Most of are faiar wh the stereotype of a "gay voice." A man speaks at a higher pch, and a more melod fashn. The man might pronounce his p's, t's and k's very crisply, or have what's sometim (rrectly) scribed as a "lisp." Thk Nathan Lane The Birdge, or Buddy Cole of Kids the Hall .
Contents:
- FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
- THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT
- WHAT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
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 pitch *
CMV: Many straight men would sound like the stereotypil "gay voice" if they didn't force their voice the be eper.
In Do I Sound Gay?, Thorpe search for the orig of the "gay voice" stereotype. Is there such a thg as a "gay voice"?
THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT
People wh stereotypilly high-pched or ‘mp’ voic n fd people assumg that they’re gay, acrdg to one Amerin film-maker - even if they aren’t. Likewise, men wh ep voic n fd themselv wrongly assumed to be beg straight. * gay voice pitch *
For gay filmmaker David Thorpe, the answer to that qutn is plited.
WHAT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
"There is no such thg as a fundamentally gay voice, " Thorpe tells Frh Air's Terry Gross. " In his new film, Do I Sound Gay?, Thorpe search for the orig of that stereotype and documents his own attempts to sound "ls gay" by workg wh speech pathologist San Sank.