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.
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 *
In Do I Sound Gay?, Thorpe search for the orig of the "gay voice" stereotype.
WHAT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
Is there such a thg as a "gay voice"? For gay filmmaker David Thorpe, the answer to that qutn is plited.
"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. "David was the first person who me to me who was upont right om the begng about soundg gay and what he wanted to do, " Sank tells Gross.