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| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="Swartz">{{Cite web |title=Teaching Kids the ABCs of LGBTQ+ |last=Swartz |first=SB |work=shondaland.com |date=28 June 2018 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.shondaland.com/live/a21968210/lindsay-amer-interview-queer-kid-stuff-channel/}}</ref> | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="Swartz">{{Cite web |title=Teaching Kids the ABCs of LGBTQ+ |last=Swartz |first=SB |work=shondaland.com |date=28 June 2018 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.shondaland.com/live/a21968210/lindsay-amer-interview-queer-kid-stuff-channel/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531165337/https://www.shondaland.com/live/a21968210/lindsay-amer-interview-queer-kid-stuff-channel/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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'''Lindsay "Lindz" Amer'''<ref>https://www.ted.com/speakers/lindsay_amer</ref> is an American LGBT activist and YouTuber. Amer created and hosts "Queer Kid Stuff", a YouTube channel for children to teach them about LGBT topics. Amer has been recognized by GLAAD<ref name="glaad">{{Cite web |title=GLAAD announces San Francisco Rising Stars Grant recipients |author= |work=GLAAD |date=7 September 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-announces-san-francisco-rising-stars-grant-recipients}}</ref>, the TED Conference, and the Webby Awards for their work relating to LGBT education and advocacy. Amer also co-founded the Bluelaces Theater Company in New York, which creates multi-sensory theatrical experiences for people with autism and other disabilities.<ref name="disc_Lind">{{Cite web |title=Lindsay Amer - Gates Discovery Center |author= |work=Gates Discovery Center |date= |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.discovergates.org/exhibition/wethefuture/young-leaders/lindsay-amer/}}</ref> | '''Lindsay "Lindz" Amer'''<ref>https://www.ted.com/speakers/lindsay_amer [https://web.archive.org/web/20230307070429/https://www.ted.com/speakers/lindsay_amer Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> is an American LGBT activist and YouTuber. Amer created and hosts "Queer Kid Stuff", a YouTube channel for children to teach them about LGBT topics. Amer has been recognized by GLAAD<ref name="glaad">{{Cite web |title=GLAAD announces San Francisco Rising Stars Grant recipients |author= |work=GLAAD |date=7 September 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-announces-san-francisco-rising-stars-grant-recipients|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629053000/https://glaad.org/blog/glaad-announces-san-francisco-rising-stars-grant-recipients |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, the TED Conference, and the Webby Awards for their work relating to LGBT education and advocacy. Amer also co-founded the Bluelaces Theater Company in New York, which creates multi-sensory theatrical experiences for people with autism and other disabilities.<ref name="disc_Lind">{{Cite web |title=Lindsay Amer - Gates Discovery Center |author= |work=Gates Discovery Center |date= |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.discovergates.org/exhibition/wethefuture/young-leaders/lindsay-amer/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206190028/https://www.discovergates.org/exhibition/wethefuture/young-leaders/lindsay-amer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
They obtained their college degree from Northwestern University in Theater and Gender Studies and an advanced degree from Queen Mary University in London.<ref name="disc_Lind" /> | They obtained their college degree from Northwestern University in Theater and Gender Studies and an advanced degree from Queen Mary University in London.<ref name="disc_Lind" /> | ||