Out Of Curiosity, Do You Have A Favorite Variation Of The Sign For “queer”? Ive Seen The Rainbow

Have you done "frog?" If not, can you please? Thank you!

Thanks for the suggestion! I hop you like it

Frog

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Frog in American Sign Language. Hand in a mini O hand shape that only uses the thumb, index, and middle finger rests the back of the hand under the chin, palm facing down. Mini O flicks out into U handshape twice. Movement is illustrated by hands that are translucent green and blue-green in different stages of the sign. Frog face is green.

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i hate to bug you, but will you be doing disability related signs in july for disability pride month? (wheelchair, cane, rollator/walker, disabled, deaf, blind, autistic, etc?) i never see those signs anywhere and my deaf professor didnt know them before i started searching for them, so some visibility would be really cool. (ofc i understand if not! your art is incredible and impressive and takes time and work to make! i just figured id ask since its disability pride month soon.) tysm for the incredible art!

That's a great idea! If anyone has some specific requests, let me know. I'll start working on the other signs you mentioned as well as arthritis and any other requests.

Thank you for the suggestion!

Gay

Sources: Lifeprint, ASLDeafined, them

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The sign for Gay in American Sign Language. G handshape touches chin. Face, lips and hand are in pride colors (black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) in a gradient. Background is white.

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so I'm deaf, and I get new hearing aids every 4-5 years. every time I do this, the sound is different, and I have to take some time to relearn sounds. my most recent pair is a very different brand from what I've previously had, meaning that the sound is very different as well. this, of course, means extra word to relearn sounds. this is absolutely exhausting.

I just find it strange that, while I am relearning a sense, I can't realistically take time off of school. I still have so many assignments and stuff that I have to do, all while feeling like a toddler that's been up too long.

basically, I should be allowed to have a break when I get new hearing aids without having to do 12 billion catch up assignments afterwards

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?”

[Sponsored Video from GlobalVRS: www.globalvrs.com]

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.

What is Black American Sign Language? 🤟🏾

ABC News

Preserving Black American Sign Language in the Deaf community

"It felt so free to me. It felt good to just communicate. You know, that was who I was. That was my culture. That was my identity.”

I'm adding some additional resources for LSF I found

This one has the LSF alphabet and some videos including one comparing Japanese, American, and French sign languages https://www.tradonline.fr/en/blog/french-sign-language-a-language-in-its-own-right/

This one is a LSF-ASL dictionary. I couldn't get it to work on my phone but it's really cool https://projects.lib.rochester.edu/lsf-asl-app/dictionary/n/a-g you search the English or French word then it shows videos LSF and ASL side by side

Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of free resources for different sign languages:

American Sign Language (ASL)

Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

Black American Sign Language (BASL)

British Sign Language (BSL)

Chinese Sign Language (CSL)

Emirati Sign Language (ESL)

French Sign Language (LSF)

Indian Sign Language (ISL)

International Sign Language (IS)

Irish Sign Language (ISL)

Japanese Sign Language (JSL)

Mexican Sign Language (LSM)

Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL)

Ukrainian Sign Language (USL)

Please feel free to add on if you know of others, be it more resource for one of the sign languages above, or resources for learning any of the other 300 plus sign languages.

Ghost

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

[Image ID: Ghost in American Sign Language. Both hands in F handshape. Dominant hand moves up in a wobbly path from base hand. Hands are different shades of blue as the sign progresses and a ghost is depicted as coming out of the base hand. End ID]

Name Change

Guess what I did today!

Sources:

Name: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

Change: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

[Image ID: Name and Change in American Sign Language. Both signs start pink and end blue.

Name is two hands in H handshape palms facing signer. Dominant hand taps base hand at the fingers.

Change is both hands in X handshape crossed at the wrists. The hands rotate around each other to cross with the other arm in front.

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Not an app but the Knoxville Center of the Deaf will have free classes starting in January. If you can't wait, Bill Vicars has lessons for free on YouTube. I don't know of any free apps, but ASLDeafined is the one I recommend. Its $36/year. Here's a longer, more detailed list of resources if you're interested

Does anyone know any apps for learning asl that don’t require u to pay for lessons after the first few