Filmmaker And Speech Pathologist Weigh In On What It Means To 'Sound Gay' : NPR

A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
Q&A: IS THERE A ‘GAY VOICE’? DIRECTOR DAVID THORPE ON HIS OUTFT DOCUMENTARY
DO I SOUND GAY? REVIEW – HIGHLY PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY
REVIEW: ‘DO I SOUND GAY?’ EXAM A MANNER OF SPEAKG
THIS GUY JT WANTS TO KNOW IF HE SOUNDS GAY
DOCUMENTARIAN ASKS, 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
FILMMAKER DAVID THORPE DISCS HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPLOR THE ‘GAY VOICE’ PHENOMENON
BE YOUR OWN SELF: THE LSONS OF 'DO I SOUND GAY?' AND 'TANGERE'
FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'

A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'

In a new documentary, a gay man tri to change the sound of his voice and wonrs why, exactly, he thks he should. * do i sound gay documentary *

Filmmaker David Thorpe (middle) explor whether there's such a thg as a "gay voice. In the wake of a bad breakup, journalist and gay activist David Thorpe did what many of do: He took tense ventory of his own flaws and securi, then stepped up one of them to a Thg.

A good Thg, as turns out, whose end rult is the charmg documentary Do I Sound Gay?, which Thorpe wryly treats his anxieti about his "gay" voice as an exercise self-improvement, and wds up wh a pellg portra of ternalized homophobia and liberatn. Thorpe adms that gog , he was "repelled" by a speech style that mak gay men sound like "brayg nni.

Q&A: IS THERE A ‘GAY VOICE’? DIRECTOR DAVID THORPE ON HIS OUTFT DOCUMENTARY

Apparently Sr om “The Ln Kg” is gay. * do i sound gay documentary *

Back South Carola's Bible Belt, where Thorpe grew up, relativ and childhood iends pot out that he didn't sound gay until he me out of the closet llege. Friends wh his tight-kn gay circle are more divid: Some nfs to hatg their lispg, anoidal voic; others own gayspeak wh varyg gre of fiance and jubilatn. Thorpe brgs lguists to ttify that there's ltle evince to support the argument that gay speech is nate.

DO I SOUND GAY? REVIEW – HIGHLY PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY

David Thorpe’s cultural exploratn of the ‘gay voice’ mak cheerful viewg * do i sound gay documentary *

The explanatn that pleas him most is that gay speech has s origs ls blogy or nro-chemistry than early female fluence: Men who grow up mostly around women tend to mimic feme speech styl — which, Thorpe argu, would expla why some straight men sound gay, and why gays who grow up wh brothers often velop basso profundos.

Do I Sound Gay?

Is very good on the way many gay men who were bullied as children have learned to turn the hatred of others ward, which helps expla s of gay hyper-masculy and ternal ostracism of effemate men. Takg his cue om the swellg ranks of gay celebri (among them Gee Takei, Margaret Cho and the effably funny and ndid David Sedaris) who are willg to speak on mera about liberatg themselv om their own fears, Thorpe realiz he's been askg the wrong qutns.

REVIEW: ‘DO I SOUND GAY?’ EXAM A MANNER OF SPEAKG

This documentary, wrten and directed by David Thorpe, dissects the stereotype of the so-lled gay voice. * do i sound gay documentary *

While he was by tryg to iron out his gay voice, New York State legalized gay marriage, and the film's release jt weeks after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across the natn.

Apparently Sr om “The Ln Kg” is gay. ”At least that’s what director David Thorpe asserts his new documentary, “Do I Sound Gay? ” A termg factor of the characters’ sexual inty, he says, are the voic created by actors Jeremy Irons, Gee Sanrs and Jonathan ’s film, which premiered Monday night durg the Outft LGBT film ftival and opens Friday at the Sundance Sunset Cema Los Angel, explor the historil and cultural ias behd what he lls “gay voice.

THIS GUY JT WANTS TO KNOW IF HE SOUNDS GAY

Filmmaker David Thorpe uldn't stand the sound of his own voice. So he set out to make a film about "gay voice" and the culture around . * do i sound gay documentary *

Interspersed wh his journey are terviews wh gay celebri cludg humorist David Sedaris, CNN anchor Don Lemon and “Project Runway” star Tim Gunn, who share their personal stggl wh their voic. “Do I Sound Gay?

DOCUMENTARIAN ASKS, 'DO I SOUND GAY?'

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Instead the film centers on gay men’s voic as maniftatns of nsc and unnsc efforts to exprs gayns, or effemacy, a culture that champns talked about the phenomenon of “gay voice” for this eded Q&A:What do a “gay voice” sound like? The phrase “gay voice” is jt shorthand for the stereotype of a gay voice, and that is one that sounds more effemate. Those thgs add up to typilly more female speech was havg a “gay voice” for you such a problem, pecially after breakg up wh your boyiend?

FILMMAKER DAVID THORPE DISCS HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPLOR THE ‘GAY VOICE’ PHENOMENON

In his new movie, 'Do I Sound Gay?', director David Thorpe search for the orig of the so-lled "gay voice" and documents his own attempts (wh speech pathologist San Sank) to sound "ls gay." Also John Powers reviews a documentary and a novel about the dg war Mexi. * do i sound gay documentary *

Over the years I’ve had a lot of experienc where people didn’t know I was gay until I opened my mouth.

I’ve always been self-nsc about soundg gay bee I was teased for as a kid. I grew up wh this notn that I’m gay and too effemate, and all those feelgs about beg too effemate rurfaced. I had this lightng-bolt moment when I was on the tra to Fire Island and I heard all of the exced gay men soundg very gay.

BE YOUR OWN SELF: THE LSONS OF 'DO I SOUND GAY?' AND 'TANGERE'

Filmmaker David Thorpe asks the qutn, "Do I Sound Gay?" and the birth of the "gay voice" his new documentary. * do i sound gay documentary *

I jt wonred if I would be happier as a more nservative gay guy. I n speak wh more ease bee my mcle is speakg wh people, did you fd that a lot of gay men, nscly or unnscly, had this issue wh how they sound? I was very surprised at how many gay men I spoke to were really keenly aware of how “gay” they sound.

I thk ’s somethg every gay man has to e to terms wh.