The Gay Voice - Universy of Toronto Magaze

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?
• IS POCCH GAY? SOCIAL MEDIA REALLY WANTS TO KNOW.
• FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
• THE GAY VOICE
• FILMMAKER DAVID THORPE DISCS HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPLOR THE ‘GAY VOICE’ PHENOMENON
• Q&A: IS THERE A ‘GAY VOICE’? DIRECTOR DAVID THORPE ON HIS OUTFT DOCUMENTARY

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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Nathan Lane, who voiced the character for the origal film, is openly gay and has been wh his partner, Devl Elltt, for over 25 the 2019 puter-animated remake, Timon was voiced by Billy Eichner, who is also openly gay.

Fierste has won multiple Tonys (both as a performer and a creator) and was one of the first actors to be openly gay. An openly gay actor, he has done voic such as Kyoya Ootori Ouran High School Host Club, Sebastian Michaelis Black Butler, and Erw Smh Attack on Tan, as well as many more. Her distct voice has nabbed her voice actg gigs as well, most recently Aunt Gayle on Bob’s Burgers.

IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?

An actor and HIV+ gay activist who lends his unique voice (and name) to ma character Cecil Palmer.

This gay actor, who also worked closely wh Barack Obama as a member of the Advisory Commissn on Asian Amerins and Pacific Islanrs, has had a solid voice actg reer, cludg starrg as Sanjay Nickeloon’s Sanjay and Craig. David Ogn Stiers, om the first movie and s sequels, me out 2009, sayg that he was gay and “very proud to be so. Ian McKellen, om the remake, me out as gay over 30 years ago, sayg of the experience, “Life at last begs to make sense, when you are open and hont.

" He ially refed to nfirm or ny the assumptns about his sexualy, claimg that if people knew that he was gay, would e them to view his characters differently. He put mors to rt an terview wh the Advote 2010, referrg to himself as a “gay guy. Raya and the Last Dragon has sparked nversatn the gay muny due to Raya’s ambiguo sexualy and the actrs's queer dg.

IS POCCH GAY? SOCIAL MEDIA REALLY WANTS TO KNOW.

While Kristoff p for Anna, Groff himself only has ey for men, which he nfirmed 2009, to a reporter who asked if he was gay. She ma history when the tular character of her s Ellen me out around the same time as the real Ellen, makg her the first person to say, “I’m gay, ” on a s. Eichner is currently sgle, but he is set to star a Universal gay rom- to be released next summer.

FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'

Cys has always been a big advote for the gay muny, and she first began to have same sex feelgs at age 14. The voice st offers addnal diversy, as featur a gay man, Graham Norton, who plays Moonwd, a spirual sign spner.

Norton didn’t know any gay people when he was growg up, which ma difficult for him to accept his sexualy. The voice behd Francis’s worker Slim brgs another LGBTQ+ touch to the film, as he is gay.

David Hy Pierce has been wh his hband, Brian Hargrove, sce 1983, but he didn’t e out as gay to the public until 2007. As Cys, Rh ma history as the first person to say the words “I’m gay” on the Disney Channel. She is a strong proponent for gay adoptn rights, pecially after a foster child was removed om her home simply due to O’Donnell’s relatnship wh her female partner at the time.

THE GAY VOICE

Romeo and Juliet is a classic heterosexual love story, but the voice behd Gnomeo’s bt iend Benny Disney’s versn of the tale, Gnomeo and Juliet, brought a b of a gay touch to the st. Matt Lus has known he was gay sce he was 7 years old, after sayg to a iend, "Don't you thk sometim men are handsome? The documentary-makers behd te crime seri "Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York" discs adly bias and homophobia the 1990s crimal jtice system.

The latt re-tellg of Pocch has social media ers wonrg… did Lnsgate make the inic character gay their upg animated film? Some overwrought ers objected to Pnoch’s stereotypil gay voice, sayg “the new pnoch jt set back gay rights 15 years. “Everyone gog crazy over gay pnoch are missg that immediately before the meme clip happens, the trailer actually starts wh a nja turtl reference.

the only thg thay has brought me any semblance of joy th far 2022 the year of the tiger is gay pnoch.

FILMMAKER DAVID THORPE DISCS HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPLOR THE ‘GAY VOICE’ PHENOMENON

Everyone gog crazy over gay pnoch are missg that immediately before the meme clip happens, the trailer actually starts wh a nja turtl reference. In Do I Sound Gay?, Thorpe search for the orig of the "gay voice" stereotype. "There is no such thg as a fundamentally gay voice, " Thorpe tells Frh Air's Terry Gross.

" In his new film, Do I Sound Gay?, Thorpe search for the orig of that stereotype and documents his own attempts to sound "ls gay" by workg wh speech pathologist San Sank. "David was the first person who me to me who was upont right om the begng about soundg gay and what he wanted to do, " Sank tells Gross.

" Thorpe scrib the gay voice as one characterized by a sibilant S and a high pch.

Q&A: IS THERE A ‘GAY VOICE’? DIRECTOR DAVID THORPE ON HIS OUTFT DOCUMENTARY

"When I terview people, " Thorpe says, "they always say that to them the gay voice... " Interview Highlights On beg self-nsc about soundg gay Thorpe: I grew up the '80s, which was a ls acceptg time for LGBT people.