William A. Rudner, Rochelle Butowsky, SIGNS USED IN THE DEAF GAY COMMUNITY, Sign Language Studi, No. 30 (Sprg 1981), pp. 36-48
Contents:
- WAG TO BE HEARD: ON BEG DEAF AND GAY
- WH 'THIS CLOSE,' JOSH FELDMAN PUTS DEAF, GAY LIV IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR SECTN
- HOW TO SIGN ‘GAY’ OR ‘QUEER’? AMERIN SIGN LANGUAGE ERS DON’T AGREE.
WAG TO BE HEARD: ON BEG DEAF AND GAY
On his new show This Close, the gay, af wrer and actor is pavg a new path. * gay deaf people *
In the early hours of June 28th, 1969, police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club Greenwich Village of New York Cy. Wh 6 months, the movement was anized to a full-fledged polil mpaign that aimed to promote rights for gays and lbians.
One year later, bisexual activist Brenda Howard, otherwise known as “The Mother of Pri, ” anized the first Gay Pri Week and the Christopher Street Liberatn Day para.
Regard is a natnal anisatn of lbians, gay men, bi, trans and queer people (LGBTQ) who self-intify as disabled.
WH 'THIS CLOSE,' JOSH FELDMAN PUTS DEAF, GAY LIV IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR SECTN
Rabow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) a society for Deaf Gay and Lbian cizens the Uned Stat and Canada. This is surprisg, nsirg what my sister, an terpreter for the af, has told me: “You’d be surprised how many af people are gay. Usg the qutnable Ksey timate that ten percent of the populatn is gay or lbian and the fact that there are 28 ln af or hard of hearg people the US, they nclu that 2.
8 ln of them – or ten percent – are gay or lbian.
HOW TO SIGN ‘GAY’ OR ‘QUEER’? AMERIN SIGN LANGUAGE ERS DON’T AGREE.
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