ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lindsay Amer - Digital creator
Lindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families.

Why you should listen

Lindz Amer writes, produces and cohosts Queer Kid Stuff, an original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for ages three and up. They also perform QKS music and stories at schools, museums, libraries and local LGBTQ+ community centers and are embarking on a six-city tour for the 2019-2020 school year. They recently executive produced a pride campaign to #SpreadQueerJoy in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which culminated in a celebratory music video.

Amer is the founder and CEO of Queer Kid Studios, a multimedia production company based in Portland, Maine, making queer-focused, intersectional all-ages media. The Huffington Post calls Queer Kid Stuff a "groundbreaking YouTube educational resource." Teen Vogue praised their episode on consent during the height of #MeToo, saying it "shows exactly why there's no excuse not to grasp consent. Even toddlers can understand it." And @shondarhimes tweeted she's "so here for this!" Amer is currently developing a children’s podcast focusing on social justice, and a narrative web series spin-off of QKS. They are also writing a picture book, and a full-length screenplay about a nonbinary kid!

Amer is a Creative Resident at SPACE on Ryder Farm, a TED Resident and were named a Rising Star by GLAAD, a Queero by them.us, were a Webby Honoree, and have received grants from the Made in NYC Women's Media Fund, the Awesome Project and VidCon's Emerging Creator program.

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Lindsay Amer: Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

琳賽·艾莫: 為什麼孩子需要了解性別和性向?

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琳賽·艾莫是《酷兒孩子網路劇》(Queer Kid Stuff)的創作人,這是一個教育性影集,透過歌曲和比喻來解說關於性別和性向的複雜想法。艾莫給孩子和他們的家人一個字彙來表達自己,希望能讓孩子長大後更有同理心,並在這個做自己會有危險的世界中,散播「接受」的訊息。艾莫說:「我希望孩子長大後能做他們自己,對自己是什麼人、能夠成為什麼人感到驕傲。」
- Digital creator
Lindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families. Full bio

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Alright好的, let's get this kicked off.
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好,咱們開始吧。
00:15
(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
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(Singing唱歌) It's OK to be gay同性戀者.
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(唱歌)身為同性戀沒有關係,
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We are different不同 in many許多 ways方法.
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我們在許多方面都有所不同。
不論你是男孩、女孩,
或兩者之間,都無所謂,
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Doesn't matter if you're a boy男孩,
girl女孩 or somewhere某處 in between之間,
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we all are part部分 of one big family家庭.
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我們都是大家庭的一份子。
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Gay同性戀者 means手段 "happy快樂."
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Gay(同性戀)也代表「快樂」。
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Queer同性戀者 Kid小子 Stuff東東.
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《酷兒孩子網路劇》。
00:41
You are enough足夠
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在《酷兒孩子網路劇》,
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here at Queer同性戀者 Kid小子 Stuff東東.
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你很夠格了。
00:46
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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Opening開放 a performance性能 with lyrics歌詞
like "It's OK to be gay同性戀者"
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在一間滿是成人的房間中表演,
以「身為同性戀沒有關係」的
歌詞開場是一回事;
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for a roomful屋子 of adults成年人 is one thing,
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but it's entirely完全 different不同
for a roomful屋子 of kindergartners幼兒園.
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但在滿是幼稚園小朋友的房間中
又完全是另一回事了。
你們剛剛聽到的是我的
《酷兒孩子網路劇》的主題曲,
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What you've just heard聽說 is the theme主題 song歌曲
for my web捲筒紙 series系列 "Queer同性戀者 Kid小子 Stuff東東,"
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這個網路劇是我針對各年齡層
製作的 LGBTQ+ 及社會正義影片。
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where I make LGBTQLGBTQ+
and social社會 justice正義 videos視頻 for all ages年齡.
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01:12
And when I say all ages年齡,
I mean literal文字 babies嬰兒
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我說的各年齡層,真的是從嬰兒
一直到曾曾祖母。
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to your great-great-grandma偉大偉大的祖母.
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Now, I know what you're thinking思維:
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我知道你們在想什麼:
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"Whoa, they're talking
about gay同性戀者 stuff東東 with kids孩子."
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「哇,他們在跟孩子
談同性戀的題材。」
但,跟孩子談同性戀的
題材其實很重要。
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But talking to kids孩子 about gay同性戀者 stuff東東
is actually其實 crucial關鍵.
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01:29
The American美國 Academy學院
of Pediatrics兒科 has found發現
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美國兒科學會發現,
孩子在四歲時就會清楚了解
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that children孩子 have a solid固體 understanding理解
of their gender性別 identity身分
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自己的性別認同。
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by the age年齡 of four.
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This is when children孩子
are developing發展 their sense of self.
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這個時期就是孩子
發展出自我感的時期。
他們會觀察周遭的世界,
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They're observing觀察 the world世界 around them,
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吸收那些資訊,
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absorbing吸收 that information信息
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and internalizing內在 it.
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並將之內化。
01:46
Now, most parents父母 want their children孩子
to become成為 kind, empathetic感情移入的,
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大部分的父母都希望
自己的孩子長大成人後
能變得仁慈、有同理心、自信,
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self-confident自信 adults成年人,
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而接觸多樣性對其社會發展
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and exposure曝光 to diversity多樣
is an important重要 part部分
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和情緒發展而言十分重要。
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of that social社會 and emotional情緒化 development發展.
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And -- gender性別 nonconforming不合格 kids孩子
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而且非常規性別的
孩子、變性的孩子,
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and trans反式 kids孩子 and kids孩子 with trans反式
and nonbinarynonbinary and queer同性戀者 parents父母
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以及父母是變性、
非二元、酷兒的孩子
比比皆是。
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are everywhere到處.
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02:12
In the series系列, my stuffed填充的 bear cohost共主體
and I talk about the LGBTLGBT community社區,
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在劇中,我的填充熊搭擋
和我會談論 LGBT 族群、
LGBT 行動主義、性別以及代名詞、
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activism行動, gender性別 and pronouns代詞,
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同意和身體自愛。
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consent同意 and body身體 positivity陽性.
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我們透過歌曲來處理這些主題,
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We tackle滑車 these topics主題 through通過 songs歌曲,
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就像你們剛才聽到的那首歌,
02:24
not unlike不像 the one you just heard聽說,
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有簡單的定義和比喻。
02:26
simple簡單 definitions定義 and metaphors隱喻.
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我們處理這些想法的方式,
可借用我的一位老教授的說法,
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We approach途徑 these ideas思路, to steal a phrase短語
from an old professor教授 of mine,
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來自《門把之下》——
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from "under the doorknob門把手" --
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降到學步兒童的身高,
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getting得到 down to toddler幼兒 height高度
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透過他們小小的眼睛,
向上看向廣大的世界,
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and looking up at the great big world世界
through通過 their tiny little eyes眼睛,
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taking服用 these seemingly似乎 complex複雜 ideas思路
and simplifying簡化 them --
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簡化這些看似複雜的想法——
不是變通俗,
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not dumbing弱智化 them down,
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but homing歸巢 in on the core核心 concept概念.
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而是瞄準核心概念。
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Gender性別 is about how we feel
and how we express表現 ourselves我們自己.
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性別的重點是我們對自己的
感受和如何表現自己。
性向的重點則是愛、性別和家庭,
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Sexuality is about love
and gender性別 and family家庭,
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而不是性愛。
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not about sex性別.
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這些都是孩子能夠理解的想法。
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And these are all ideas思路
children孩子 can grasp把握.
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在我最早期針對性別
所製做的其中一集裡,
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In one of my earliest最早
episodes發作 about gender性別,
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我用到了代名詞的想法,
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I used the idea理念 of pronouns代詞
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來強調定義,
並介紹中性的代名詞,
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to underscore下劃線 the definition定義
and introduce介紹 gender-neutral性別中立 pronouns代詞
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如「他們」(英文不分性別)。
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like "they" and "them."
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我鼓勵孩子們去想想
他們自己的代名詞,
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I encourage鼓勵 children孩子 to think
about their own擁有 pronouns代詞
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並問問其他人的代名詞。
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and to ask others其他 for theirs他們的.
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In later後來 episodes發作,
I build建立 on this foundation基礎
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後來的幾集就是
繼續發展這個基礎,
並介紹很炫的字詞,
像是「非二元」及「變性」。
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and introduce介紹 big fancy幻想 words
like "nonbinarynonbinary" and "transgender變性."
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I get emails電子郵件 from viewers觀眾 in their 20s
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有些二十多歲的觀眾寫信給我,
他們用我的影片來向他們的
祖父母解釋非二元性別。
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who use my videos視頻 to explain說明
nonbinarynonbinary gender性別 to their grandparents祖父母.
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03:32
But, I get one comment評論
over and over again:
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但,我總是不斷得到這種意見:
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"Let kids孩子 be kids孩子."
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「讓孩子當孩子吧。」
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Well, that's a nice不錯 sentiment情緒 and all,
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那個觀點很好,
但前提是它指的是所有的孩子。
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but only if it actually其實 includes包括 all kids孩子.
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Just a few少數 weeks ago,
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就在幾個星期之前,
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a 15-year-old-歲 in Huntsville亨茨維爾, Alabama阿拉巴馬
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阿拉巴馬州亨茨維爾的十五歲孩子
因為身為同性戀
被霸凌而輕生自殺。
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died死亡 by suicide自殺 after being存在
bullied欺負 for being存在 gay同性戀者.
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In 2018, it was a seven-year-old七十歲
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2018 年,同樣的事發生在
科羅拉多州丹佛的七歲孩子身上。
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in Denver丹佛, Colorado科羅拉多州.
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There have been and will be many許多 more.
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有很多這樣的孩子,
將來還會有更多。
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Lesbian女同性戀, gay同性戀者 and bisexual雙性戀 teens青少年
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女、男同性戀及雙性戀的
青少年自殺的機率
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are more than three times
more likely容易 to attempt嘗試 suicide自殺
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比同儕的異性戀青少年
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than their heterosexual異性 peers同行,
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要高三倍以上,
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and transgender變性 teens青少年
are almost幾乎 six times more likely容易.
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而變性的青少年自殺率
幾乎要高達六倍。
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According根據 to one study研究,
roughly大致 one third第三 of homeless無家可歸 youth青年
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根據一項研究,無家可歸的
青年當中,大約有三分之一
是女、男同性戀、
雙性戀或性別存疑,
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identify鑑定 as lesbian女同性戀, gay同性戀者,
bisexual雙性戀 or questioning疑問,
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大約 4% 是變性人,
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and about four percent百分 of homeless無家可歸 youth青年
identify鑑定 as transgender變性,
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相較之下,被調查的對象中
一般青年人口只佔 1%。
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compared相比 with one percent百分
of the general一般 youth青年 population人口 surveyed調查.
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According根據 to the Human人的 Rights Campaign運動,
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根據人權戰線(組織)的資料,
2013 年起,
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there have been 128 killings殺人
of trans反式 people
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在 32 州的 87 個城市中,
共有 128 名變性人遭殺害。
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in 87 cities城市 across橫過 32 states狀態
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since以來 2013.
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那些還只是有被舉報的案例。
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And those are the only the reported報導 cases.
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And 80 percent百分 of those killings殺人
were of trans反式 women婦女 of color顏色.
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那些殺人案中,有八成受害者
是有色人種的變性女子。
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The queer同性戀者 situation情況 is bleak蒼涼,
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酷兒的情況很淒涼,
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to say the least最小.
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甚至更糟。
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The YouTubeYouTube的 comments註釋 on my videos視頻
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在 YouTube 上大家針對
我的影片留言的意見
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are not much better.
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也好不到哪裡去。
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I'm used to the harassment騷擾.
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我很習慣被騷擾了。
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I get messages消息 daily日常
telling告訴 me I'm a pedophile戀童癖
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每天我都會收到
罵我戀童癖的訊息,
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and that I should kill myself
in a number of increasingly日益 creative創作的 ways方法.
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說我應該自殺,還幫我
想了很多有創意的死法。
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I once一旦 had to put the word "truck卡車"
on my block list名單
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我還曾經把「卡車」一詞
放到我的阻擋清單中,
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because someone有人 wanted me
to get run over by a truck卡車.
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因為有人希望我被卡車撞死。
05:32
"Shower淋浴" and "oven烤箱" are in there, too,
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「淋浴」和「烤箱」
也都上了名單,
05:34
for the less creative創作的 and more disturbing煩擾的
Holocaust大屠殺 reference參考.
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在比較沒創意、比較擾人的
大屠殺訊息中會出現這些詞。
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When neo-Nazis新納粹 marched遊行 in Charlottesville夏洛茨維爾,
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當新納粹主義者行經夏律第鎮,
並不意外,我得知
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I was unsurprised無意外 to learn學習
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that the creator創造者 of a violent暴力 Reddit書籤交易 meme米姆
about one of my episodes發作
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從著我的網路劇而來的暴力
Reddit(網站)迷因的創作者
05:48
was in the tiki蒂基 torch火炬 crowd人群.
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也在拿著夏威夷
提基火把的群眾裡面。
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This barrage彈幕 of negativity消極
is what we're up against反對:
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這種負面的猛烈攻擊,
就是我們要對抗的:
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the crushing破碎 statistics統計, the violence暴力,
the mental心理 health健康 risks風險,
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壓倒性的統計數字、
暴力、心理健康風險、
我出櫃時我父母出於好意
給我的不理想回應,
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the well-meaning善意 but flawed有缺陷 response響應
my parents父母 gave me when I came來了 out,
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他們說,不希望
我過比較辛苦的人生。
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that they didn't want me
to have a harder更難 life.
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That's what we're up against反對.
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那些就是我們在對抗的。
06:10
But in the face面對 of all that,
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但,在面對這一切時,
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I choose選擇 joy喜悅.
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我選擇喜悅。
06:16
I choose選擇 rainbows彩虹
and unicorns獨角獸 and glitter閃光,
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我選擇彩虹、獨角獸、閃閃發光,
我和兒時的泰迪填充熊一起
唱出「身為同性戀沒有關係」。
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and I sing that it's OK to be gay同性戀者
with my childhood童年 stuffed填充的 teddy泰迪熊 bear.
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我為孩子做酷兒媒體,
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I make queer同性戀者 media媒體 for kids孩子
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because I wish希望 I had this
when I was their age年齡.
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因為我多希望自己
在那個年紀時有這些東西。
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I make it so others其他 don't have
to struggle鬥爭 through通過 what I did,
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我製作這些,讓其他人不用
再經歷我所經歷過的掙扎,
我當年不了解我的性別認同,
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not understanding理解 my identity身分
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because I didn't have any exposure曝光
to who I could be.
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因為我不知道我能夠
成為什麼樣的人。
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I teach and spread傳播 this message信息
through通過 joy喜悅 and positivity陽性
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我選擇教導、散播這個訊息的
方式,是透過喜悅和正面態度,
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instead代替 of framing取景 it around
the hardships艱辛 of queer同性戀者 life.
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而不是把話題一直繞著
酷兒生活有多苦打轉。
06:48
I want kids孩子 to grow增長 up and into themselves他們自己
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我希望孩子長大後能做他們自己,
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with pride自豪 for who they are
and who they can be,
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對自己是什麼人、
能夠成為什麼人感到驕傲。
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no matter who they love or what they wear穿
or what pronouns代詞 they use.
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不論他們愛誰、穿什麼
或使用什麼代名詞。
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And I want them to love others其他
for their differences分歧,
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我希望人們能因
別人的差異而愛他們,
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not in spite儘管 of them.
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而不是儘管有差異仍然愛他們。
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I think fostering培育 this pride自豪 and empathy同情
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我認為培養這種自尊心和同理心
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will make the world世界 a kinder金德
and more equal等於 place地點
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能夠讓世界變得更仁慈、更平等,
07:13
and combat戰鬥 the bigotry偏執 and hate討厭
that festers潰爛 in our world世界.
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並對抗那些讓世界
惡化的盲從和仇恨。
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So, talk to a kid孩子 about gender性別.
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所以,和孩子談談性別,
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Talk to a kid孩子 about sexuality性慾.
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和孩子談談性向,
教導他們同意。
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Teach them about consent同意.
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告訴他們,男孩穿洋裝、
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Tell them it is OK
for boys男孩 to wear穿 dresses禮服
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女孩大聲說話,都沒有關係。
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and for girls女孩 to speak說話 up.
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Let's spread傳播 radical激進 queer同性戀者 joy喜悅.
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讓我們來散播基本的酷兒喜悅。
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Thank you.
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謝謝。
07:41
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Lilian Chiu
Reviewed by Carol Wang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lindsay Amer - Digital creator
Lindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families.

Why you should listen

Lindz Amer writes, produces and cohosts Queer Kid Stuff, an original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for ages three and up. They also perform QKS music and stories at schools, museums, libraries and local LGBTQ+ community centers and are embarking on a six-city tour for the 2019-2020 school year. They recently executive produced a pride campaign to #SpreadQueerJoy in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which culminated in a celebratory music video.

Amer is the founder and CEO of Queer Kid Studios, a multimedia production company based in Portland, Maine, making queer-focused, intersectional all-ages media. The Huffington Post calls Queer Kid Stuff a "groundbreaking YouTube educational resource." Teen Vogue praised their episode on consent during the height of #MeToo, saying it "shows exactly why there's no excuse not to grasp consent. Even toddlers can understand it." And @shondarhimes tweeted she's "so here for this!" Amer is currently developing a children’s podcast focusing on social justice, and a narrative web series spin-off of QKS. They are also writing a picture book, and a full-length screenplay about a nonbinary kid!

Amer is a Creative Resident at SPACE on Ryder Farm, a TED Resident and were named a Rising Star by GLAAD, a Queero by them.us, were a Webby Honoree, and have received grants from the Made in NYC Women's Media Fund, the Awesome Project and VidCon's Emerging Creator program.

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Lindsay Amer | Speaker | TED.com