Queer Kid Stuff

Queer Kid Stuff is an American YouTube channel dedicated to educating people about the LGBT community and related topics and themes, run by Lindsay Amer (born 1992), who identifies as a non-binary lesbian and uses they/them pronouns. 
== Content==
Lindsay's first video was uploaded on May 10 2016, explaining what the word "gay" meanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhU5E36j4Q8&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. Their next video was on gender and pronounshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=worIRz2lQLA&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. They aren't afraid to tackle hot-button issues such as oppressionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMLUSzBQyfY&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, marriage equalityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY2Othr2NKM&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, bullyinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0udjuVMSfc&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff and homophobiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBokVfglKQk&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, and when Trump won the 2016 election, Lindsay made a tearful video telling people to never give up on the fight for justice for queer people everywherehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drOeSCJXtw&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff.
QKS' videos extend to media, such as Steven Universehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HDm_Yj9nM&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. Lindsay supported the #GiveElsaAGirlfriend campaignhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTFGkEI4Rc&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff and promoted queer content such as the book "Transgender Cinderella"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeHqhqOnqoQ&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff by Olly Pike amonghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgqEo6l8XuE&ab_channel=QueerKidStuffhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC6VjhtdFNo&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff others. They also write songshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oxsylFbZ0s&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff on the topics of genderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HvziCy78Og&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, being gayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvVD6hk7y_g&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, acceptancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKfCX0ttiX0&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff and consenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOBLJ2X1yr4&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. 
While explaining the acronymshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxCxe2KkKDE&ab_channel=QueerKidStuffhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v6DFSzLnl8&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff of the LGBT community, Lindsay will often invite people of said sexualities to explain them - for example their video on asexuality features Elisa Hansenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITmM3ECRBos&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, the one on intersex features Claudia Asterinohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBOv-8aJ2o4&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff and the one about transgenderism features Riley J. Dennishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqjs1wrOQaw&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. Lindsay identifies as an intersectional feminist, so they also feature topics like Judaismhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spRRzI1EjcY&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, Islamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7cJzUttxA8&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, disabilityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJjlCCM0Uvg&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff and racial privilegehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGorDhTzYNQ&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. They even attended the Women's March in 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjQ1pRnesxw&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. 
They have invited drag queens to their channel such as Desmond is Amazinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nh_XqanDCc&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff and Ms. Terhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhNbGTnA53s&t=7s&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff.
===Lindsay Amer===
Lindsay is a lesbian, and in 2018 they came out as nonbinaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLHrhkfanWM&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff. They are of Jewish descent and have one sister. They live with their wife and doghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRLJIkFbvxU&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff.
They write, produce, and co-host Queer Kid Stuff, an original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for ages 3 and up. They also produce and host a brand new family-friendly podcast called Activist, You! where they explore social justice topics through interviews with kid & youth activists. 
They perform QKS music and stories at schools, museums, libraries, and local LGBTQ+ community centers and are currently booking speaking opportunities and family performances around the country. They are the founder and CEO of Queer Kid Creative, LLC, an edutainment company based in Portland, Maine making queer-focused intersectional all-ages media. They are currently a mentee in the Kidscreen: Next Wave Mentorship Program under the tutelage of Chris Nee. 
===Teddy===
Lindsay's co-host is Teddyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBma2koK9QA&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff, a stuffed bear who identifies as aromantic asexual (aroace). He often asks Lindsay questions and acts like an audience surrogate. He has one younger brother.
==Controversy==
=== General===
In general, Queer Kid Stuff has been criticized for the fact that they try to explain complicated topics like sexuality to an audience of young toddlers, which is way out of their understanding. Lindsay also defines homosexuality as "loving people of the same gender" which, to young children, could mean various things. In their video about bisexuality they also used an apple and banana as euphisms for genitals, despite the fact that Lindsay themself said that their target audience was 3+. Even LGBT people such as Blaire Whitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etVBJg5zLE0&ab_channel=BlaireWhite criticized them. 
===Pedophilia===
On August 5 2017, Lindsay released a TEDTalkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQuwz64qsBM&t=1s&ab_channel=TED where they talked about kids and their sexuality. Unlike their channel, TEDTalks allows likes, dislikes and comments, and the video got mass disliked and was flooded with hate comments. Hunter Avallone found a video on Lindsay's old channel, and found out that Lindsay had made multiple pedophilic statementshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTjtCNGupR4&ab_channel=HunterAvallone, such as a child's innocence being a social construct, all children being sexual and other claims that were repeated in the TEDTalk. 
===Lawsuit===
In August 2019, Amer joined a group of LGBT YouTubers in filing a lawsuit against YouTube and Google, alleging that YouTube and its parent company Google had engaged in unfair demonetization and hiding of videos that was discriminatory toward LGBT content. YouTube representative Alex Joseph responded that "all content" on YouTube was subject to the same content and advertising policies, and that YouTube does not "restrict or demonetize videos based on these factors or the inclusion of terms like 'gay' or transgender.'" Hunter Avallone did an analysis and found out that they were in fact, not a victim of discriminationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5P0RHewSpc&ab_channel=HunterAvallone.
==Trivia==
*Due to all the hatred and criticsm they got, they disabled likes/comments, though around 2020 likes were enabled, causing their most recent videos to have a lot of dislikes.
*Lindsay has received praise from The Huffington Post, who calledhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/queer-kid-stuff-gender-spectrum_n_5b1702b2e4b0734a993874c6 Queer Kid Stuff a “groundbreaking YouTube educational resource.” and Teen Vogue praisedhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/video-shows-toddlers-understand-consent their episode on consent during the height of #MeToo that “shows exactly why there’s no excuse not to grasp consent. Even toddlers can understand it.”
*They are currently developing a mixed-media live action preschool show with The Doobry Group, a podcast adaptation of Queer Kid Stuff for families, a non-fiction book for grown ups based on their viral TED Talk, among other projects including a feature-length animated family musical with a non-binary protagonist and queer love story.
*They met Riley J. Dennis at VidConhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb66jGEM7Ec&ab_channel=QueerKidStuff.
*They once performed to a packed house at the Bill and Melinda Gates Discovery Center in Seattle, WA as a part of Amplifier’s We The Future Campaign.
*They have a dog.
==Gallery==
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Qks2.jpg|Ms Ter, the drag queen
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==References==
Category:LGBT YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2015
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:Book-narrating YouTubers