When your child comes out | Reuben Kaye | TEDxCurrumbin

After appearances on ABC, Channel 4 and BBC’s You’re Fired, multi-award winning, Australian comedian, singer and self proclaimed part-time hood ornament Reuben Kaye is the danger man to watch. With an acid wit and casual sensationalism, Kaye is fast, on the edge and brutally funny. A dazzling phantasm of anachronistic showbiz - an explosion of sequins, lashes and teeth, a much needed, hysterically funny, swarovski studded revolt against the ever narrowing views of an increasingly conservative world. Reuben Kaye is what happens when you tell your children they can be anything.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @farscape1076
    @farscape107610 ай бұрын

    I could listen to Reuben talk for hours. So much truth and heart.

  • @mattyd3079
    @mattyd30792 жыл бұрын

    That 17 minutes went so fast. I was spellbound. I have to admit I didn't get half the jokes... one thing I will take away from this talk is that fathers matter. Beautiful sentiment and so true. A father's love and acceptance is needed. No need for explanation, no need for qualification. Thanks, Reuben, for sharing with us.

  • @raz6630

    @raz6630

    Жыл бұрын

    This is what happens when the moral fabric of society is neglected and replaced with pseudo-satanic diabolical narcissism and self-worship we have obvious paedophiles and the mentally unwell pandered to and encouraged to the demise of society and themselves.

  • @mattyd3079

    @mattyd3079

    Жыл бұрын

    @@raz6630 You sure you replied to the right comment? You have opinions and i respect them. And I don’t necessarily disagree with them either - in the right context. I do understand where you are coming from. In my comment I simply tried to see the positive in what was being said.

  • @EthanKristopherHartley

    @EthanKristopherHartley

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@mattyd3079 I can't see what Raz said, but maybe I can offer another couple of things to consider. "Matter" is a little imprecise for this sort of conversation. It could mean "have an impact" or "is important/vital" (which is the impression I get from your answer). "A Father's love and acceptance is needed". Is a beautiful sentiment. But in my experience queer folk who have the love and acceptance of blood family remain (sadly) in the minority. My advice to anyone when listening to a coming out story - especially when presented by a talented orator or storyteller - is to listen to the facts. The emotional side is usually one sided or speculation. But it's almost definitely been pruned and shaped to "fit" the story. Listen to the facts. Empathise with the emotion. And thank the person for sharing. But I don't think any queer person would be able to agree that any blood family member matters simply because they share a few chromosomes! 😁 LGBTQIA+ folk have had to fudge the Family definition a little, but it's given us hugely welcoming round of "chosen family" and each & everyone a family for Christmas. ❤️

  • @Ninang363
    @Ninang3632 жыл бұрын

    My Dad did not understand or like that I was Trans. I came out at 19 (1982). Our relationship was never easy. He eventually paid for my SRS because he knew it was the right thing for me even if he could not understand it. Not bad for a WW II Vet who adopted a kid. Coming out stories are always so personal and amazing...and there are far more of them than we realize. Thank you for that.

  • @raz6630

    @raz6630

    Жыл бұрын

    This is what happens when the moral fabric of society is neglected and replaced with pseudo-satanic diabolical narcissism and self-worship we have obvious paedophiles and the mentally unwell pandered to and encouraged to the demise of society and themselves.

  • @Ninang363

    @Ninang363

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually, for me, this is what happened when I received love and understanding. I show up for work every day and save American lives. Do not lecture me about morals. I got my morals and my ethics in check. Maybe you should learn what compassion and empathy are. From your response though I suspect you are a MAGAt. Cruelty for MAGAts IS the point.

  • @dtg5909
    @dtg59095 ай бұрын

    Now there’s an orator. He’s just amazing. ❤

  • @fionasedgwick7424
    @fionasedgwick74242 жыл бұрын

    What a fabulous speaker. Such a colourful storyteller who has a lot to say. I love you, Reuben!

  • @NKelso
    @NKelso2 жыл бұрын

    I love you Reuben - thank you for sharing your experiences and vision with the world! You’re wonderful! ❤️

  • @pcole1232
    @pcole1232 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful speaker,very articulate. Words of wisdom.

  • @orcamentometallima1345

    @orcamentometallima1345

    8 ай бұрын

    no way.

  • @handsomeguy2993
    @handsomeguy2993 Жыл бұрын

    You made me laugh, you made me cry but most of all you made me understand. I appreciate your very existence. Thank you and can’t wait till you tour the states.

  • @cazzdesilva6280
    @cazzdesilva62805 ай бұрын

    Oh wow. Listening to this man, I’m sobbing. I’m spellbound by his voice, truth, honestly, and humanity. Thank you Ruben. Stay strong and safe. Xx

  • @888bjxjs888
    @888bjxjs888 Жыл бұрын

    Stunning. Thank you for such a powerful lesson. Glad you exist in the world, Reuben.

  • @dawnkoplitz1825
    @dawnkoplitz18252 жыл бұрын

    You’re such an eloquent speaker. Thank you for all the LGBTQ children you’ve helped by speaking your truth! 🤟🏻

  • @raz6630

    @raz6630

    Жыл бұрын

    This is what happens when the moral fabric of society is neglected and replaced with pseudo-satanic diabolical narcissism and self-worship we have obvious paedophiles and the mentally unwell pandered to and encouraged to the demise of society and themselves.

  • @SRTyler392

    @SRTyler392

    6 күн бұрын

    Ah yes, talking about Italians being inside of you is such an inspiration to young children everywhere 🤦🏻‍♂️ you people are sick weirdos

  • @BrunoDermoumWeb
    @BrunoDermoumWeb Жыл бұрын

    This is a beautiful explanation for coming out. Yes we all know where we were when we did it, who we were with, what the reaction was. Very powerful presentation !

  • @_brain_junkie
    @_brain_junkie2 жыл бұрын

    I adore this man. I think it’s a courageous thing to do, to share your deeply personal experiences to better inform others. Reuben is inspirational, and I know that you hear that word thrown around a lot these days, but I don’t use it very often. I’m waiting for a book next!

  • @justincapp4
    @justincapp42 ай бұрын

    What an utterly amazing speech, straight from the heart with flawless delivery, charm and intellect. Inspiring and enlightening, thank you so much for your beautiful insight and humanity. Bravo Reuben you are incredible.

  • @billzero7274
    @billzero72746 ай бұрын

    I am sorry for the sadness, pain and shame you felt! Happy to know you made it through all those years and are now a happy and proud member of our community ❤❤❤

  • @feekett8271
    @feekett82712 жыл бұрын

    Hail to the king / queen I nearly started crying because you could feel the pain and you just want to make you stop hurting x Sending my love to everyone who ever had to experience anything like this. You are loved trust me !

  • @valentincolon7600
    @valentincolon76005 ай бұрын

    Wow 😊 Thank You for this. I’ve recently discovered you Reuben and I’m glad to be able to see and hear you on KZread. This was so on the money. I hope more people see and hear what you have to say. Many blessing to you. Thank You

  • @SarahColeman-mo2dw
    @SarahColeman-mo2dw Жыл бұрын

    Oh it does. I remember that day forever

  • @that1monk
    @that1monk Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the riveting speech by an intelligent and resilient mind. ❤🏳‍🌈🙏🎉

  • @daleogborn5520
    @daleogborn5520 Жыл бұрын

    My coming out Story is I showed up in upstate NY with my lover at time we were doing very well financially.. I was 6 ft 180 former military policeman now I was working in hotels and restaurants and was a chef.. no one ever said a crossword to me we had a great time they accepted Steven what they said behind our backs I do not know & don't care ..that was in 99 .. Steven is gone now And so is my parents... The last 4 years of my mother's life was great our relationship was great we talked on the phone and said I love you after each call or mistakes were forgiven 🙏♥️

  • @LukeShepperd
    @LukeShepperd2 жыл бұрын

    This is so incredibly powerful ❤️ thank you Reuben xx

  • @douglaslay3100
    @douglaslay31002 жыл бұрын

    THIS PERSON IS BRILLIANT. I could write a novel, but I am beyond moved. Thank you Reuben Kaye

  • @noelgonzalez9549
    @noelgonzalez95493 ай бұрын

    Everyone needs to watch this.

  • @Charmien
    @Charmien2 жыл бұрын

    I became a fan a few years ago but I’ve never written that hey, I think you have a wonderful aura and it’s very obvious you were born to be an entertainer. Keep being you!

  • @iamaloha2
    @iamaloha27 ай бұрын

    What an outstanding motivation speaker. The very best.

  • @TenaciousDmitchell
    @TenaciousDmitchell2 жыл бұрын

    RK you rock! Love your perseverance and confidence.

  • @HimanshuSharma-oy9ss
    @HimanshuSharma-oy9ss6 ай бұрын

    Beautiful, emotional and compelling.

  • @SonjaDawn
    @SonjaDawn11 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I'm glad I watched!

  • @Beautyinthechaos2004
    @Beautyinthechaos20048 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your story 💚💚

  • @die_vegane_hebamme
    @die_vegane_hebamme5 ай бұрын

    Thank you ❤️

  • @olivialewishussey
    @olivialewishussey2 ай бұрын

    You are amazing. Im a 42 year old woman and I want to be you when I grow up!!!!

  • @aoife3571
    @aoife3571 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, brave, hilarious, and an extraordinary human being.Thank you Reuben.

  • @warawath
    @warawath2 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @Ummm563
    @Ummm5637 ай бұрын

    And after all that, what a beautiful person. Thank you.

  • @rlr126
    @rlr1262 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your message! Keep being amazing and wonderful YOU!

  • @michaelchailland3616
    @michaelchailland36166 ай бұрын

    BRAVO! Well said, well said.

  • @NiahmBrowne
    @NiahmBrowne7 ай бұрын

    That was very moving x

  • @pasjasolarazumetipsaalenka8998
    @pasjasolarazumetipsaalenka89987 ай бұрын

    🥰🥰🥰 captivating humorous and so so real

  • @nicholascollison3611
    @nicholascollison36112 ай бұрын

    Brilliant ❤

  • @scattysafari7742
    @scattysafari77423 ай бұрын

    Apparently he was a huge inspiration for Neil Newborn's interpretation of Astarion in Baldur's gate 3. I can see it.

  • @andrewaway
    @andrewaway6 ай бұрын

    Wow. Thank you. ❤

  • @Lunaryo
    @Lunaryo2 жыл бұрын

    My eyes won't stop leaking. Absolute legend nailed it!

  • @hannamuller515
    @hannamuller515 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @BERTONI704
    @BERTONI7044 ай бұрын

    Thank you Reuben Muchas gracias Felicidades por tu historia Yo te amor ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @onesunnyday5699
    @onesunnyday56992 жыл бұрын

    I love him even more after this 🥰😍💖

  • @nicholasweatherill5766
    @nicholasweatherill57662 жыл бұрын

    The best Ted X I’ve heard. Atleast for me. Amazing and thoughtful I don’t need anymore

  • @jodiblackman7838
    @jodiblackman78382 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful. Thank you.

  • @MrKirby365
    @MrKirby365 Жыл бұрын

    I was definitely called a f***ot before I knew what it was and what I was

  • @cookyline
    @cookyline2 жыл бұрын

    I love you Reuben ❤brilliant and brave!!!

  • @matildewosnjuk7508
    @matildewosnjuk75086 ай бұрын

    Brave. Wish you luck in life.

  • @MellaBella1980
    @MellaBella19802 жыл бұрын

    I am 41 and still haven’t come out to my family and a lot of my friends!

  • @janettegloury3834

    @janettegloury3834

    Жыл бұрын

    And the idea that your friends & family very first reaction can be so powerful, whatever happens next must be terrible. But (easy for me I don't have to do it) think of the relief & strength you may feel when it's done. All good wishes to you

  • @johnmccormick1061
    @johnmccormick10612 жыл бұрын

    Excellent ❤️ beautifully said ⭐️🤩💙

  • @Gina_from_VA
    @Gina_from_VA2 ай бұрын

    He is so meta!

  • @ramickstudioproductions005
    @ramickstudioproductions005 Жыл бұрын

    Crying crying real hard now

  • @violetgreene4458
    @violetgreene44582 жыл бұрын

    he's a genuinely beautiful human.

  • @vonlipi
    @vonlipi Жыл бұрын

    Reuben you are so very courageous. Love you to bits. I wish my Mom accepted my queerness

  • @thestagerocks
    @thestagerocks2 жыл бұрын

    If 1980's Berlin was a human with perfect bone structure...

  • @penneycason9269
    @penneycason92692 жыл бұрын

    My beloved came out to me about being trans. Well hello!?!! I responded by calling all support I could. 1994 surgery. I gained a sister. We have celebrated 36 Valentines together. Love love love ❤️

  • @michaelrodriguez2773
    @michaelrodriguez2773 Жыл бұрын

    Reuben should've been Desire in The Sandman

  • @momp57
    @momp572 жыл бұрын

    Every parent needs to hear this!

  • @Sechaba00
    @Sechaba00 Жыл бұрын

    Wow ❤

  • @patjuskiw2418
    @patjuskiw24186 ай бұрын

    I remember my father's hands too. 😢

  • @lazylemymaitland6996
    @lazylemymaitland6996 Жыл бұрын

    8:13 MATE, NO that feral man, god

  • @ShivrajParshad
    @ShivrajParshad6 ай бұрын

  • @Host_Bogart
    @Host_Bogart2 жыл бұрын

    wow

  • @pmurraymusic
    @pmurraymusic Жыл бұрын

    HEAR HEAR!!!

  • @sheillaa.6964
    @sheillaa.6964 Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @butterflygirl3359
    @butterflygirl3359 Жыл бұрын

    It’s interesting how he acknowledges the horrors of Communism but criticizes “this” federal government, the USA’s last defense against it.

  • @njgrant3988
    @njgrant3988 Жыл бұрын

    We need batman

  • @punksterpride8339
    @punksterpride8339 Жыл бұрын

    What pronouns does Reuban go by? I googled it but couldn't find the info

  • @SarahColeman-mo2dw
    @SarahColeman-mo2dw Жыл бұрын

    Dang you’re looking good

  • @arunamehta792
    @arunamehta792 Жыл бұрын

    You are human and god loves you. I know these words can't bring peace to your soul but trust me god will bring peace to your life and soul❤

  • @dontbeabutt7786
    @dontbeabutt77869 ай бұрын

    I f-ing love you Reuben Kaye

  • @iestynovich
    @iestynovich2 жыл бұрын

    Divine

  • @4zul4_iwnl
    @4zul4_iwnl11 күн бұрын

    he smort

  • @nathanwright8616
    @nathanwright86167 ай бұрын

    this is so funny

  • @MoonlightNothing
    @MoonlightNothing2 жыл бұрын

    💔

  • @onesunnyday5699
    @onesunnyday56992 жыл бұрын

    Tough room. Nobody laughs 😬🙄

  • @elisabethkanter
    @elisabethkanter9 ай бұрын

    This guy is a predator if you’ve seen his other work

  • @paulsnow1289
    @paulsnow12895 ай бұрын

    What a freak 🤣

  • @PatGeo95
    @PatGeo952 жыл бұрын

    ❤️🏳️‍🌈🇦🇺

  • @user-ju8ec1ru9h
    @user-ju8ec1ru9h22 күн бұрын

    This is not God's doing.

  • @KlausSchwab-cy3ob
    @KlausSchwab-cy3ob Жыл бұрын

    Reuben, stop saying you look like Cruella DeVille, you look like a groomed up version of the Joker

  • @carlonedelko7381
    @carlonedelko7381 Жыл бұрын

    Doesn't look.intimidating just looks tragically sad looking desperately for recognition.

  • @I-AM-SKYTRISS
    @I-AM-SKYTRISS Жыл бұрын

    PERHAPS SOMEDAY SOMEONE WILL IDENTIFY AZ G O D,,,, MAKE UP THEIR OWN DED AZ CREATOR OV HEAVEN AND EARTH,,, SHOW DED OV OWNERSHIP.. AND TAKE OVER THIS INSANE WORLD ! JUST A THOUGHT

  • @SB-iy9vn
    @SB-iy9vn8 ай бұрын

    if your child comes out you have failed as a parent

  • @InfernoPhoenix123

    @InfernoPhoenix123

    4 ай бұрын

    If ur child can't come out to you then you've failed as a parent

  • @SB-iy9vn

    @SB-iy9vn

    4 ай бұрын

    @@InfernoPhoenix123 nope it means you have one They will know and follow the truth

  • @mariya4539
    @mariya4539 Жыл бұрын

    Joker

  • @patrickarky116
    @patrickarky116 Жыл бұрын

    They give Ted talks to any weirdo, these days!!!!!!!!!!

  • @miroslav-mikhayeljuric-de3yp
    @miroslav-mikhayeljuric-de3yp Жыл бұрын

    Nothing about him is respectable.

  • @rolandmorrison8224
    @rolandmorrison82242 жыл бұрын

    Did you know that Tedx hosted an event by a woman named Mirjam Heine that stated that the P word is an actual orientation? Did you also know that many of us know, firsthand, that most of the lauded and praised manifestations of modern-day "orientation" are the actual product of the P word? Is it right to say that the damage is done, it is what it is...the ship has sailed....and "I am what I am--deal with it"? Is it right to think that way when P was the original cause for so many of these situations? Maybe that's why a certain community that is partially epitomized in this video just so happens to be more accepting of P than everyone else, since, they were the victims of it....usually. People say Tedx is for the intelligent and scholarly. Is that really the case?

  • @marcz8625

    @marcz8625

    2 жыл бұрын

    You felt the need to comment? But edited your comment and still doesn’t really make sense. What do you really want to say? Just say it and be authentic. Oh and if you have nothing good to say, say nothing. Like your mum would have explained at some stage.

  • @stevenwren2784

    @stevenwren2784

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm struggling to think what the P-word is

  • @_brain_junkie

    @_brain_junkie

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stevenwren2784 me too 🧐 I’m struggling with all of it to be honest, but I’m not that bothered about having broken down.

  • @SB-xs8js

    @SB-xs8js

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought the same

  • @HaTer-xs8sh
    @HaTer-xs8sh Жыл бұрын

    Ew. What is that thing

  • @thegoddess1976

    @thegoddess1976

    Жыл бұрын

    You should post a picture of yourself .... so we can also judge

  • @HaTer-xs8sh

    @HaTer-xs8sh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thegoddess1976 at least I’m not a freak

  • @Iknowyeshuaisking
    @Iknowyeshuaisking Жыл бұрын

    Jesus is lord, Jesus is the most wonderful being that is, Jesus is excellent, wonderful and beautiful. I love Jesus, Jesus loves us too.

  • @dianemason9092
    @dianemason9092 Жыл бұрын

    Your finished

  • @animalsome
    @animalsome2 жыл бұрын

    Cringe

  • @animalsome

    @animalsome

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dazednelectro Thank you for pointing out the obvious

  • @matteomaserati2795
    @matteomaserati2795 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you ❤

  • @knolcollis
    @knolcollis2 жыл бұрын

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