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THE GAY VOICE

Self-nsc about the way he speaks, David Thorpe has explored why some people his muny ‘sound gay’ and others don’t a new documentary. * why do gay people talk different *

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.

GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?

I hope this don't e off as offensive but I'm jt cur: Is jt me or do some gays, some guy men specifilly, seem to have a distct accent... * why do gay people talk different *

They asked people to listen to rerdgs of 25 men, 17 of them gay. Perhaps fewer than half of gay men sound gay, says Rogers. The straightt-soundg voice the study was fact a gay man, and the sixth gayt-soundg voice was a straight man.

I don't unrstand why male homosexuals have an "accent".

I am not homophobic. 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.

WHAT'S THE LK BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALY AND HAVG A 'GAY VOICE'

I know a few gay men who don't talk this way at all.

15, 2006  -- Gay activists often cricize media verage of gay pri paras, sayg, rrectly, that the media foc on the extreme, the more flamboyantly feme men and very mascule women.

Most of are jt like everyone gays jt like straights?

WHY DO SOME GAY GUYS SPEAK DIFFERENTLY?

Or is Hollywood's equent portrayal of gay men as feme more accurate?

What, we asked, are the stereotyp about gay men? "Not all gay men are superstylish. Not all straight men are bad drsers, " he is rearch that suggts gay men do prefer certa profsns, like fashn, terr sign and hair lorg, and that lbians are more likely to prefer sports and the ary.

WHY DO SOME GAY PEOPLE SEEM TO TALK DIFFERENTLY?

Rearchers say 's bee lbians, on average, are attracted to more mascule occupatns, and gay men tend to prefer more feme is te that hostily toward gay people drove many away om some other profsns. "Whether you work, you know, as an artist or a sger or a dancer, those are all really creative plac where gay people are embraced, " Krsley saidIncreasgly gay people are visible every profsn. Barney Frank is an openly gay ngrsman om Massachetts.

And the wrers of the show "Will and Grace" ma their ma gay character, Will Tman, a high-powered the stereotyp do persist. He says sexual orientatn is somethg people are born wh, and this orientatn mak some gay men more feme.