My sign name is: [signs his name sign three times] So, how did I get my name sign? My name sign is: [signs name sign] That sign name was given to me by my friend from college at Gallaudet University. [Video description: Monique Holt, wearing a sleeveless black dress and sneakers, sitting cross-legged on a chair against a gray backdrop, begins to sign] My name sign is: [signs name sign three times] You can’t just automatically give someone a name sign. This is my sign name: [signs his name sign] I didn’t have a sign name until I was about 7 or 8. So my sign name is this: [signs his name sign] That gesture, with the initial “A,” became my sign name.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2021 15:22 UTC