What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice
Contents:
- THE GAY VOICE
- IS THERE A “GAY VOICE”?
- WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
- WHAT'S THE LK BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALY AND HAVG A 'GAY VOICE'
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- GAY PCH, LISP?
THE GAY VOICE
Michael Schulman on “Do I Sound Gay?,” a documentary by David Thorpe that explor how vol nc are associated wh sexualy. * speaking gay inflection *
Why do some gay men “sound” gay?
IS THERE A “GAY VOICE”?
* speaking gay inflection *
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.
WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
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. * speaking gay inflection *
They want to know how men acquire this manner of speakg, and why – pecially when society so often stigmatiz those wh gay-soundg voic.
WHAT'S THE LK BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALY AND HAVG A 'GAY VOICE'
Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * speaking gay inflection *
Rogers and Smyth are also explorg the stereotyp that gay men sound effemate and are regnized by the way they speak.
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
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.
GAY PCH, LISP?
He sounds gay.
Not long after Thorpe broke up wh his boyiend, he began thkg about the way he speaks, and the way other gay men speak, and why both sudnly bothered him so much. ”This is how he scrib the moment his documentary “Do I Sound Gay?, ” which opens this weekend at the IFC Center. He terviews gay public figur, cludg David Sedaris, Tim Gunn, Don Lemon, and Gee Takei, who have had to listen to themselv for a livg.
He even asks people on the street if they thk he sounds gay.