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THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN

* origin of the 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! Send your queri—for publitn—to, and please put “ASK A HOMO” the subject le. Accs through your stutnPatient Accs rights and ntentAbstractThis study evaluated the stereotype that gay men lisp.

Two clicians who were unaware of the specific purpose of the study and the populatns volved judged randomized d-rerdgs of 175 gay mal, 100 heterosexual mal and 100 heterosexual femal for the prence of lispg durg readg of a standardized text. In the gay mal a signifintly higher prevalence of lispg was found than the heterosexual mal and femal. Breakdown of the rults of the gay participants two different age groups showed a higher prevalence of lispg the younger age group than the olr age group.

OF LISPS AND LGUISTICS: THE POWER OF THE GAY VOICE

No relatn was found between lispg and age of g-out or lispg and the probabily of beg gay as asssed by a qutnnaire about sexual orientatn. The orig of the high prevalence of lispg gay men needs further vtigatn.

Learng out: The rears of this article will able (1) to discs articulatory behavur as a possible marker that may distguish gay om heterosexual men (2) to discs the prevalence of lispg gay by (0)1aspirant van het Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onrzoek full textCopyright © 2008 Elsevier Inc.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* ORIGIN OF THE GAY LISP

Of lisps and lguistics: The power of the gay voice.

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