What the way we talk says about gay pri and lgerg prejudice
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WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
The prent study examed the popular stereotype that gay men lisp by evaluatg to what extent listeners associated ntal or ontal articulatn/lispg wh gayns. Fifteen heterosexual mal and 15 heterosexual femal listened to 275 sampl of read speech and judged the sexual orientatn o … * gay lisp languages *
Do other languag have a "gay" accent? In English some gay men speak wh a "gay accent" most stereotypilly a lisp. None of my gay iends have the "gay lisp" but they do speak a why that mak obv to me they are gay.
I don't know how to expla phoilly, but some gay men do seem to talk differently. But Ive also met lots of gay guys who talk "normally" (not that beg gay is abnormal, but I'm not sure how else to scribe ) Do this phenomena occur other languag?
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!