My name is Brandon Kasin Maddox. My name sign is the letter B in American Sign Language tapped twice on the sternum. And sign language is my first language.My first word was the concept for moon. A white deaf teacher once told me that as a hearing person, I would need to know my place in the deaf community. As a black, queer, hearing child raised in a white deaf family, the search for the sense of belonging has always been a central theme in my life.Both of my grandparents on my mom's side of the family are ...