Jackson Bird: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
Jackson Bird: Hur man pratar med (och lyssnar på) transpersoner
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?"
that's a safe place to look."
Ingen man har såna höfter"
No real man has hips like those."
to use the men's bathroom.
att gå på killtoaletten.
those hypothetical questions
med de hypotetiska frågorna
personliga erfarenheter
my personal experiences being transgender,
i morse och ville berätta
wanting to tell an entire audience
with being trans, right?
som transperson, eller hur?
wondering how we have sex
hur vi har sex
we're working with below the belt.
vi arbetar med under bältet.
I was assigned at birth
det kön jag föddes till
when they're around me.
trans people wholeheartedly
transpersoner helhjärtat
what they think they should,
vad de tror att de borde,
about coming out as transgender
för att komma ut som transperson
wouldn't know what I meant.
impressions of you
uppfattning om dig
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,
vem som skulle känna igenom mig,
to everyone watching this.
som tittar på detta.
with me being trans,
några problem med det,
about physically transitioning,
fysiska förändringen,
like so many other people,
som så många andra,
betyder en enda sak:
means just one thing:
of a man overnight,
av en man över en natt,
gender-affirming surgeries
könsbestämmande operationer
one procedure in their lifetime, if that.
ett ingrepp under sin livstid.
personally feel the need
inte känner behovet,
is only beginning to cover them.
seeking physical transition
för en transperson
and some sparse whiskers on my neck
ger mig spridda skäggstrån
through a second puberty ...
en andra pubertet...
are slower and steadier
långsammare och mer stabila,
can lead people to believe,
by their new name and pronouns.
nya namn och pronomen.
in physical transition
i behandlingen
becomes their true gender.
their new name and pronouns,
och pronomen,
att göra den förändringen.
with other trans people.
Puff Daddy to P. Diddy,
från Puff Daddy till P. Diddy,
when we've used the wrong gender pronoun
använt fel könspronomen
the same effort
people more awkward about trans people
mer besvärade kring transpersoner
for LGBT opponents.
HBTQ-motståndare.
of assaulting someone in a public bathroom
för övergrepp på en offentlig toalett
more scared of you than you are of us.
än tvärt om.
in trans communities
to start using and when,
that could lead to violence against us.
som kan leda till våld.
and frightened looks in the women's room,
och rädda blickar på damernas,
to start going into the men's room.
not go to the bathroom at all.
att inte gå på toa alls.
had had a urinary tract infection
en urinvägsinfektion
aren't protecting anyone.
are assaulted in bathrooms,
blir överfallna på toaletten,
when we report it.
när vi anmäler det.
of these misconceptions.
utsättas för dessa missuppfattningar.
of privilege mountain.
of trans knowledge
ett startpaket av transkunskap
to more learning on your own.
mer lärande på egen hand.
and educate those around you
genom att utbilda dem runt dig
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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