Nyle DiMarco and Chella Man sit down to discuss how being deaf helped them find their queer identity. Nyle DiMarco & Chella Man On Being Queer and Deaf | them.
Just a tip to the filmmakers - facial expression are a massive part of the American Sign Language so zooming in on Nyle’s hands makes it hard to understand what he’s saying.
This is why it’s so important to teach sign language in schools as a compulsory subject. You may not come across a deaf person very often but even small gestures like this would make someone’s whole day
I would be so happy if they included sign languages as second languages too. They're equally as valid as French or Spanish. Not everyone is going to meet a French or Spanish speaker in their lives either, so the utility of ASL or BSL or SSE is really a moot point
• oetori • it should be. I’ve been forced into the hearing world my whole life as a mainstreamed person. I would have liked to know how to tell someone my name in the community I’m supposed to belong to. Instead I was forced to conform to you with my disability. Why would it hurt you to have the ability to say hello to me?
@@MayuraVyamsaka In addition to usefulness or likelihood of needing a particular language, ideally a student's propensity would also be taken into account. For example, the student wants to learn Spanish, because a lot of people in the community speak it. Btw, in the U.S. only about 1% of people with significant hearing loss know ESL.
Nyle’s interpréter is there so that’s who he keeps looking at when he talks and I suspect that’s how comes the other doesn’t have to analyze his ASL cause the interpreter is speaking. I also suspect that’s why the volume goes up when Nyle speaks. I think.
in ASL youre supposed to look at a signer's face and see the hands in your peripheral vision. you get all of the grammar and context in someone's expressions
I went to high school with Chella Man. My ceramics studio was right next to his painting studio. Seriously he’s most artistic and amazing person I’ve ever meet. I remember him having different color hair that I loved, I told him so in the bathroom once he was so nice.
I’m guessing that they did that because they had someone interpreting Nyle’s signing and saying it out loud for chella to hear, since he said he wasn’t fluent in signing
Exactly! It felt like they were trying to compensate for the lack of audio when Nyle was speaking and don’t trust the viewer to pay attention if there isn’t audio
them. i told you that once and I'll tell you again: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING DIFFERENT IDENTITIES AND REPRESENTATION UP. this channel is so wholesome, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for the content you put out there
It makes me sad I might never be able to communicate with Nyle if I ever meet him... I guess I should focus on learning to sign “you’re gorgeous and amazing please marry me” 😅
I mean yeah definitely a reason to want to learn ASL to be able to communicate with the deaf community in general but honestly at most events which is where you would most likely meet him he has a translator with him so just like Chella wasn’t signing the whole time you would not need ASL to talk to him plus you could honestly type what you wanted to say on your phone and hand it to him back and forth if it was out of the blue and the deaf person didn’t have a translator. Just options so people don’t feel just because they don’t know ASL or whatever sign language their country uses they can’t communicate effectively with deaf people
Nick C I read a story of a native French speaker and someone from America falling in love despite not speaking a word of each others’ language. They used a translator, so there’s still hope
OMG I just recently watched the season of antm and Nyle is just the sweetest angel in the entire word and he always has that smile on his face and it’s the type of thing where you’re happy because someone else is and I don’t even know him but when he smiles it’s heartwarming for me so glad he won the season !
Beautiful human beings 💘💘 Love this. Nyle has been a HUGE crush of mine ever since I first saw him on Top Model. So beyond handsome and such a truly genuine, sweet man. Love seeing him living such a successful life and using his platform to help others 💘 This is the first time I have heard of Chella Man, but he is very adorable. I need to look into more info. about him.
Thank you @them! Very important stuff in this video. However, zooming in on hands for ASL is not helpful, you need to see body language & facial expressions to fully understand. Focus point is usually from the chest to the top of the head. Kudos 🤘🤘🤘
yall make good content i have to do a project in my perspectives on deafness course and i was able to use this as an example :)))))) Oh and that camera zoom yall do on Nyle's hands is neat, but being able to see the signer's face is super important for visual languages!!!
we should teach asl in schools not only to include the hoh/deaf community, but also because there are many times where we are unable to communicate because the environment doesn’t allow us to either speak or hear, and can make communication as a whole easier between everyone. especially with the rising number of people who are losing their hearing earlier in life than before, learning a language at a young age is much easier than trying to learn it after you’ve lost your hearing
There was most likely an interpreter behind Chella. It's usually positioned like this so Nyle can both see the interpreter and Chella's facial expressions.
I did a paper freshman year on how we should be able to take sign language as one of the choices for high school. I can hear but there’s so little sources to learn sign language fully and I think it would be a step in a positive direction to have some form of club or class for sign language to be taught
I love this video so much! One thing I wanted to point out just quickly was the editing, more specifically how a few times the camera zoomed in on only Nyle's hands. Facial expression is just as vital as the actual signs in sign language, so it's important that one can see Nyle's face when he is signing. Other than that I really enjoyed the video and thought it was very interesting and insightful!
i love him... i wish i could see him and tell him that my voice is useless as no ones listening on me. As such I'm silent all the time. I'm wishing that i could donate all parts of me including my voice. Nobody loves me. So, I'm so proud of you guys specially DiMarco my crush. wish to marry someone like you.
I love this so much! I'm HOH and bi and I've only had hearing aids for 2 yrs and as such am only just now coming to terms with my hearing disability. I can't sign, but I'm gonna take some classes soon. Sometimes I wish I had accepted my disability earlier so I could better navigate the world and etc.
I feel this. I didn't wear hearing aids in highschool partially because I was embarrassed about them. I tried them for a while but I always hid them behind a hat. Now I wear them proudly and they help a lot, but I think I missed out on a lot of social skills because I couldn't hear, and now I'm having to catch up. I only know a tiny tiny bit of sign language and I'm taking a class in 2022 so I can learn some more.
One cool thing I learned from this video is what a cochlear (sorry if this is spelt wrong) implant looks like. Someone in one of my classes in highschool had one and I was never sure what it was but I didn’t really know him so I never asked.
I’ve been wanting to learn sign language for a while now, but it’s difficult because I don’t know which version to focus on. My native language is Japanese and I live in japan now, but I’m planning on moving abroad when I’m older but I don’t know whether that’ll be to the states or the uk.
During the video, a random memory came to my mind, in which a friend of mine didn't date a guy cause he had a hearing problem... It wasn't just that, but that was her main reason and she was kinda concerned about how the whole date would go, how they'd communicate etc. A thing came to another and they just didn't date... of course that happened when I was like 15/16, but there are still people out there who think the same as she did back then. That just makes you wonder how more difficult some people's lives are on every aspect of their everyday life... Idk about y'all but I'd date them, cochlear implant or not, they seem like interesting people and having "a challenge" when it comes to communicating, just makes you appreciate more every single word they tell you... I believe that "challenges", like finding a way to communicate efficiently and effectively, make the stronger and the relationship a little more interesting.
Hangry Potato it’s nice that you think that way but your friend’s concerns sound reasonable and she made the right choice not going out with him if the thought of it made her uncomfortable
@@ellamills5716 I mean yeah, but the secondary reason that she didn't date him was really kinda stupid, but let's not talk about that... You're completely right, for some people a life without auditory communication between them and their partner, can be devastating...
I’ve always wanted to learn ASL but my adhd is so bad that every time I’ve tried my teacher would basically give up on me after a couple weeks 😩 Does anyone know of any reliable resources for learning online?
Just a tip to the filmmakers - facial expression are a massive part of the American Sign Language so zooming in on Nyle’s hands makes it hard to understand what he’s saying.
i just wanted them to show Nyles face more because Nyle. is. a. whole. snnnack. 😍 but yes. for communication reasons.
I know right they are making it harder to understand.
I feel like Nyle doesn't actually change facial expressions all that much though. Not as much as other signers
@@dothedo3667 You may not realise it but I'm deaf and lipread and to me his facial features are changing as he speaks
I was literally just about to type this!
Nyle has such a gentle way of signing. It's beautiful to see.
Is it me, or are there no comments for this *sweet* comment? 🤔
@@peanutbuttertoast7742 Aww, thanks!
I think that Nyle is one of the most handsome men I have ever seen. Such a nice guy too.
I can't read the subtitles because I can't take my eyes off his face.
I wish I could tell you that looks aren't everything, but gosh I'm doing the exact same 😆😆😂😂😂
This is why it’s so important to teach sign language in schools as a compulsory subject.
You may not come across a deaf person very often but even small gestures like this would make someone’s whole day
I would be so happy if they included sign languages as second languages too. They're equally as valid as French or Spanish. Not everyone is going to meet a French or Spanish speaker in their lives either, so the utility of ASL or BSL or SSE is really a moot point
No it's not important and shouldn't be compulsory lmao
• oetori • oh but french and Spanish should be? 🙄
• oetori • it should be. I’ve been forced into the hearing world my whole life as a mainstreamed person. I would have liked to know how to tell someone my name in the community I’m supposed to belong to. Instead I was forced to conform to you with my disability. Why would it hurt you to have the ability to say hello to me?
@@MayuraVyamsaka In addition to usefulness or likelihood of needing a particular language, ideally a student's propensity would also be taken into account. For example, the student wants to learn Spanish, because a lot of people in the community speak it. Btw, in the U.S. only about 1% of people with significant hearing loss know ESL.
I love how they look at each other's eyes when they communicate and not exclusively at their hands.
ASL isn't all about hand movements. It also plays into facial expression
Facial expression is to help with the grammatical part of ASL. And it’s considered rude to not look at the signer’s face when they are signing.
Nyle’s interpréter is there so that’s who he keeps looking at when he talks and I suspect that’s how comes the other doesn’t have to analyze his ASL cause the interpreter is speaking. I also suspect that’s why the volume goes up when Nyle speaks. I think.
in ASL youre supposed to look at a signer's face and see the hands in your peripheral vision. you get all of the grammar and context in someone's expressions
Boy they're hot
cynthia they are? lol
DBizzy1989 what do you mean? Lol
DBizzy1989 yes? lol
@@sinklutxz5222 yeah i think he's high
I went to high school with Chella Man. My ceramics studio was right next to his painting studio. Seriously he’s most artistic and amazing person I’ve ever meet. I remember him having different color hair that I loved, I told him so in the bathroom once he was so nice.
I don’t like how y’all turned the music up when nyle was talking
yoonmin is real my thoughts exactly
I’m guessing that they did that because they had someone interpreting Nyle’s signing and saying it out loud for chella to hear, since he said he wasn’t fluent in signing
Exactly! It felt like they were trying to compensate for the lack of audio when Nyle was speaking and don’t trust the viewer to pay attention if there isn’t audio
Just so y’all know, this got hit by the restricted mode filter. I sent it to my sister who didn’t realize she had it on and it was blocked.
them. i told you that once and I'll tell you again:
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING DIFFERENT IDENTITIES AND REPRESENTATION UP.
this channel is so wholesome, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for the content you put out there
Learning ASL and am bisexual. Thank you both for your platforms being used for good
Angels: how hot do you want to make these men
God: yes
No joke, YEARS ago I went to a party that was all gay, deaf guys. It was awesome.
It makes me sad I might never be able to communicate with Nyle if I ever meet him... I guess I should focus on learning to sign “you’re gorgeous and amazing please marry me” 😅
I mean yeah definitely a reason to want to learn ASL to be able to communicate with the deaf community in general but honestly at most events which is where you would most likely meet him he has a translator with him so just like Chella wasn’t signing the whole time you would not need ASL to talk to him plus you could honestly type what you wanted to say on your phone and hand it to him back and forth if it was out of the blue and the deaf person didn’t have a translator. Just options so people don’t feel just because they don’t know ASL or whatever sign language their country uses they can’t communicate effectively with deaf people
Vicky Vic very good good points. Still seduction isn’t so easy thru a translator 😅
He's So Beautiful!!! 😍😭😭😭
Nick C I read a story of a native French speaker and someone from America falling in love despite not speaking a word of each others’ language. They used a translator, so there’s still hope
Nick C 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've seen him on Titans and now he's my celebrity crush
Great video I really wanna learn asl to continue being more inclusive in my communication.
Nikki Ny go to signing naturally
OMG I just recently watched the season of antm and Nyle is just the sweetest angel in the entire word and he always has that smile on his face and it’s the type of thing where you’re happy because someone else is and I don’t even know him but when he smiles it’s heartwarming for me so glad he won the season !
Beautiful human beings 💘💘 Love this. Nyle has been a HUGE crush of mine ever since I first saw him on Top Model. So beyond handsome and such a truly genuine, sweet man. Love seeing him living such a successful life and using his platform to help others 💘
This is the first time I have heard of Chella Man, but he is very adorable. I need to look into more info. about him.
This is pure and i absolutely am in love with it.
i literally just saw nyle walking down the street in LA this morning on my way to work
matt r
U r so lucky 🍀
Thanks God there're people that bring awareness to deafness
I just love Nyle❤️ he seems to be such a great and.beautiful person
This made my heart so happy 💓
This was beautiful and I think so meaningful
Thank you @them! Very important stuff in this video. However, zooming in on hands for ASL is not helpful, you need to see body language & facial expressions to fully understand. Focus point is usually from the chest to the top of the head. Kudos 🤘🤘🤘
this is such a beautiful and underrated video
you guys are extremely beautiful humans. I love it
yall make good content i have to do a project in my perspectives on deafness course and i was able to use this as an example :)))))) Oh and that camera zoom yall do on Nyle's hands is neat, but being able to see the signer's face is super important for visual languages!!!
This channel is consistently amazing
we should teach asl in schools not only to include the hoh/deaf community, but also because there are many times where we are unable to communicate because the environment doesn’t allow us to either speak or hear, and can make communication as a whole easier between everyone. especially with the rising number of people who are losing their hearing earlier in life than before, learning a language at a young age is much easier than trying to learn it after you’ve lost your hearing
God, a conversation with Nyle please 😭🙏🏿
i knew nyle was italian before seeing his surname. He has that specific look and mannerisms. :)
Was someone else signing behing Chella for him? It felt like Nyle was looking behind him sometimes? Great content. Really enjoyed it.
Yasemin BAHAR I think so :)
There was most likely an interpreter behind Chella. It's usually positioned like this so Nyle can both see the interpreter and Chella's facial expressions.
Both of them are so beautiful! 😍😍😍
Ohhhhh. my. Gossshhh!!! I'm crushing on them so hard
I love you guys!
Just beautiful. This video made my day so much better. Love.
Nyle is So Beautiful I want to CRY! 😍😭😭
Maybe I should learn sign language ...
I still remember how to do my name from summer camp Forever ago! Lol
Nyle Is so hot af
I’ve been following him since his ANTM journey and gotta say he’s even more hotter now
YOUR SO GORGEOUS NYLE DEMARCO
The only lake i'm swimming in is the Nyle 😍😍
Incredible video once again! Great topic and so interesting! ASL should be wider spread in teaching! It’s beautiful and so helpful
Mule has a very warm smile! He has so much charisma
this is so important
I did a paper freshman year on how we should be able to take sign language as one of the choices for high school. I can hear but there’s so little sources to learn sign language fully and I think it would be a step in a positive direction to have some form of club or class for sign language to be taught
Nyle has always looked like his vibes are so so good and bright.
Beautiful humans.
I want to learn this language. Just hours ago I saw people hearing for the first time and it just got to me.
THE DIVERSITY! 💕
Even if I knew ASL language I probably wouldn’t understand Nyles, because I wouldn’t be paying attention to his hands, I’d be staring at his FACE!!!
I want to learn ASL, plus I did not know Nyle is from the community. He was my ever ANTM crush
I love this channel!!
I'm learning asl, but I'm not totally fluent yet. I kept looking at his hands and at the subtitles back and forth but also Nyle's face.
Inspiring.
Sign language is so beautiful ♥️
Why couldn’t I have taken this in highschool as a “foreign” language 🤷🏽♂️
I love this video so much! One thing I wanted to point out just quickly was the editing, more specifically how a few times the camera zoomed in on only Nyle's hands. Facial expression is just as vital as the actual signs in sign language, so it's important that one can see Nyle's face when he is signing. Other than that I really enjoyed the video and thought it was very interesting and insightful!
I always thought Nyle liked men cause of the people he follows and who follows him but didn’t know for sure so it’s refreshing to know that now 😂❤️
His tattoo is cool, reminds me of the augment in the new terminator
i love him... i wish i could see him and tell him that my voice is useless as no ones listening on me. As such I'm silent all the time. I'm wishing that i could donate all parts of me including my voice. Nobody loves me. So, I'm so proud of you guys specially DiMarco my crush. wish to marry someone like you.
Nyle is gorgeous.
I love this so much! I'm HOH and bi and I've only had hearing aids for 2 yrs and as such am only just now coming to terms with my hearing disability. I can't sign, but I'm gonna take some classes soon. Sometimes I wish I had accepted my disability earlier so I could better navigate the world and etc.
I feel this. I didn't wear hearing aids in highschool partially because I was embarrassed about them. I tried them for a while but I always hid them behind a hat. Now I wear them proudly and they help a lot, but I think I missed out on a lot of social skills because I couldn't hear, and now I'm having to catch up. I only know a tiny tiny bit of sign language and I'm taking a class in 2022 so I can learn some more.
Truly much respect and omg both you guys are really really hot🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👑❤❤❤
They are sooooooo cute aawwww 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
They’re so handsome 😍😍🔥💞💞💞
Nyle is beautiful inside and out.
I didn’t followed the converstation... looked to Nyle the whole time:)
AHHH LOVE THIS
How do I get in touch with this production team? I would to share my story with you guys.💙
One cool thing I learned from this video is what a cochlear (sorry if this is spelt wrong) implant looks like. Someone in one of my classes in highschool had one and I was never sure what it was but I didn’t really know him so I never asked.
I’ve been wanting to learn sign language for a while now, but it’s difficult because I don’t know which version to focus on. My native language is Japanese and I live in japan now, but I’m planning on moving abroad when I’m older but I don’t know whether that’ll be to the states or the uk.
Them should have their videos cc.
I want to start learning ASL but I dont know where to start😭 can someone help me?
Also @them sweetie you're an amazing channel💖
the asl app is a great place to start! you can start by learning the alphabet and they have a ton of other videos
Bill Vicars here on YT is also a great way to learn. There are usually classes to take in real life as well, just a google search away
Check your local community college. I took an intro class at mine.
Nyle is like wow
MY DADS OH MY GOOOOOOOD
He signed his name so fast that I could follow it
During the video, a random memory came to my mind, in which a friend of mine didn't date a guy cause he had a hearing problem... It wasn't just that, but that was her main reason and she was kinda concerned about how the whole date would go, how they'd communicate etc. A thing came to another and they just didn't date... of course that happened when I was like 15/16, but there are still people out there who think the same as she did back then. That just makes you wonder how more difficult some people's lives are on every aspect of their everyday life... Idk about y'all but I'd date them, cochlear implant or not, they seem like interesting people and having "a challenge" when it comes to communicating, just makes you appreciate more every single word they tell you... I believe that "challenges", like finding a way to communicate efficiently and effectively, make the stronger and the relationship a little more interesting.
Hangry Potato it’s nice that you think that way but your friend’s concerns sound reasonable and she made the right choice not going out with him if the thought of it made her uncomfortable
@@ellamills5716 I mean yeah, but the secondary reason that she didn't date him was really kinda stupid, but let's not talk about that... You're completely right, for some people a life without auditory communication between them and their partner, can be devastating...
I love him
Nyle DiMarco, older brother used to be my pe teacher in middle school.
I wish you could take sign language classes in high school just as you can take spanish, french or english classes !
We love you Jericho! We love you chella
Chella 😍😍😍😍 wow
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
They're adorable
Nyle and CP talk
My faith in humanity was restored a little bit by this video
They Both So Cute
I SHIP them
I’ve always wanted to learn ASL but my adhd is so bad that every time I’ve tried my teacher would basically give up on me after a couple weeks 😩 Does anyone know of any reliable resources for learning online?
i want to learn asl so badly, school needs to establish asl into school for a wider communication
Was I the only person that laughed when Chella said he was SPEECHLESS?
Info for the handsome brothers.
Its not what or who you love
Its THAT you love. Remember always plz.
Nyle made me fluid too 😍
Wow I didnt know chella was deaf, what a surprise. Such a cutie lol
My god I can't even make eye contact to nyle if ever!
I NEVER KNEW NYLE WAS GAY, MARRY ME NYLE PLEASE!!!!??!?!!?!!?
They look cute together
Hola 🌈🦄🙏😇👼👋😃muchas gracias 😘💋💘 si
Wow handsome men!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤