March 6: Lorenza Böttner, start of Deaf President Now protest, Alexander Graham Bell’s marriage address; ADAPT’s Hollywood Walk of Shame protest

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Today we remember Lorenza Böttner, a transgender Chilean-German artist without arms; Alexander Graham Bell’s address to Deaf students at Gallaudet University warning against intermarriage between deaf individuals in 1891; the start of the Deaf President Now protest in 1988; and the ADAPT’s Hollywood Walk of Shame protest in 1988.

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Learn more:

• WALK OF SHAME – Tom Olin Collection

• Lorenza Böttner - Portrait of an Artist (short Documentary) 

• Alexander Graham Bell: Marriage : an address to the deaf
• The Deaf President Now (DPN) Protest - History | Gallaudet University  

 

Song: "It's Kinda Beautiful" by Water Mirrors from Epidemic Sound