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Is there a 'gay voice'?

"I've always wondered why some men 'sound gay' and others don't," ponders director David Thorpe at the outset of this New York Times video.

What is it about micro-variations in speech that cause us to identify someone's voice as masculine or feminine, gay or straight? And how do those variations come about? Watch and learn from this entertaining video featuring Kris and Matt--two men with strikingly different voices.

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References:

Who sounds gay? (2015, July 1). The New York Times [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkm0rmigGOw

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Who is Dee?

Is there a 'gay voice'?

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

Is there a 'gay voice'?

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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