Is There a “Gay Voice”? | The New Yorker

Contents:

• ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY
• THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• THE GAY VOICE
• GAY RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE
• IS THERE A “GAY VOICE”?
• SPEECH ATIC FEATUR: A COMPARISON OF GAY MEN, HETEROSEXUAL MEN, AND HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY

Bisexual men are perceived to sound more mascule than men who are straight, acrdg to a study of Atralian subjects.Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 people.In the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual. They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual).Listeners were also asked to rate each man’s perceived level of femy or masculy the voic on a siar sle.The men volved the study were asked to rerd themselv on a smartphone recg the first two l of the Atralian natnal anthem.Voice sampl were then modified to remove any background noise while volume levels were ma the same to ensure nsistency.Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.However, the study participants uld not terme any differenc between bisexual and straight men’s voic wh any gree of accuracy.

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic.Rearchers claimed the abily to intify a man’s bisexual inty om his voice alone uld have cril social implitns such as helpg to rce feelgs of alienatn.‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.“If this is the se, voice may be an important target of discrimatn on the one hand but may also unter the visibily many bisexuals feel (if their bisexual inti n be apprehend by their voice alone, whout explic disclosure required).“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed.”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir cultur.And the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice sampl.The thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh bisexualy.As a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg straight.The study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch. The send IRS whistleblower allegg that Hunter Bin received special treatment om the Department of Jtice (DoJ) over his tax affairs is a Democrat, has Ziegler told the Hoe of Reprentativ Oversight Commtee on Wednday he was a “gay Democrat married to a man” joed Gary Shapley, the origal whistleblower, appearg ont of a televised mtee hearg which they tailed their allegatns that the vtigatn to Hunter Bin was imped by the DoJ. There was a recent high profile story the news about an 11-year-old boy who mted suici, apparently bee he uld no longer tolerate beg lled “gay.

Many anti-bully activists sist that anti-bully laws should specifilly mentn sults agast gays and those of non-heterosexual orientns. If be a crime to sult people, then, is hoped, no one will be attacked wh the “gay” sult, and the associated vlence will disappear.

If we go to school together, are the same class, and I always treat you this way, you may even bee my iend even though you hate gays. Extremists here Florida passed a law, 'don’t say gay, ' tryg to still fear our teachers that they should not live their full life and love who they love, ” Harris said. Edutn Board Remov LGBTQ Support Docs Over Don't Say Gay Law ›Florida Board of Edutn OK's Anti-LGBTQ+ Polici, Sanized View of Slavery ›Ron DeSantis Inv Kamala Harris to Discs Slavery Standards wh Homophobe Who Wrote Them ›.

THE GAY VOICE

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.

GAY RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH

They want to know how men acquire this manner of speakg, and why – pecially when society so often stigmatiz those wh gay-soundg voic. From the social clubs and civil rights societi of the 1950s and 1960s to the lbian and gay rights groups of the 1970s, people have e together to raise awarens of gay and lbian issu. Mattache was specifilly formed for eedom of speech and civil rights, such as the right to be a homosexual and not be fired om a job bee of one's sexual orientatn.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

Then on the hot night of Friday, June 27, 1969 New York Cy, a spark l the powr keg when police attempted to raid a gay bar, enforcg state or cy laws that rtricted most behavr and drs for lbians and homosexuals. Participants me groups, such as Lbians of Color, and gay and lbian groups om stat and ci, such as Charlotte, NC, and as dividuals.

The event clud a long list of speakers, cludg Audre Lor, Allen Gsburg, Congrsman Ted Weiss, the District of Columbia, and anizatns such as Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG). Beg "out" at work or spected of beg lbian or gay - there are some laws to protect employe through the work of gay rights activists.

LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE

A lbian uple who lnched a legal battle over equali IVF treatment between heterosexual and same-sex upl have dropped their fight after their lol re board pledged to make treatment sts media fluencers Megan and Whney Ban-Evans lnched a landmark “gay tax” discrimatn se after NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) said same-sex upl, sgle women and upl unable to have vagal terurse would have to pay for 12 rounds of IVF before qualifyg for NHS assistance. Corneli, Brianna R., 'Gay (Whe) Male Speech and the E(race)sure of Inty', Kira Hall, and Rty Barrett (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexualy (onle edn, Oxford Amic, 10 July 2018),, accsed 27 Aug.

IS THERE A “GAY VOICE”?

Although a notable body of work has emerged scribg gay male speech (GMS), s overlap wh Ain Amerin language (AAL) remas paratively unrstudied. This chapter explor the assumptn of whens that has rmed rearch on gay inty and preclud tersectnal nsiratns soclguistic rearch. Examg the importance of racial inty, particularly Blackns, to the nstctn of gay inty the Uned Stat, the chapter vtigat the treatment of GMS as whe by flt, wh the voic of gay men of lor nsired addive.

SPEECH ATIC FEATUR: A COMPARISON OF GAY MEN, HETEROSEXUAL MEN, AND HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN

Inty bate language and sexualy studi ntributed to an unrstandg of gay inty as muny-based practice, thereby layg a necsary amework for the study of GMS.