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out of curiosity, do you have a favorite variation of the sign for “queer”? ive seen the rainbow one propped up lately but ive always loved and preferred the variations with the open 8.

anyways fjfkfskdjg thats all.

- @asl-emojis

I hadn't seen the open 8 one before. In looking it up I found two.

There was one where the middle finger brushes past the side of the signers head. The author said about the sign "To me, this sign reflects our history as a resilient community"

The other was flicking out from under the chin. "this sign succinctly can be interpreted as an identity of “I’m not queer as in gay, but queer as in f*ck you!”"

I've always liked the rainbow version but the "queer as in fuck you" might be a new favorite

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Queer Signs and What They Tell Us

The only place that I felt I could appropriately learn these terms was by socializing with my LGBTQ Deaf and signing peers.

Potato

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Potato in American Sign Language. Bent V handshape taps twice on the back of base hand, which is in the S handshape, palm down. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue, purple, and pink. Background is transparent.

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Heres a transcript from their website:

[Image ID: screenshot from the DailyMoth.com. Its logo, a lightbulb with a moth on it, is in the top left corner. A transcript reads:

Did you know that the famous Greek philosopher Socrates who lived in the fifth century B.C. may have been the first person to write about sign language? He said, “Suppose that we had no voice or tongue, and wanted to indicate objects to one another, should we not, like the deaf and dumb, make signs with the hands, head and the rest of the body?”

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I got this piece of history from this book.

[“The Deaf Community in America: History in the Making”]

The authors Melvia and Ronald Nomeland said the remarks by Socrates “illustrates that deaf people existed then…”

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Deaf History: Socrates on sign language

More interesting information to share about Deaf history, thanks to Alex at The Daily Moth Deaf news.

Popular

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Popular in American Sign Language. Hand in 5 handshape with palm facing away from signer taps the base hand in 1 handshape along the length of the back of the finger. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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previous anon about using images:

i am hoh and know asl! i'm visiting a deaf/hoh kindergarten class to do a storytime and i thought the stylized animal designs (like the duck) were really cute as visual aids :)

In that case, yes, I am incredibly honored. Thank you!

Cat

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Cat in American Sign Language. Hand in open F handshape next to nose closes into F handshape as it moves away. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent shades of brown. Cat nose and mouth are black.

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Study

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Study in American Sign Language. Hand in 5 handshape palm facing signer, fingers pointed down towards base hand in open B handshape. Hand bounces towards base hand and fingers wiggle. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue, purple, and pink arms in different stages of the sign. Background is white.

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Champ

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Champ in American Sign Language. Hand in clawed 3 hand shape taps fingertip of base hand in 1 handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign.

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Here's the link to the skeet https://bsky.app/profile/margaretadelle.bsky.social/post/3lgnrffsfa22b

and the course

https://courses.osd.k12.ok.us/collections

Sorry for the Hiatus, if been working on being an author or something. Check out my stuff at @elliottnotyet. I'll try to post stuff regularly on here again