Sorry, Notwithstanding, this is not the bottom. It's a heck of a long ride down from here. But I don't doubt that we'll get there soon enough.
This case is just the latest expression of "Identity Politics". These women see themselves as homosexual or deaf, not as human beings. Identity Politics always seeks to accentuate what divides people, and to put people into different groups. It is the "divide" portion of "divide and conquer". These women are so invested with the importance of being deaf that they cannot see anything else. It's a form of insanity, IMHO, and one that is becoming all the more common as one particular American political party makes identity politics a core value.
From their actions, I'm having a hard time picturing them as human, too!