Notes / DRAFT / Do not use or cite yet!
One of the signs listed as "orientation" in one of the LP sign pages is actually
the sign for EXPOSURE / "exposed to" / "have information put into a person's
head" / "instill that info into the heads of" etc. We use that sign in the local
university for "Student Orientation" in which we orient (expose / inform / put
info into their heads) the students in regard to the academic program they are
considering.
Obviously "EXPOSURE / inform" isn't what is meant by "orientation" in the term
"sexual orientation."
Some people tend to use the PREFER/FAVOR/FAVORITE sign -- and it probably is the
simplest solution at this point but could also be problematic due to the fact
that a "preference" is something you'd rather have but not necessarily the only
option or choice. A "preference" is not necessarily the same thing as an
"orientation." If the front of a building is oriented toward the east that
building doesn't "prefer" facing east. It in fact faces east.
Additionally the sign for SEX (the one done on the cheek with an X hand
contacting then moving down a couple of centimeters and contacting again) could
end up being rather ambiguous since it doesn't really address the whole meaning
of the term "sexual orientation."
Notes: A student asked, "How would you sign, 'Your sexual
orientation doesn't matter?'"
DRAFT notes: One approach could be: NOT-MATTER YOU GAY [body-shift]
STRAIGHT, NOT-MATTER.
Perhaps also the concept of "pansexual" using a sign like SPECTRUM should be
discussed in relation to "sexual orientation" in general.
This topic is not complete.... don't quote me on anything here without direct
permission -- Dr. Bill
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