In 'Do I Sound Gay?', David Thorpe exam the myster orig of the "gay voice" while tryg—and failg—to rid himself of his own gayish flectn
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THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
Ask a Homo: Livg for the Lisp. Wele back to “Ask a Homo, ” Outward’s no-judgement answer service for all your qutns on LGBTQ polics, culture, etiquette, language, and other queer nundms. This week, Bryan Lowr n-sth-irs the li-sth-p and other elements of the “stereotypil gay manner of speakg”—and honey, ’s jt fabulo!
Send your queri—for publitn—to, and please put “ASK A HOMO” the subject le. What do the "gay lisp" sound like? What do the "gay lisp" actually sound like?
OF LISPS AND LGUISTICS: THE POWER OF THE GAY VOICE
I am a gay man and this is drivg me crazy bee other aspects of the stereotypil "gay voice" are intifiable (even though they are still homophobic, I at least know what people are referrg to when they talk about them).
Please don't remend I watch "Do I Sound Gay" bee I've seen and I do not unrstand. Accs through your stutn rights and ntentAbstractThis study evaluated the stereotype that gay men lisp. Two clicians who were unaware of the specific purpose of the study and the populatns volved judged randomized d-rerdgs of 175 gay mal, 100 heterosexual mal and 100 heterosexual femal for the prence of lispg durg readg of a standardized text.
In the gay mal a signifintly higher prevalence of lispg was found than the heterosexual mal and femal. Breakdown of the rults of the gay participants two different age groups showed a higher prevalence of lispg the younger age group than the olr age group. No relatn was found between lispg and age of g-out or lispg and the probabily of beg gay as asssed by a qutnnaire about sexual orientatn.