterpillar žutim kamiončićima
i teglama za bube, od glave do pete.
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One time I askedпитао her
what her favoriteомиљени colorбоја was.
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Jednom sam je pitao
koja joj je omiljena boja.
05:52
She told me, "CamouflageKamuflažu."
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Rekla mi je, "kamuflaža".
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
05:57
So that awesomeсупер little kidклинац,
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I to sjajno malo dete,
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she cameДошао home from schoolшкола last OctoberOktobra
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došla je kući iz škole prošlog oktobra
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from her halfпола day of preschoolobdanište
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sa pola dana u predškolskom
06:04
with soggygnjecav pantspantalone on because the other kidsклинци
at schoolшкола were harassingmaltretira her
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sa vlažnim pantalonama jer su je
druga deca u školi zlostavljala
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when she triedПокушали to use the girls'девојке' bathroomкупатило.
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kada je pokušala da uđe u ženski toalet.
06:12
And the teacherнаставник had alreadyвећ instructedinstrukcije her
to stayостани out of the boys'Boys bathroomкупатило.
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A učitelj joj je već rekao
da ne ulazi u muški toalet.
06:17
And she had drankпио two glassesнаочаре
of that redцрвена juiceсок
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I popila je dve čaše tog crvenog soka
06:20
at the HalloweenHalloween partyжурка,
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na žurci za Noć veštica,
06:22
and I mean, who can resistодолети
that redцрвена juiceсок, right? It's so good.
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i mislim, ko može da odoli
tom crvenom soku, zar ne? Tako je dobar.
06:27
And she couldn'tније могао holdдржати her peeпишкити any longerдуже.
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I više nije mogla da izdrži
da ne ide u toalet.
06:31
Her and her classmatesдругови
were fourчетири yearsгодине oldстари.
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Ona i njeni školski drugari
su imali četiri godine.
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They alreadyвећ feltосетио empoweredовлашћени enoughдовољно
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Već su se osećali dovoljno moćnima
06:37
to policeполиција her use
of the so-calledтзв publicјавно bathroomsкупатила.
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da nadgledaju upotrebu
takozvanih javnih toaleta.
06:44
She was fourчетири yearsгодине oldстари.
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Imala je četiri godine.
06:45
She had alreadyвећ been taughtнаучио
the brutalбрутално lessonлекцију
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Već je naučila brutalnu lekciju
06:48
that there was
no bathroomкупатило doorврата at preschoolobdanište
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da ne postoje vrata
od toaleta u predškolskom
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with a signзнак on it
that welcomedpozdravio people like her.
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sa znakom koji dočekuje ljude poput nje.
06:58
She'dOna bi alreadyвећ learnedнаучио that bathroomsкупатила
were going to be a problemпроблем,
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Već je naučila da će toaleti biti problem,
07:02
and that problemпроблем startedпочела with her
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i taj je problem počeo sa njom
07:06
and was hersњена aloneсами.
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i bio je samo njen.
07:10
So my friendпријатељ askedпитао me
to talk to her little daughterћерка,
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Tako me je prijateljica pitala
da pričam sa njenom ćerkicom,
07:14
and I did.
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i tako i jesam.
07:16
I wanted to tell her
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Želeo sam da joj kažem
07:19
that me and her momмама
were going to marchмарш on down
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da ćemo ja i njena mama da odemo
07:21
and talk to that schoolшкола,
and the problemпроблем was going to go away,
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da pričamo sa tom školom,
i da će problem da nestane,
ali znao sam da to nije istina.
07:24
but I knewзнала that wasn'tније trueистина.
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07:25
I wanted to tell her that it was all
going to get better when she got olderстарији,
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Želeo sam da joj kažem
da će sve biti bolje kad poraste,
07:29
but I couldn'tније могао.
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ali nisam mogao.
07:32
So I askedпитао her to tell me
the storyприча of what had happenedдесило,
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Pa sam je pitao da mi ispriča
priču o tome što se desilo,
07:37
askedпитао her to tell me how it madeмаде her feel.
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pitao sam da mi kaže
kako se zbog toga osećala.
07:41
"MadLjuta and sadтужно,"
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"Ljuto i tužno",
07:44
she told me.
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rekla mi je.
07:46
So I told her
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Onda sam ja njoj rekao
07:48
that she wasn'tније aloneсами
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da nije sama
07:51
and that it wasn'tније right
what had happenedдесило to her,
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i da nije u redu to što joj se dogodilo,
07:53
and then she askedпитао me
if I had ever peedpiљkio in my pantspantalone before.
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i onda me je pitala
da li sam se ja ikada upiškio.
07:59
I said yes, I had,
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Rekao sam da, jesam,
08:01
but not for a really long time.
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ali pre mnogo vremena.
08:03
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
08:04
WhichŠto of courseкурс was a lieлажи,
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Što je naravno bila laž,
08:07
because you know
how you hitхит, like, 42 or 43,
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jer znate,
kako napunite, recimo, 42 ili 43,
08:09
and sometimesпонекад you just,
I don't know, you peeпишкити a little bitмало
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i nekada jednostavno,
ne znam, malo piškite
08:12
when you coughkašalj or sneezekijanje,
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kada kašljete ili kinete,
08:14
when you're runningтрчање upstairsgore,
or you're stretchingистезање.
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kada trčite uz stepenice,
ili kada se istežete.
08:17
Don't lieлажи.
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Ne lažite.
08:18
It happensсе дешава. Right?
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Dešava se. Zar ne?
08:20
She doesn't need to know that, I figureфигура.
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Ona to ne mora da zna, mislio sam.
08:22
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
08:25
I told her, when you get olderстарији,
your bladdermehur is going to growрасту biggerвеће, too.
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Rekao sam joj, kada budeš starija,
tvoja bešika će takođe narasti.
08:31
When you get oldстари like me,
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Kada budeš stara kao ja,
08:32
you're going to be ableу могуцности
to holdдржати your peeпишкити for way longerдуже,
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moći ćeš mnogo duže
da izdržiš da ne piškiš.
08:36
I promisedobećao her.
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Obećao sam joj.
08:39
"UntilSve do you can get home?"
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"Dok ne stigneš kući?"
08:42
she askedпитао me.
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pitala me je.
08:44
I said, "Yes,
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Rekao sam: "Da,
08:48
untilсве док you can get home."
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dok ne stigneš kući".
08:52
She seemedизгледало је to take some comfortудобност in that.
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Činilo se kao da je našla
malo utehe u tome.
08:58
So let's just buildизградити some singleједно stallkabine,
gender-neutralneutralnim bathroomsкупатила
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Hajde da napravimo rodno neutralan toalet
sa jednom kabinom
09:04
with a little benchклупа for gettingдобијања changedпромењено
into your gymteretana clothesОдећа.
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sa malom klupom za presvlačenje
u odeću za teretanu.
09:08
We can't changeпромена the worldсвет overnightпреко ноћи
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Ne možemo preko noći da promenimo svet
09:12
for our childrenдеца,
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za našu decu,
09:13
but we can give them
a safeсигурно and privateприватни placeместо
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ali možemo da im pružimo
sigurno i privatno mesto
09:16
to escapeпобјећи that worldсвет,
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da pobegnu iz tog sveta,
09:17
if only for just a minuteминута.
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makar samo na minut.
09:22
This we can do.
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Ovo možemo da uradimo.
09:25
So let's just do it.
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Pa hajde samo da uradimo to.
09:27
And if you are one of those people
who is sittingседење out there right now
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I ako ste jedan od tih ljudi
koji upravo sede tamo negde
09:31
alreadyвећ comingдолазе up with a listлиста of reasonsразлоге
in your headглава why this is not a priorityприоритет,
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i već smišljaju listu razloga
u svojim glavama zašto ovo nije prioritet,
09:35
or it's too expensiveскупо,
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ili je previše skupo,
09:37
or tellingговорећи yourselfсами that givingдавање
a transTrans personособа a safeсигурно placeместо to peeпишкити
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ili govorite sebi da pružanjem
trans osobi sigurnog mesta za nuždu
09:41
or get changedпромењено in
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ili za presvlačenje
09:42
supportspodržava a lifestyleначин живота choiceизбор
that you feel offendsужива your moralityморалност,
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podržavate način života
za koji smatrate da vređa vaš moral,
09:48
or your masculinitymuškosti,
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ili vašu muškost,
09:50
or your religiousрелигиозно beliefsверовања,
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ili vaša religijska uverenja,
09:52
then let me just appealжалба
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onda mi dopustite samo da se obratim
09:54
to the partдео of your heartсрце
that probablyвероватно, hopefullyНадајмо се,
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delu vašeg srca koji verovatno, nadam se,
09:59
does careнега about
the restодмор of the populationпопулација.
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brine o ostatku populacije.
10:03
If you can't bringдовести yourselfсами
to careнега enoughдовољно about people like me,
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Ako ne možete da se naterate
da vam bude stalo do ljudi poput mene,
10:09
then what about womenЖене and girlsдевојке
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šta je onda sa ženama i devojkama
10:12
with bodyтело imageслика issuesпитања?
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sa problemima sa izgledom svog tela?
10:14
What about anyoneбило ко
with bodyтело imageслика stuffствари going on?
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Šta je sa bilo kim
ko ima problem sa izgledom tela?
10:19
What about that boyдечко at schoolшкола
who is a footстопала shorterкраћи than his classmatesдругови,
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Šta je sa dečakom u školi
koji je za glavu niži od svojih drugara,
10:25
whoseчије voiceглас still hasn'tније droppedпао yetјош увек? Hey?
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čiji glas još nije postao dubok? Hej?
10:28
Oh, gradeграде eightосам,
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Oh, osmi razredu,
10:30
what a cruelокрутно masterмајстор you can be.
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kako okrutan učitelj možeš da budeš.
10:34
Right?
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Zar ne?
10:35
What about people with anxietyanksioznost issuesпитања?
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Šta je sa anksioznim ljudima?
10:39
What about people with disabilitiessmetnjama u razvoju
or who need assistanceпомоћ in there?
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Šta je sa ljudima sa smetnjama
ili kojima je potrebna pomoć?
10:43
What about folksљуди with bodiesтела
who, for whateverшта год reasonразлог,
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Šta je sa narodom sa telima
koja se, zbog nekog razloga,
10:47
don't fitфит into the mainstreamмаинстреам ideaидеја
of what a bodyтело should look like?
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ne uklapaju u većinsku ideju
o tome kako telo treba da izgleda?
10:51
How manyмноги of us still feel shyстидљив
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Koliko nas se još stidi
10:54
or afraidуплашен to disrobeSkini se
in frontфронт of our peersvršnjacima,
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ili se boji da se skine
ispred naših vršnjaka,
10:58
and how manyмноги of us allowдозволите that fearбојати се
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i koliko je nas koji dozvoljavaju
da nas taj strah
11:00
to keep us from something as importantважно
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udalji od nečega važnog
11:04
as physicalфизички exerciseвежбање?
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poput fižičkih vežbi?
11:09
Would all those people not benefitкористи
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Zar ne bi svi ti ljudi bili na dobitku
11:12
from these singleједно stallkabine facilitiesобјеката?
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od ovih zasebnih toaleta?
11:17
We can't changeпромена
transphobictransphobic mindsумови overnightпреко ноћи,
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Ne možemo da promenimo
transfobične umove tokom noći,
11:23
but we can give everybodyсвима
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ali možemo svima da damo
11:26
a placeместо to get changedпромењено in
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mesto na kom mogu da se presvuku
11:30
so that we can all get to work
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tako da svi možemo da se bacimo na posao
11:33
makingстварање the worldсвет saferсигурније
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da napravimo svet sigurnijim
11:36
for all of us.
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za sve nas.
11:39
Thank you for listeningслушање.
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Hvala što ste slušali.
11:40
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
11:43
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
11:44
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Sonja Cuturilo
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ivan Coyote - Writer, performer
Ivan Coyote believes that a good story can help inspire us to invent a better future.

Why you should listen

Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. An award-winning author of eight collections of short stories, one novel, three CD’s, four short films and a renowned performer, Ivan’s first love is live storytelling. Over the last nineteen years, they have become an audience favorite at music, poetry, spoken word and writer’s festivals from Anchorage to Amsterdam.

Ivan began performing in 1992, and in 1996 co-founded Taste This, a four person performance troupe that combined live music, storytelling and performance poetry to create a text-driven genre-busting collaborative exchange. Taste This toured North America extensively and in 1998 the four artists published Boys Like Her, a critically acclaimed book that took the stage show to the printed page. Boys Like Her sold out three editions and continues to be considered a notable Canadian contribution to the dialogue around gender identity and sexuality.

Ivan teamed up with Arsenal Pulp Press in 2000, and has since released nine more books. Close to Spiderman (2000), One Man’s Trash (2002), Loose End (2005), Bow Grip (2006), The Slow Fix (2008), Missed Her (2010), Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme (2011), One In Every Crowd (2012) and Gender Failure (2014). 

Ivan is still fascinated by the intersection of storytelling and music, and works with a number of well-established Canadian musicians, including pianist and composer Veda Hille, songwriter Dan Mangan, folk artist Rae Spoon, cellist Cris Derksen, and violinist Lyndell Montgomery. Ivan has released three CDs of storytelling with music, You’re A Nation (2003) and You Are Here (2007) and Only Two Reasons (2010).

In 2001 Ivan landed a little gig teaching short fiction at Capilano University in North Vancouver. This little night school class led to an accidental discovery: Ivan loves to teach creative writing. Coyote continued to teach short fiction and classes and workshops, and in 2007 was invited to become Carleton University’s writer-in-residence. While in Ottawa, Coyote taught a third year fiction class, and three memoir-writing classes for senior citizens. It was while teaching seniors that Ivan realized their true calling. Ivan strongly believes in listening to the stories of our elders, and encouraging them to write down their lives. 

Coyote has since been honoured to be the writer-in-residence at the Vancouver Public Library (2009), The Carol Shield’s writer-in-residence at the University of Winnipeg (2011) and the writer-in-residence at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario (2012). 

In addition to these literary and teaching accomplishments, Ivan continues to tour extensively throughout North America and Europe, telling stories not only to festival audiences but to high school students, social justice activists, adult literacy students and senior citizens all across the continent. Ivan believes in the transformative power of storytelling, and that collecting and remembering oral history not only preserves a vital part of our families and where we come from, but that a good story can help inspire us to invent a better future.

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