WATCH: Sparks fly on the court for a deaf athlete & his handsome opponent in this sweet short

Image Credit: ‘Ode To Pablo,’ AdeRisa Productions

This week, April 15 – 21, marks National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week, a project launch by the Deaf Queer Resource Center to uplift, support, and bring greater visibility to these multiply marginalized communities. Every day this week, Queerty will be spotlighting a short film that focuses on deaf, queer characters—all of which you can watch right now.

Today’s short, Ode To Pablo, begins with a familiar scene.

A lone, young Afro-Latino man—the titular Pablo (Ian Vasquez)—is practicing shooting hoops on a basketball court when a group of three young men roll up, seemingly miffed someone’s playing on their turf.

Heading on to the court, the guys challenge Pablo to a game of pickup. But because he has headphones in, they

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