What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice
Contents:
IS THERE A “GAY VOICE”?
Michael Schulman on “Do I Sound Gay?,” a documentary by David Thorpe that explor how vol nc are associated wh sexualy. * the gay accent *
Why is there a "gay" accent?
THE GAY VOICE
Accents are generally a regnal thg, but seems like there is a stereotypil, standard effemate-soundg gay accent, no matter where the US you go.
WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
Is this an effect of the media sterotypg of gays, or is the stereotype based on realy. Ed: Never meant to imply that all gay mal had an accent.
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.