{"id":3787,"date":"2018-08-13T20:23:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T20:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/?p=3787"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:23:46","slug":"the-lamb-that-is-a-piglet-a-book-about-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/the-lamb-that-is-a-piglet-a-book-about-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lamb that is a Piglet: A Book about Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>A lamb who wants to be a piglet? The title might sound a bit strange to some people, to others it is more familiar, and to others it might not interest them. But the truth is that the effort that Dutch author Pim Lammers makes with his book by the same name is great.\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listening to Pim Lammers speak, the first impression is that he is an introverted and somewhat shy young European. But the truth is that when he explains what he wanted to do with his books \"The Lamb Who is a Pig\" and \"The Peasant and the Vet\", it is possible to see that his feelings are reflected through these illustrated stories, so he has found a perfect way to explain what it is to be trans or gay, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/c-diversa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/02-pim1-231x300-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1707 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/c-diversa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/02-pim1-231x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"The lamb that is a piglet\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the fact is that if one manages to detail the whole framework of his books, one can realise that a simple metaphor can be very powerful in explaining things that for some people are very difficult to understand. For example, in \"The Lamb Who Is a Little Pig\" he tells how the lambs often start to go crazy and murmur because one of them starts acting \"weird\", like a pig. For most people on the farm, where the story takes place, it seems crazy to think that this could happen. So after several stages, the lambs realise that the one they once thought was one of them was actually a pig. Underneath its wool was a pink skin and a piggy attitude. It was there that everyone realised that this was always a piglet.<\/p>\n<p>With this simple analogy, Pim Lammers was able to explain to young students from different degrees at the Universidad Libre on Tuesday how gender identity can be addressed with children and adolescents. The faces of many were astonished because, in a conservative culture like Colombia's, it is difficult to find children's books that talk about sexual and gender diversity. However, the topic managed to cause such curiosity that questions were not long in coming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/c-diversa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03-DSC_0064-300x200-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1708 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/c-diversa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03-DSC_0064-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"The lamb that is a piglet\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\"How can we talk in our families about diversity if, in many cases, they do not accept a gay person? What advice would you give to a young person who is afraid to come out of the wardrobe? How can we start teaching about LGBT people without having censorship?\", these and other questions were part of the debate generated by the event with the Dutch author and where also participated Maritztha Sandoval, of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grupoapoyotrans\/photos\/a.595585747244371.1073741825.595585693911043\/1087035961432678\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Fundaci\u00f3n Grupo de Acci\u00f3n y Apoyo a Personas Trans.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond telling you the plot of this book (which we recommend you read), the interesting thing is to see that young people in our country are interested in learning more and more about sexual\/gender diversity and they want future generations to learn as well.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lamb who wants to be a piglet? The title might sound a bit strange to some people, to others it is more familiar, and to others it might not interest them. 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Pero la verdad es que el esfuerzo que hace el autor holand\u00e9s Pim Lammers con el libro de su autor\u00ed\u00ada, que recibe dicho nombre, es grandioso. Al escuchar hablar a Pim Lammers, la primera sensaci\u00f3n es que es un joven europeo introvertido y un poco t\u00ed\u00admido. Pero la verdad es que cuando explica lo que quiso hacer con sus libros \u201cEl cordero que es un cerdo\u201d y \u201cEl campesino y el veterinario\u201d, es posible ver que su sentir se ve reflejado a trav\u00e9s de dichos cuentos ilustrados, as\u00ed\u00ad ha encontrado una manera perfecta para explicar qu\u00e9 es ser trans o gay, respectivamente. El cordero que es un cerdito Y es que si se logra detallar todo el entramado de sus libros, se puede dar cuenta de que una simple met\u00e1fora puede ser muy poderosa para explicar cosas que para algunas personas son muy dif\u00ed\u00adciles de entender. Por ejemplo, en \u201cEl Cordero que es un cerdito\u201d cuenta que muchas veces los corderos empiezan a enloquecer y a murmurar porque uno de ellos empieza actuar \u201craro\u201d, como un cerdo. Para la mayor\u00ed\u00ada en la granja, ambiente en donde transcurre la narraci\u00f3n, parece una locura pensar que esto pueda pasar. Es as\u00ed\u00ad que despu\u00e9s de varias etapas, los corderos se dan cuenta que el que alguna vez pensaron que era uno de ellos, era realmente un cerdo. Bajo su lana se encontraba una piel rosada y actitud propia de un cerdito. Fue all\u00ed\u00ad que todos se dieron cuenta que este siempre fue un cerdito. Con esta simple analog\u00ed\u00ada, Pim Lammers logr\u00f3 explicarle a j\u00f3venes estudiantes de diferentes licenciaturas de la Universidad Libre este martes c\u00f3mo la identidad de g\u00e9nero puede ser abordada con ni\u00f1os, ni\u00f1as y adolescentes. La cara de muchos\/as fue de asombro pues, en una cultura conservadora como la colombiana, es dif\u00ed\u00adcil encontrar libros infantiles que hablen sobre diversidad sexual y de g\u00e9nero. Sin embargo, el tema logr\u00f3 causar tal curiosidad que la preguntas no se hicieron esperar. El cordero que es un cerdito \u201c\u00bfC\u00f3mo podemos hablar en nuestras familias sobre diversidad si , en muchos casos, no aceptan a una persona gay? \u00bfQu\u00e9 consejos le dar\u00ed\u00ada a un joven que tiene miedo de salir del closet? \u00bfC\u00f3mo podemos empezar a ense\u00f1ar sobre personas LGBT sin tener censura?\u201d, estas y otras preguntas hicieron parte del debate que gener\u00f3 el evento con el autor Holand\u00e9s y donde tambi\u00e9n particip\u00f3 Maritztha Sandoval, de la Fundaci\u00f3n Grupo de Acci\u00f3n y Apoyo a Personas Trans. M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de contarles la trama de este libro (el cual les recomendamos leer), lo interesante es ver que a las personas j\u00f3venes de nuestro pa\u00ed\u00ads le interesa aprender cada d\u00ed\u00ada m\u00e1s sobre diversidad sexual \/g\u00e9nero y buscan que las futuras generaciones tambi\u00e9n aprendan."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/el-cordero-que-es-un-cerdito-un-libro-sobre-diversidad\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"El cordero que es un cerdito: un libro sobre diversidad"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/","name":"Colombia Diverse","description":"LGBTIQ+ rights in Colombia with justice and equality","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Colombia Diversa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/#organization","name":"Colombia Diverse","alternateName":"Colombia Diversa","url":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Logo.png","width":258,"height":138,"caption":"Colombia Diversa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pagecolombiadiversa\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ColombiaDiversa","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colombiadiversa\/?hl=es-la","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ColombiaDiversa"],"description":"LGBTIQ+ rights in Colombia with justice and equality","legalName":"Colombia Diversa"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/#\/schema\/person\/185872922c57a62b8a35cd81c293bf66","name":"hola@andezconsultores.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/def30429900a1dc69a4433fdc4fd7afe.jpg?ver=1775751523","contentUrl":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/def30429900a1dc69a4433fdc4fd7afe.jpg?ver=1775751523","caption":"hola@andezconsultores.com"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3789,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3787\/revisions\/3789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}