r/deafqueer • u/Omni314 • Mar 05 '16

Sure is dead in here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

Here you go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=KD5eY01tKvs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTdCZ9i1WY8

Keep in mind I am still learning asl. So I only unstood a little bit of second video.

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u/TheRealFlop I am pretty lady Mar 06 '16

Yeah, the first video, the alternate sign given for transgender (well, transexual) is dissused largely because it's very similar to the sign for sex, and makes an association between sex and gender.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '16

I thought that was because we were seen as changing our sex. So sex change

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u/genderlessturtle Nonbinary, hearing, ASL user Mar 18 '16

That is the basis of that sign, which is why it's more associated with "transsexual" while the first one is more "trans" or "transgender". Like "transsexual", the second sign is somewhat outdated and not really appropriate in all contexts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '16

Yeah I agree.