Homosexuals

[4getmenot]

Now I may get in trouble for this but I'm gonna ask anyway, and before any homosexuals get on my back I have many gay friends so I'm not meaning to sound stereotypically but I just wondered if there is some connection between gay people and their voice boxes? as most gay people have girly voices, and often the boys who's voices never broke at school turned out to be gay. This is not meant to offend anyone.

[4getmenot]

sorry kwicky :-), but then cant tell if you're male or female either

[redcrx]

told ya 4get, its your deep voice, confuses everyone lol

[4getmenot]

Not ignorance, in fact I bet many people have wondered, and I�m just open enough to ask it. I don�t judge anyone or stereotype anyone, I just wondered why most of the gay people I have met do, and why when people hear a man with a high pitched voice do they assume he�s gay, for these people to assume this there must be some connection. That�s why I asked, you say you�re not offended but you come across as if you are. Most people on here know me by now and I�m just very inquisitive. :-)

[tradey]

not always true,my brother is gay and he hasnt got a girly voice at all

[4getmenot]

can I set myself straight I never said always. :-) and 'often' the boys at school. :-)

[Octavius]

The image of a gay person as an effeminate man has been the product of typical gay TV and film roles (who can forget Beaumont from It Aint Half Hot Mum, and Mr Humphries from Are You Being Served?), even though these characters do not represent the whole of the gay community. On television, the gay man is often seen at extremes providing slapstick humour and flamboyant theatrics to straight viewers. I think Marco and Kemal of Big Brother�.fame(??) did wonders for that stereotype. This one-sided view of gay life has led to many misguided gay stereotypes, and it seems, led to a disassociation of male effeminacy (femmes) by masculine gay men. Flamboyant gay people just get more attention.

I think most people would acknowledge and recognise � and I am sure 4gotmenut is one of those � that this is not ALL gay men nor indeed ALL effeminate men are gay. The way someone looks or acts is by no means an indication of their sexuality but some people would prefer that the way they look or act sends out exactly that signal. Similarly the somewhat obtuse �phwooarr missus� language of builders and the like is the analogous hetero stereotype. And I certainly don't do that.

[4getmenot]

thats exactly it pa__ul just didnt know how to put it, but yer why dod we think it and half the time it turns out right, just wondering if theres a link :-) When people say they have gaydar what do they work on and why?

[4getmenot]

exactly oct, people think this of builders because some have done it. So why think this of gay people? and yes I agree that not ALL have high voices, as I said my mate hasnt got the high voice but acts out the feminine role.

[tinksim]

omg it seams we have sliped back into the dark ages ! I have never seen such a stupid question im my life !!! i think your question is so so so far off the mark that it worries me as a gay man that people are so blind to what is happening in the world !! I dont have a "girly" voice and im gay does that mean im not gay ??? i think you have watched way to much tv and need to go out and meet a lot more gay men !

[4getmenot]

no I think you need to re-read the question, I never said all men!!