{"id":10580,"date":"2010-05-18T05:58:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T10:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=10580"},"modified":"2010-05-18T20:06:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T01:06:55","slug":"new-site-for-lgbt-deaf-people-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/05\/18\/new-site-for-lgbt-deaf-people-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"New site for LGBT deaf people in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"

New site for LGBT deaf people in the works<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 10, 2010<\/p>\n

It can be pretty difficult to find some place other than a bar to find and
\nconnect with other LGBT people, especially if you don\u2019t live in a city big
\nenough to have an organized LGBT community of some sort.<\/p>\n

And it can be even more difficult for LGBT people with special circumstances
\n\u2014 like being deaf.<\/p>\n

Michael Bamford, founder of Frisky Factory LLC, said he learned that lesson
\nafter meeting Martin Richie, a fashion model from Austin who was on the
\nOxygen Channel reality show \u201cThe Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency,\u201d who
\ntalked about how his own community \u2014 the community of deaf LGBT people \u2014 was
\nsocially isolated.<\/p>\n

So Bamfield has created FriskyHands.com, a website that \u201callows the gay deaf
\ncommunity (in all English-speaking countries) and their supporters to
\ninteract through a \u2018Live Chat\u2019 function, as well as e-mail,\u201d according to a
\npress release about the new site.<\/p>\n

The statement says the site, intended to launch this spring, will soon add a
\nvideo-conferencing function that \u201cwill allow the deaf and hearing
\npopulations to directly communicate without sign language, in English.\u201d It
\nwill also include a search function that allows users to find men or women
\nwith common interests in a specific geographical area.\u201d<\/p>\n

I checked this morning and the site still has the \u201ccoming soon\u201d announcement
\nup, with a place for you to sign up to receive e-mail updates on its
\nprogress.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know exactly when Bamford will have the site up and running full
\nblast, but I do know that if it\u2019s done right, it could be a lifeline for
\npeople who have for too long been left lonely, isolated and, as Bamford
\nsaid, left behind.<\/p>\n

Source:
\nhttp:\/\/www.dallasvoice.com\/instant-tea\/2010\/05\/10\/new-site-for-lgbt-deaf-people-in-the-works<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New site for LGBT deaf people in the works May 10, 2010 It can be pretty difficult to find some place other than a bar to find and connect with other LGBT people, especially if you don\u2019t live in a…<\/p>\n

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