5+ years making LGBTQ+ theater and digital media for kids, doing live performances, assemblies, and in-class workshops and professional development for faculty.
Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that children have a solid understanding of their gender identity by the age of FOUR! It’s true! That’s why it’s so important to talk to kids about gender. You can use the resources in this guide to supplement your existing curriculum, or you can fill your week with these videos, books, and activities. I recommend watching the videos in the order they are in this packet. Here’s what to expect in this unit guide: Teacher tips for maki
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the second week of activities related to the different facets of our Identity including race, ability status, class, and religion. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and act
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the first week of activities related to Identity and Gender. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and activities using #SpreadQueerJoy to connect with other QKS families! This
Queer Kid Stuff is an LGBTQ+ and social justice webseries for kids and families created by Lindsay Amer. The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Family Unit includes materials and resources pulled directly from and inspired by QKS videos and music. Family is so important to talk about in school and I wanted to provide a resource for you to help you include LGBTQ+ families in your family unit for your K-6 classroom! You can use the resources in this guide to supplement your existing unit on family, or you can fill
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the fifth week of activities all about LGBTQ+ History and Pride. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and activities using #SpreadQueerJoy to connect with other QKS families!
Make your classroom more LGBTQ+ inclusive this school year with these vocabulary definition posters for your classroom. Definitions included for 'family,' 'gay,' 'straight,' 'gender identity,' 'gender expression,' 'pronouns,' 'transgender,' 'bisexual,' and 'nonbinary.'
Welcome to the Queer Kid Stuff Ukulele Songbook! In here you’ll find all of the original QKS songs with printable lyric sheets, ukulele chord charts for each song, and song sheets to play-a-long. Here are the songs you’ll be learning! Beginner (5 chord songs): Queer Means Different Tu Decides! Intermediate (6 chord songs): Oh, Gender! YES means Yes! Advanced (bar chords): It’s Ok To Be Gay! DIV-ERS-ITY The Privilege Song It’s Pride! We’re Family! To listen to recordings of the songs, visi
In honor of Black History Month, we’re turning our focus to the Black Queer Voices who have contributed to Queer Kid Stuff content over the years. From youth activist interviews on our podcast Activist, You! to Dear Queer Kid letters from the likes of Ki Gross, Miss Major, and Junior Mintt, to wayyyy back in the archives to our QKS episode on race, you can find it all in this bundle! Get access to the video, audio, and graphic files for all of this content so you don’t have to deal with pesky Yo
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the eighth and final week of activities all about understanding who we are as activists. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and activities using #SpreadQueerJoy to connect w
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the sixth week of activities all about LGBTQ+ Rights. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and activities using #SpreadQueerJoy to connect with other QKS families! This projec
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the fourth week of activities all about COMMUNITY. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and activities using #SpreadQueerJoy to connect with other QKS families! This project w
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the third week of activities all about FAMILY. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and activities using #SpreadQueerJoy to connect with other QKS families! This project was m
We are SO EXCITED to offer a remote learning course on social justice and LGBTQ+ topics for PreK-3rd graders featuring the Queer Kid Stuff videos you know and love! This bundle contains the seventh week of activities all about Activism. Each bundle contains a video playlist and downloadable activities looking at gender through Literacy, Art, STEM, and Music plus a bonus Coloring activity! Share your creations and activities using #SpreadQueerJoy to connect with other QKS families! This project w
Queer Kid Stuff presents, DEAR QUEER KID! Dear Queer Kid is a letter project connecting rad queer grown ups to rad queer kids through heartfelt letters. This series puts the affirming words of queer, trans, and nonbinary grown ups in front of queer, trans, and nonbinary kids and youth in order to combat the horrific anti-trans legislation targeting trans kids that has swept the nation with intergenerational queer joy. This letter features Lourdes Rivas, a queer Xicanx nonbinary teacher and autho
Let your students know that it's OK TO BE LGBTQ+! Add these posters to your classroom walls to celebrate inclusion and diversity. Download for "It's Ok to be GAY," "It's Ok to be BI," "It's Ok to be TRANS," and "It's Ok to be QUEER" in multiple colors! Art by Mollie Suss
Let your students know THEY ARE ENOUGH with this poster for your classroom from Queer Kid Stuff. Download for different versions of the poster only available on TpT! Art by Mollie Suss
Make your classroom more inclusive this school year with our pronoun cards! You can laminate them and use them in your lessons about pronouns, you can place them on students' desks, use them as name cards at the beginning of the school year, post them on bulletin boards, and turn them into a coloring activity. The sky's the limit! You can email me at business@queerkidstuff.com for any feedback or questions you have about this unit. I’d love to hear from you! Have fun! Love, Lindsay
PreK - 5th
Classroom Community, English Language Arts, For All Subjects
Queer Kid Stuff presents, DEAR QUEER KID! Dear Queer Kid is a letter project connecting rad queer grown ups to rad queer kids through heartfelt letters. This series puts the affirming words of queer, trans, and nonbinary grown ups in front of queer, trans, and nonbinary kids and youth in order to combat the horrific anti-trans legislation targeting trans kids that has swept the nation with intergenerational queer joy. This letter features Trinity and DeShanna Neal, the mother-daughter writing du
Queer Kid Stuff presents, DEAR QUEER KID! Dear Queer Kid is a letter project connecting rad queer grown ups to rad queer kids through heartfelt letters. This series puts the affirming words of queer, trans, and nonbinary grown ups in front of queer, trans, and nonbinary kids and youth in order to combat the horrific anti-trans legislation targeting trans kids that has swept the nation with intergenerational queer joy. This letter features Maya Gonzalez, an award-winning author, activist, and pro
Queer Kid Stuff presents, DEAR QUEER KID! Dear Queer Kid is a letter project connecting rad queer grown ups to rad queer kids through heartfelt letters. This series puts the affirming words of queer, trans, and nonbinary grown ups in front of queer, trans, and nonbinary kids and youth in order to combat the horrific anti-trans legislation targeting trans kids that has swept the nation with intergenerational queer joy. This letter features Emi Aguilar (@indigenizingartsed), a queer two-spirit Ind
5+ years making LGBTQ+ theater and digital media for kids, doing live performances, assemblies, and in-class workshops and professional development for faculty.
Teaching style
Positive and joyful simple conversations about seemingly complex topics. I'm all about meeting kids where they're at and answering their questions honestly and openly the best I can. I use music, metaphor, and storytelling to engage and entertain.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Spring 2019 TED Resident - talk with over 1 Million views
2018 Official Honoree by The Webby's
2018 Queero by them.us
2018 Rising Star by GLAAD
Awesome Project Grant Recipient
My own education history
BS from Northwestern University in Theater and Gender Studies
MA in Performance Studies
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