What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice
Contents:
- THE "GAY" LISP, IS REAL OR IS FORCED?
- WHY IS ANY GUY WH A LISP ASSUMED TO BE GAY?
- THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
- GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS
- WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
THE "GAY" LISP, IS REAL OR IS FORCED?
When Richard Bright ttified before Congrs the other day, someone posted that he noticed Bright's lisp and qutned if he was gay. The same type of ment has been posted about H&HS ttg ... * straight man gay lisp *
Ask a Homo: Livg for the Lisp. Wele back to “Ask a Homo, ” Outward’s no-judgement answer service for all your qutns on LGBTQ polics, culture, etiquette, language, and other queer nundms. This week, Bryan Lowr n-sth-irs the li-sth-p and other elements of the “stereotypil gay manner of speakg”—and honey, ’s jt fabulo!
WHY IS ANY GUY WH A LISP ASSUMED TO BE GAY?
The prent study examed the popular stereotype that gay men lisp by evaluatg to what extent listeners associated ntal or ontal articulatn/lispg wh gayns. Fifteen heterosexual mal and 15 heterosexual femal listened to 275 sampl of read speech and judged the sexual orientatn o … * straight man gay lisp *
Send your queri—for publitn—to, and please put “ASK A HOMO” the subject le. I don't unrstand why male homosexuals have an "accent".
I am not homophobic.
THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
Gaydar is a reified skill that nfirms the existe * straight man gay lisp *
The way that male gays talk don't even really bother me unls 's overtly flamboyant, I fd myself sensive to loud talkg no matter who is. I know a few gay men who don't talk this way at all.
What do the "gay lisp" sound like? What do the "gay lisp" actually sound like?
GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS
The prent study examed the popular stereotype that gay men lisp by evaluatg to what extent listeners associated ntal or ontal articulatn/lisp * straight man gay lisp *
I am a gay man and this is drivg me crazy bee other aspects of the stereotypil "gay voice" are intifiable (even though they are still homophobic, I at least know what people are referrg to when they talk about them). Please don't remend I watch "Do I Sound Gay" bee I've seen and I do not unrstand.
What the gay man was alludg to was the lisp he had and the expectatn that expected the guy who asked him to classify anyone wh as clearly gay. Personally, I don't thk 's found a higher proportn gay men over any other group jt like pretty much any other characteristic but I ma the thread to fd out what the rt of you thk.
WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
So my qutn to you GAF is: Is the gay lisp real or is jt a forced thg that some gay men put on to somehow signify that they're gay?
Ed: I put gay quotatn marks as I don't thk should necsarily be associated solely wh gay men. I don't thk is, appearg/soundg "straight actg" is the most sirable thg you n be the gay muny.