What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice
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WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
Do people wh a "gay voice" also speak that way foreign languag.
I've been kd of wonrg this lately, ever sce I saw a documentary on gay speech. 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?
HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG
” It’s a fascatg and nuanced film, which the filmmaker, David Thorpe, his feelgs about his voice to look at attus toward homosexualy.
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.