How to get rid of gay voice

First, it is important to establish that there is not a “gay” sound. The voice did help me to land a few great jobs. I was told that having a big, unnatural voice was not going to help me book roles in contemporary theater and film. I turned on the voice, forgot who I was, and the girly, fairy, faggot became Dracula or Hamlet.

I got professional acting jobs. I majored in theater. At least not when I used the voice for extended periods of time. The bane of my childhood existence. Posted November 3, I hated my voice when I was a kid. I got into grad school for acting.

So I had to somehow integrate my voice with my authentic self. The spell was broken for the moment… I went from hiding behind the bleachers to showing off center stage. 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.

Good thing I only had one scene I was also cast as my dream role of Romeo at a regional theater. Most days at school I dreamed of being anyone but myself. I was taught to hate it by the people around me. My voice! I was now training to make a living as an actor, not just to make believe.

But upon seeing me hanging out on set between takes, talking like myself, the casting folks seemed instantly mortified and concerned. In the rural town I grew up I was surrounded by boys who played sports like their lives depended on it; talked a big game about premature sex with girls; and took every opportunity to make fun of boys like me.

I have written a clinical paper on the topic here as well as op-ed pieces here and here. I spent a lot of time in my youths trying to get rid of my “gay” voice, or “gay accent.”. I booked a small role in a movie called Outside Providence in which I ironically played an ostensibly straighthighschool bully.

Sound gay but I’m :

Things I ruminate while producing an LGBT podcast: my “gay” voice. No wonder I wanted to be an actor. But the magic voice could only take me so far. My acting became fake if I used the voice for too long. There is as great a diversity of vocal timbre and expression in the homosexual community as in any other.

All thanks to my voice.