Homosexual men who 'sound gay' al wh more discrimatn, study says

THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT

People wh stereotypilly high-pched or ‘mp’ voic n fd people assumg that they’re gay, acrdg to one Amerin film-maker - even if they aren’t. Likewise, men wh ep voic n fd themselv wrongly assumed to be beg straight. * straight guys who sound gay *

Why do some gay men “sound” gay? After intifyg phoic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound gay, their bt hunch is that some gay men may subnscly adopt certa female speech patterns.

They want to know how men acquire this manner of speakg, and why – pecially when society so often stigmatiz those wh gay-soundg voic. Rogers and Smyth are also explorg the stereotyp that gay men sound effemate and are regnized by the way they speak. They asked people to listen to rerdgs of 25 men, 17 of them gay.

THE GAY VOICE

This short documentary explor the reasons that some men sound stereotypilly gay, whether they are or not. * straight guys who sound gay *

Perhaps fewer than half of gay men sound gay, says Rogers.

WHO SOUNDS GAY?

We might thk we know what a gay person sounds like. But there are veats to the cliche — and ‘voice-shamg’ tells a lot more about our culture than do about the person speakg * straight guys who sound gay *

The straightt-soundg voice the study was fact a gay man, and the sixth gayt-soundg voice was a straight man. Tle: Who Sounds “Gay“?

DO YOU SOUND GAY? WHAT OUR VOIC TELL – AND WHAT THEY DON’T

In a new documentary, a gay man tri to change the sound of his voice and wonrs why, exactly, he thks he should. * straight guys who sound gay *

Summary: This short documentary explor one theory of why some people sound stereotypilly “gay.

I’ve always wonred why some men sound gay and others don’t. To me Kris sounds gay and Matt sounds straight.

The cleart most lady-like gay one.

A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'

* straight guys who sound gay *

And ’s not so much that a kid who is gog to be gay later life is gog to say I want to sound like a woman, so much as a kid is intifyg here is a particular speaker, and here is a particular of that person’s speech that ptur what I fd so engagg about them and I’m gog to emulate that. People want gay men to be like women and maybe they picked up on the fact that many of the characteristics of gay- soundg voic are feme characteristics but they’ve got all wrong. Bee a lot of those gay-soundg voic are om straight guys.

I knew I was gay when I was like 11.

Do I have a gay voice? The big problem i have is when people assume I’m not [gay] and then I’m anx are they gog to say somethg stupid?

HOMOSEXUAL MEN WHO ‘SOUND GAY’ AL WH MORE DISCRIMATN, STUDY SAYS

In the end, if someone thks I’m gay, then they’re wrong... CMV: Many straight men would sound like the stereotypil "gay voice" if they didn't force their voice the be eper.

“You don’t seem gay.

I n’t easily pute what means to be gay if ’s not havg jt intified yourself wh that label. You haven’t – at least that moment, at that party – exhibed the mannerisms lked many people’s mds wh male homosexualy.

WHO SOUNDS ‘GAY’?

The notn you would be pleased to fd this out reveals an unthkg prejudice: how rehg is to meet a gay who don’t make a meal of . Maybe I’m more “gay”. Y, seemg gay – broadly speakg, beg mp – is a way of holdg onelf, a way of drsg, but ’s large part a way of speakg.

His qut to unrstand why he talks the way he do is the subject of a new documentary, Do I Sound Gay? Apart om anythg else, ’s not the prerve of gay men or even human begs. They’re then asked to rate each one by perceived “gayns”.

And y, the stretchg out of “sibilant” nsonants such as s and z (image Kenh Williams sayg “She sells sea shells on the sea shore” and you’re sort of there) what about gay women? There are a few theori knockg around as to why this might be: Arnold Zwicky, his mply tled 1994 paper Two Lavenr Issu for Lguists, suggts that: “For many lbians, what is most important is intifitn wh the muny of women – while for many gay men, what is most important is distancg themselv om straight men. First: there is a style of speakg that people associate wh gay men.

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THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT

THE GAY VOICE

WHO SOUNDS GAY?

DO YOU SOUND GAY? WHAT OUR VOIC TELL – AND WHAT THEY DON’T

A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'

HOMOSEXUAL MEN WHO ‘SOUND GAY’ AL WH MORE DISCRIMATN, STUDY SAYS

WHO SOUNDS ‘GAY’?

BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM STRAIGHT GUYS WHO SOUND GAY

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Contents:

THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT

THE GAY VOICE

WHO SOUNDS GAY?

DO YOU SOUND GAY? WHAT OUR VOIC TELL – AND WHAT THEY DON’T

A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'

HOMOSEXUAL MEN WHO ‘SOUND GAY’ AL WH MORE DISCRIMATN, STUDY SAYS

WHO SOUNDS ‘GAY’?

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* STRAIGHT GUYS WHO SOUND GAY

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