Jess
Member
Does anyone know what the nongendered sign for partner / lover / boyfriend / girlfriend is? I've heard the middle of the face is used for nonbinary people sometimes (rather than the forehead for male signs and the chin for female signs) but I don't know the specific hand motion.
Thanks!
Eclipce
1/12/2026
same that would be very helpful
Emma 💫🩷✨
1/19/2026
I've read that some nonbinary members of the deaf community are currently working to establish gender-neutral signs. I'm not sure otherwise.
I would really like to learn grammar and sentence structure. I know a little but I mainly sign English word for word.
I am wondering when… *The person you are talking about is not present* Say your in a conversation and your talking about “him” or “her”, do you specify in the conversation, “girl” before you point on the side of you or “boy” to be specific in who you are talking about? Thx
Hey everyone I hope everyone is doing well! Do y'all have any tips because for some reason it's hard for me to remember and to use. Do anyone else feel the same way? Thx asl fam!!😊😊
Hello, I'm so excited to learn asl. I have been using this app for a short while, and I noticed something that I find confusing. There are two sentences you learn in this app, one of them is a video for you to translate, and the other is were you have to put the the signs together to make a sentences. So- the video is saying " my father likes meat. " And the other part- is were you have to put the signs together to say: " my brother likes bacon. " This part is supposed to be signed " Bacon,‐my brother likes " Bacon it the topic, so it's signed first. Okay... but then I watch the video. I understand all the signs, but I notice the woman signs " My Father " first.. So what makes these two different? Why is the Father the main topic sign, but not the brother I hope this make sense, sorry this was long. I'm just struggling with grammar and structure. I think I have a hard time knowing g if the person should be signed first or the verb
Here is one tip to ALWAYS follow: Remember to look at the signs closely and look of how different they all look. Like, J, J is very diffrent BECAUSE it has a video. Even tho J is hard. You right away know it's just J because it has a video with it. So always to remember of how DIFFRENT the words are. And always understand just look at the difffences