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Gay Lisp 1 Running Head: Gay Lisp The Influence of /s/ Quality on Perception of Men's Sexual Orientation: Explicit and Implicit Measures of the 'Gay Lisp' Stereotype

Two experiments examined how variation in /s/ affects the perception of talkers' sexual orientation. Specifically, we examined whether listeners associate frontally articulated /s/ with gay-sounding voices, as is suggested by the popular culture stereotype that gay men “lisp”. The first experiment showed that talkers were rated as younger-sounding and gayer-sounding when their speech included t...

To Gay , or Not To Gay ?

This work examines the structure of discourses on homosexuality, taking the nature-versus-nurture question as a case study, in order to display the incoherency that results from taking such questions for granted. This paper critically explores the alleged neutrality and objectivity of discourses on sexuality, and within this exploration, a breakdown of the categories of sexuality, sex, gender, ...

Gay couples, gay communities, and HIV: challenges for health education.

The GAy MEn Sex StudieS: Anodyspareunia Among Belgian Gay Men

INTRODUCTION Anal intercourse is commonly associated with male homosexuality, but not all gay males engage in anal sex. Receptive anal intercourse can cause pain. Little is known about this sexual dysfunction. AIM This study aims to determine the 4-week incidence of anodyspareunia (AD) in a sample of Belgian men who have sex with men (MSM) population and to assess the relevance of possible pr...

Gay scene , queer grid

Following Michel de Certeau’s theory of spatialising, tactical practices of the everyday, Bryan Reynolds and Joseph Fitzpatrick argue for a distinction between “subjective” and “transversal” kinds of territory. Transversality acts to cut across the gridded lines of hegemonic place which serve to bind intelligible subject positions. If the terms of transversal territory can be applied to the pro...