0:02

And a rainbow flag for you, Bethany

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and Tracy and Pete. These

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are awesome. Thanks Ryan. Okay

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everybody, let's go. I cannot wait to get

0:12

to the Pride Parade. Wait, where's

0:14

Tessa? I'm right behind you. Ah,

0:17

wait, why are you dressed like half a

0:19

unicorn? For the Pride Parade,

0:21

obviously. Ryan, want to help

0:23

me with something? Of course. Okay,

0:26

I need you to be the other half

0:29

of this unicorn. Tessa, I

0:31

would in fact be honored to be the

0:33

majestic butt of this unicorn. Thank you very

0:36

much. Alright, y'all figure that

0:38

out and I will meet you down

0:40

there. I'm Bethany Van Delft. It's Saturday,

0:42

June 4th and this is no ordinary

0:44

episode of The 10 News. This

0:47

is the 10 News Gets Extra.

0:49

10, 9, 8,

0:51

7, 6, 5,

0:53

4, 3, 2,

0:56

1. Happy Pride, Tenors! June

0:59

is officially Pride Month, so

1:01

today we're celebrating with lesbian,

1:03

gay, transgender and queer people

1:06

all over the world. And

1:09

we invited queer writer, creator and

1:11

activist, Lynne's Amer to the 10

1:13

News Studio. They sat down with

1:15

Ryan Willard to talk LGBTQ plus

1:17

pride. Take it away, Ryan

1:19

and Lynne's. What up, Tenors? Ryan

1:22

Willard here and I am thrilled because we have

1:24

a very special guest to talk to today. So

1:26

first off, I want to know, who

1:28

are you, where are you from and what do

1:30

you do? My name is Lynne's Amer.

1:33

I am a board and bread New

1:35

Yorker and I

1:37

am an LGBTQ plus and

1:39

social justice children's entertainer, writer

1:42

and performer. That is amazing. Okay,

1:45

I have a very serious question to follow

1:47

up with. Pancakes or waffles? Waffles. Breakfast

1:50

or dessert? Breakfast. Pizza

1:52

or nachos? This one's hard,

1:54

I think pizza probably. Would

1:56

you rather have incredibly stinky

1:58

feet or incredibly... incredibly stinky

2:00

breath. Stinky feet, definitely.

2:04

Wow, that is insane, but OK. So

2:07

you said you have a show called Queer Kid Stuff. Yeah.

2:09

Can you tell me about it? Yeah, it's

2:11

a web series. I do LGBTQ

2:13

plus and social justice education for

2:15

kids and families. So we do

2:17

short form videos on YouTube talking

2:19

about what does gaming, what is

2:21

gender, lots of things like that.

2:24

And you said LGBTQ plus. Could you

2:26

tell me what that is and why

2:28

that's changed over the years? Yeah,

2:30

LGBTQ plus is what I like to

2:32

call an umbrella term. And that means

2:35

that there are lots of different things

2:37

under the umbrella. And it stands

2:39

for a particular community.

2:42

So LGBTQ plus stands

2:44

for lesbian, gay, bisexual,

2:46

transgender, queer, and then

2:48

lots of other people who can also

2:50

fall under that community. So it's a

2:53

term that can keep growing throughout time,

2:55

right? Oh, absolutely, yes. What

2:57

kind of things do you do on

2:59

Queer Kid Stuff? Yeah, so me and

3:01

my friend Teddy, who's over

3:04

here, but you can't see him because we're on a

3:06

podcast, is my best stuffed

3:08

friend is my Teddy bear from childhood.

3:10

And Teddy and I talk about lots

3:12

of different things. We address different questions

3:14

like what does gay mean, what is

3:16

gender, what does it mean to be

3:19

non-binary, what does it mean to be

3:21

transgender, and lots of different social justice

3:23

topics. Like what does activism mean and

3:25

how to be a good activist and

3:27

how to be a good ally to

3:29

others, too. Wow, there are so many things I

3:32

want to ask you about. What is Pride Month

3:34

and what are three important things I should know

3:36

about it? Pride Month

3:38

is a really, really special month for

3:40

the LGBTQ plus community. I mean, it's

3:43

the first month of summer, which is

3:45

always very exciting. But it really is

3:47

an anniversary for the LGBTQ plus community

3:50

because it's really the beginning of the

3:52

activist movement for LGBTQ plus rights. So

3:54

at the end of the month of

3:57

June on June 29.