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
Contents:
- HOW CAN I GET RID OF MY GAY VOICE?
- WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR 'GAY ACCENT'? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
- I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
- DO YOU SOUND GAY? WHAT OUR VOIC TELL – AND WHAT THEY DON’T
- WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
HOW CAN I GET RID OF MY GAY VOICE?
I thk I have a ep nasal qualy to my voice and I'd like to get rid of . Too often, people ask me if I'm gay when they've only jt met there any vol/nasal exercis that actor's e ... * how to sound less gay reddit *
I want to do a girl voice but I want to avoid soundg like a gay man, or tnat I'm forcg myself to sound feme. Ever sce I was young I've had a voice which has allowed people to stantly tell that I'm gay.
For some more ntext I've been a disrd ll before, said ls than 10 words, and people have asked me if I'm gay. Voice trag - do anyone have any rourc or sight on how to sound ls stereotypilly gay when speakg?
WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR 'GAY ACCENT'? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
Well, not an app app, but there is a voice teacher! In the wake of the whole Newsweek gay actors thg, Details sought out the wisdom of longtime voice ach Bob Corff, who helps actors get rid of Gay Voice. * how to sound less gay reddit *
I've been dog some narratn work lately, and the thg that absolutely kills me when listeng back to my own voice is how stereotypilly "gay" sounds. I mean, I AM gay so I'm not super surprised by , but 's somethg that is probably not very sirable voice work (I've never heard an dbook narrator that sound gay) and even so, I'd really like to be able to turn off if I want to.
CMV: Many straight men would sound like the stereotypil "gay voice" if they didn't force their voice the be eper. Now pretty much everyone says I have a "gay voice" which I agree, I do thk I sound "gay" bee stereotypilly the pch of my voice sounds like the other gay people (<average).
I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
* how to sound less gay reddit *
However I do feel like some straight men purposely make their voice eper jt to NOT sound "gay" even though naturally their pch wouldn't be as low. Obvly some straight people and gay people have ep voic, voic e high and lows, but how many of the ep voiced men actually would sound like that whout purposely "puttg some bass their voice"? 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.
I’m gay and I’ve found, and others have told me, that I talk the middle of a gay lisp and normal talkg. Too often, people ask me if I'm gay when they've only jt met there any vol/nasal exercis that actor's e to get rid of ? I read once that Rock Hudson had gay voice when he was a tck driver and got rid of .
[quote]I read once that Rock Hudson had gay voice when he was a tck driver and got rid of . Ohmygod be Oh myyyy Gaaahhd, and sounds more gay - pendg on the Anonymoreply 6April 2, 2017 1:16 AM.
DO YOU SOUND GAY? WHAT OUR VOIC TELL – AND WHAT THEY DON’T
My voice sounds ls 'gay', if I thk/act/feel more 'domantly', and ls 'submissively' around people. Maybe by attemptg to 'thk' more like a mascule man, will ease the sound of 'gay voice'. Should be easy enough to gay voice is often acpanied by gay you hold yourself like a woman, OP, you know, cross your legs like a girl, flounce your arms and all that?
I liked a lot of the gays he terviewed - they seemed very sey and nice (I know this is a VERY UN-DL thg to say) I agree - his attempts to change his voice were pathetic. Most people have zero ia that I'm gay until I tell Anonymoreply 31April 2, 2017 5:58 AM.
But serly, I am om a generatn of gay men who went through lots of job discrimatn. So Iike other gay men of my generatn I worked extra hard to get ahead, takg on more rponsibili than my straight lleagu to make myself dispensable. The tth is that gay men are looked down upon, and havg a gay voice or prentg a feme way don't help at all.
WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
I'm openly gay and make no bon about that, but I prent a very mascule way, and work environments I mostly have male iends.
I'm also very wary of spendg too much time wh straight girls who like to tokenize gay men. [quote]But serly, I am om a generatn of gay men who went through lots of job discrimatn. I'd say 1 out of every 10 gay guys I meet do not have any "gay voice" flectns--voice and mannerisms, and that about 1 out of every 5 are "flam om space" gay wh very extreme gay voice and mannerisms.