The Asl Sign For “transgender“ Is Basically The Same As The Sign For ”beautiful“ But Signed At

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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Rest

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Rest in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape with palms facing signer are crossed over the signers chest. Hands rest on the chest below the opposite shoulder. Sign is illustrated by arms that are translucent purple and pink. Background is white.

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Anyway I'm watching Deafula

Bisexual

Sources: Lifeprint, them

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The sign for Bisexual in American Sign Language. Blue B and pink I handshapes overlapping slightly with purple in the overlap. Background is white.

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🖐

My favorite cheeses are Belavitano(basically any variation but Merlot if I have to chose), Talegio, Stilton with blueberries, smoked Mozzarella, and Mimolette.

Cheese

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

[Image ID: the sign for cheese in American Sign Language. Both hands are horizontal, palms touching in B handshape. Dominant hand on top twists back and forth. Hands are designed to resemble various cheeses. End ID]

Today, in “I’ll take any good news I can find”:

A production of Romeo and Juliet with Deaf actors signing their lines has been referred to as bilingual! Not just “accessible” or “diverse” but also BILINGUAL!

This makes me happy because the general idea of ASL (and other signed languages) is that they’re just a manual version of the spoken language. By that logic, Norwegian is just a higher-latitude version of German. Signed languages are languages of their own! With unique vocabulary, grammar, and dialects!

Journal Sentinel

Deaf actors make this 'Romeo & Juliet' a truly bilingual love story

In American Players Theatre's new "Romeo & Juliet," Deaf characters and American Sign Language are a normal part of daily life in that world

hi! do you make these icons yourself?

also i was wondering if it would be okay to use them, with credit to you?

I do! I use Scetch (an app no longer in the app store (I've had the same phone for 6 and a half years)). First, I look at various sources (typically SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined), then decide how I'm going to depict the sign.

It depends. I don't want people to use them like a learning tool because ASL is a 4 dimensional language and I use a 2 dimensional space. What would you want to use them for?

it felt like was the only one learning asl for nonverbalism reasons and i always felt weird about it cus there was never really any information about using asl for mutism like i'm appropriating deaf language or something? but i just got so sick of typing things out to communicate and people getting annoyed with how long it takes. its embarrassing. i've found that a sentence that comes out garbled and incomprehensible or doesn't come out at all when i try to speak verbally comes out easy as shit in sign. i also don't need captions for asl movies and videos (i got audio processing issues) so i'm working on my receptive skill also. anyway if you haven't done it before, what's the sign for selective mutism?

I am definitely grateful to the deaf community for sign languages. I don't think there would be sign languages if they hadn't developed and fought for it. But I don't think its appropriation to learn it for nonverbalism. For me personally, I'm just excited there's another person in the world I could sign with! I think it sucks that others assume people would only wanna sign if they have to! I've been in a number of situations in which I'm signing with someone, they ask if I'm deaf or hearing, then immediately start speaking when I say hearing. ASL is a wonderfully expressive language that feels so much more natural to me than spoken language.

Selective Mutism

Source: Lifeprint

[Image ID: Selective Mutism in American Sign Language. Hand in 4 handshape over the signers mouth, like the sign for "talk" then closes in S handshape over the mouth. The first part of the sign is red, and the second half is blue. End ID]

Late Night

Double Feature

Picture Show

Deaf Broadway's Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Image 1: graphic design of the sign Late Night in ASL.

Image 2: graphic design of the sign twice in ASL.

Image 3: graphic design of the sign show twice in ASL.

Image 4: graphic design of hands representing light being projected.

Image 5: graphic design of the sign show, as in performance, in ASL.

All images are translucent red, black, grey, and white in different stages of the signs.

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Ghost

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

[Image ID: ghost in American Sign Language. Both hands in F handshape. Base hand palm up and dominant hand palm down with tips of thumbs and index fingers touching. Then dominant hand moves upward. End ID]