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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YPycXtScTiHZG8YljtHgb79-o3q1zduu4eBPHJMaApY/edit?usp=sharing

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Make Up Labs!

Fall ‘23 ASL Website

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DATING

Level 6 - Activity 5

Attendance

5-7 minutes of Conversation

Can-Do Statements

• I can identify products and practices to help me understand perspectives.
• I can maintain spontaneous spoken, written, or signed conversations and discussions across various time frames on familiar, as well as unfamiliar, concrete topics, using series of connected sentences and probing questions.
• I can interpret and infer meaning from complex, academic and professional texts on a range of unfamiliar, abstract, and specialized issues that are spoken, written, or signed.

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3 Ps

Products: Vocabulary, Cultural Discussion, Relationships

Practices: Exploring similarities and Differences between Deaf and hearing experiences in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Perspectives: What challenges do Deaf individuals face within the LGBTQIA+ community? Are these shared experiences with hearing individuals in the community?

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Vocabulary

1. Struggle
2. Psychology
3. Social
4. Include
5. Community

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STRUGGLES

Dating pool size

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Common language

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Dating app exclusion

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Other struggles?

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LGBTQ+

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There’s a larger percentage of LGBTQ+ people in the

Deaf community compared to the hearing community

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Gender Neutral Signs

1. They
2. Non-Binary Parent
3. Honored guests
4. Partner/Sweetheart
5. Non-Binary Sibling
6. Spouse

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YOUR TURN

Wrap-Up Questions

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1. Did you know of any gender neutral signs other than cousin?
2. Had you thought about the similarities between the deaf and LGBTQ+ communities before?
3. Did anything you learned today surprise you?

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Deaf Culture

Traditional ASL does not ​​accommodate for progressive gender identification and pronouns this is why the deaf community adapts and establishes new signs as times change.

Can-Do Statements

• I can identify products and practices to help me understand perspectives.
• I can maintain spontaneous spoken, written, or signed conversations and discussions across various time frames on familiar, as well as unfamiliar, concrete topics, using series of connected sentences and probing questions.
• I can interpret and infer meaning from complex, academic and professional texts on a range of unfamiliar, abstract, and specialized issues that are spoken, written, or signed.

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