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WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’

What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice * gay man 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.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay man accent *

Ed: Never meant to imply that all gay mal had an accent. I don't unrstand why male homosexuals have an "accent".

I am not homophobic. 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 know a few gay men who don't talk this way at all.

Why do gay guys have an accent?

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

* gay man accent *

Before anythg, I am not homophobic, we live a ee world wh ee choic.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

Gay men, ternalized homophobia, and (re)fg the "gay voice" * gay man accent *

As far as I am aware beg a gay guy means that you feel like a man and you like men, and beg trans means that you are the wrong body and you feel like youre the oppose genr.

THE GAY VOICE

So why do gay guys have a girlish accent when talkg? (Please rrect me if im wrong on anythg im open to learng, also i mean some gay people not all).

Most of are faiar wh the stereotype of a “gay voice.

Do gay men actually sound different than straight men? The are the qutns a new documentary, “Do I Sound Gay?

"DO I SOUND GAY?"

” It’s a fascatg and nuanced film, which the filmmaker, David Thorpe,  his feelgs about his voice to look at attus toward homosexualy.

GAY ACCENT. GEIC, OR AFFECTATN?

It rais a plited discsn about gay pri, lgerg homophobia, disguised misogyny, and the extent to which we all alter the image that we prent to the the film begs, Thorpe is disturbed bee he realiz he don’t like his voice any more. He rri out thoughtful nversatns wh his iends and proment gay and lbian figur – cludg Gee Takei, David Sedaris, Dan Savage, Margaret Cho and Don Lemon – about what means to “sound gay.

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"Do I Sound Gay?" | Psychology Today .

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