Have you ever said about someone after first hearing him speak, he sounds gay?
“Gay Voice” isn’t necessarily a real thing - It’s a stereotype and there are men, to a greater or lesser extent, who embody that stereotype. There are straight men who may sound stereotypically gay and there are gay men who may sound what we would say is straight.
Research has found that there is no significant differences in fundamental frequency, mean intensity, or vowel space between straight and gay men. Linguistics professors Henry Rogers and Ron Smyth has also identified phonetic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound gay. That research has shown that some gay men could adopt patterns from female family or friends they may be around, picking up those characteristics unconsciously.
For many in the LGBTQ+ community in the past and even today the need to change your voice is for the sake of safety and survival.
You shouldn’t have to change your voice, the way you dress, or who you are. Be proud of it.
