How to get rid of a gay voice

But it requires work - you'd need to isolate which specific features of your speech create the "gay voice", figure out how to replace those features with new intonations, and consistently execute that plan till speaking in a new way becomes a habit. Well, not an app app, but there is a voice teacher! In the wake of the whole Newsweek gay actors thing, Details sought out the wisdom of longtime voice coach Bob Corff, who helps actors get rid of Gay Voice.

I used to hate my voice on the radio, gay accent or not. I'd have them turn my headset off completely because it was too distracting while I was trying to talk. Try speaking with an English accent or some other accent that you can mock in your girl voice. This seems to take away the wispy-ness of that stereotypical “gay” voice. Then lessen the accent some, until you’ve removed it completely.

Non-regional diction will then be the focus to help you train your voice. Stop trying to appeal to straight people or expecting them to accept you. They never will if they've decided not to. It's really just a matter of stretching your voice box, practicing deeper toned, and practicing the dialect you want with a voice recorder.

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see a speech therapist. After three years of research, linguistics professors Henry Rogers and Ron Smyth may be on the verge of answering that question. They want to know how men acquire this manner of speaking, and why — especially when society so often stigmatizes those with gay-sounding voices. Rogers and Smyth are also exploring the stereotypes that gay men sound effeminate and are recognized by the way they speak.

They asked people to listen to recordings of 25 men, 17 of them gay. In 62 per cent of the cases the listeners identified the sexual orientation of the speakers correctly. Perhaps fewer than half of gay men sound gay, says Rogers. The straightest-sounding voice in the study was in fact a gay man, and the sixth gayest-sounding voice was a straight man. Your email address will not be published.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I believe that gay men use a female persona to be campy. It's a form of acting a part in a movie or a play, except that the audience is anyone within earshot! This article seems to be addressing a stereotype rather than looking at why this is a topic at all. Of the gay male friends I have or have had and the gay men I have met, they always tend to speak very quickly, compared with straight men.

I wonder if it is a genetic attribute. For example, some male singers who have higher ranges and more "feminine" sounding voices cannot be differentiated from a female; the majority have been gay. This could further back studies that argue sexuality is a genetic attribute. I have a family member who is gay.

We are close in age and I've always known he was gay. He's always had "the voice" - even as a small child. It wasn't a learned thing with him, he literally sprang from the womb knowing who and what he was, just not how to articulate it. But the voice he eventually articulated it in? That had always been there. I've always been self-conscious about my voice.

My parents were extremely homophobic, especially my mother. Hiding my gayness, including my voice, was always a real struggle. I was terrified of my mother finding out, so I talked in a "normal" voice around my family. However, I was much more comfortable in my effeminate voice around my friends. Now as an adult, It's hard to break that habit. I wish I could sound completely gay because then I would not have to come out to every person I meet, which gets annoying.

Regarding the idea that men who sing in a higher range are gay, I'm a professional singer and by far most of the countertenors I've met are straight. So much for that. As to the person above who said it was something he's had to hide since childhood - I find that really enlightening as I had often thought it was merely affected. Thank you for correcting that assumption for me.