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THE GAY VOICE

Self-nsc about the way he speaks, David Thorpe has explored why some people his muny ‘sound gay’ and others don’t a new documentary. * gay voice explained *

Why do some gay men “sound” gay? After intifyg phoic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound gay, their bt hunch is that some gay men may subnscly adopt certa female speech patterns. They want to know how men acquire this manner of speakg, and why – pecially when society so often stigmatiz those wh gay-soundg voic.

WHAT'S THE LK BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALY AND HAVG A 'GAY VOICE'

* gay voice explained *

Rogers and Smyth are also explorg the stereotyp that gay men sound effemate and are regnized by the way they speak.

WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’

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

They asked people to listen to rerdgs of 25 men, 17 of them gay.

Perhaps fewer than half of gay men sound gay, says Rogers.

IS THERE A “GAY VOICE”?

In 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." * gay voice explained *

The straightt-soundg voice the study was fact a gay man, and the sixth gayt-soundg voice was a straight man.

FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'

A sound study of the Gay voice and the impact has." class="jsx-2067809186 * gay voice explained *

Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns. As GLAAD not, "Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual or queer. A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man.

Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter After a particularly bad break-up, David Thorpe, a journalist who’s his forti, cid to take his md off thgs by leavg his ts his Manhattan apartment and drowng his sorrows at a gay beach town on Fire Island.

On the Friday-night tra journey he found himself surround by loud chatterg gay men.

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AND, AS A GAY MAN, HE'S HAD HIS OWN ANXIETI ABOUT HIS VOICE AND THE WAYS OTHER PEOPLE HEAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, AFTER A BREAK-UP WH HIS BOYIEND AND A B OF SOUL-SEARCHG, HE WENT AHEAD AND MA A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT . "DO I SOUND GAY?" EXPLOR HOW CERTA VOIC E TO SOUND THE WAY THEY DO AND WHY OUR CULTURE HEARS THEM AS "GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THORPE RELEASED A SHORT NEW YORK TIM OP-DOC ADAPTED OM THE FILM THAT TRODUC YOU TO TWO OF HIS IENDS WH VERY DISTCTIVE VOIC. KRIS MARX SCRIB HIS VOICE AS "KD OF SOFT, [WH A VOLUME THAT] OFTEN DI AT THREE FEET," WHILE MATTHEW BERNARDO SAYS HIS VOICE AND STYLE OF TALKG IS TOTALLY -LE WH HIS TRADNALLY MASCULE, SPORTS-LOVG FAY (HIS VOICE IS PRETTY EP.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT AWAY, THORPE SAYS THAT, TO HIM, MARX SOUNDS GAY AND BERNARDO SOUNDS STRAIGHT. BUT, HE WONRED WHAT MAK A VOICE SOUND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? HE TALKED TO BENJAM MUNSON, A SPEECH SCIENTIST AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARG SCIENCE AT UNIVERSY OF MNOTA TO FD OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERY ONE OF IS PRENTED WH LOTS AND LOTS OF MOLS OF WHAT LANGUAGE SHOULD SOUND LIKE," MUNSON TOLD THORPE. "... 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IT HAD NO NNECTN WH THE GENR OF THE PEOPLE THEY DATED — THAT WAS JT PART OF A LARGER CULTURAL STEREOTYPE THAT EQUAT BEG GAY WH BEG FEME (AND HAVG A MORE FEME-SOUNDG VOICE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAN NET, ONE OF THE FILM'S PROMOTERS, TOLD MTV NEWS THAT THE SHORT ISN'T NECSARILY A FULL REPRENTATN OF EVERYTHG THE FILM VERS. IN ADDN TO BUNKG THE IA OF A "GAY VOICE," THORPE LOOKS CLOSER AT THE WAYS AND REASONS PEOPLE MAY (OR MAY NOT) HAVE WANTED TO CHANGE THEIR OWN VOIC, TALKG TO CELEBRI LIKE DAN SAVAGE, GEE TAKEI, DAVID SEDARIS AND TIM GUNN ABOUT THEIR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S A VERY NUANCED AND TLY EYE-OPENG LOOK, WH DAVID [THORPE] AS THE GUI, THROUGH HIS OWN JOURNEY -- 'S ABOUT SELF ACCEPTANCE," NET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THORPE'S PATH TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE IS ONE THAT'S REALLY RONATED WH YOUNG PEOPLE, NET SAID, WH A NUMBER OF EMAILS AND MSAG OM YOUNGER FANS REGULARLY FLOODG HIS BOX. IT'S NOT SURPRISG THAT KIDS -- PECIALLY ON WHO MAY HAVE BEEN BULLIED OR "OUTED" BY THEIR VOIC -- SEE A B OF THEMSELV THORPE'S NARRATIVE, SHE SAID, AND MAYBE THEY N FD SOME FORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT IS BOTH A PERSONAL AND UNIVERSAL STORY," NET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOOK OUT FOR THE FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY, SHOWG SELECT THEATERS STARTG JULY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ABOUT ANTI-LGBT BIAS VIS LOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“I knew then that I had to get to the bottom of that feelg and to the importance of the voice as part of gay inty. ”It was the start of a four-year journey of self-disvery durg which Thorpe tried to figure out his so-lled “gay voice”: when did he start talkg that way, what ed , how exactly did sound, and, fally, what was so wrong wh anyway?

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO SOUND GAY?

The rults n be seen his new documentary, Do I Sound Gay?, which featur terviews wh lguists, amics, fay and iends, as well as a number of high-profile personali, cludg David Sedaris and Dan Savage. A high-pched, lispg voice that go up at the end has been part of the gay male stereotype for years. Another expert that he terviews for the film is a Canadian lguist who studi vol microvariatns between gay and straight men and speculat that many gay men more readily pick up speech s om women.

Intertgly, a straight iend of Thorpe’s has what is nsired to be an archetypal “gay voice” and turns that out he was raised entirely by women at an ashram.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY VOICE EXPLAINED

The Gay Voice - Universy of Toronto Magaze .

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