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

the gay accent

Michael Schulman on “Do I Sound Gay?,” a documentary by David Thorpe that explor how vol nc are associated wh sexualy.

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IS THERE A “GAY VOICE”?

* the gay accent *

Why is there a "gay" accent? 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. Is this an effect of the media sterotypg of gays, or is the stereotype based on realy.

THE GAY VOICE

Ed: Never meant to imply that all gay mal had an accent. He sounds gay.

WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND 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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* THE GAY ACCENT

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