LibGuides: Queer Film Series: Do I Sound Gay? March 22

Watch the Film

Do I Sound Gay? is a documentary exploring the existence and accuracy of stereotypes about the speech patterns of gay men, and the ways in which one's degree of conformity to the stereotype can contribute to internalized homophobia. No longer available in the STLCC library collections.

Resources for Further Exploration

"Thorpe Documentary: Voicing the Truth."
This article describes a question-and-answer session with filmmaker David Thorpe after a screening of "Do I Sound Gay?" on a university campus. "Thorpe Documentary: Voicing the Truth." UWIRE Text, 29 Oct. 2015, p. 1. Gale OneFile: News.
The Exhausting Work of LGBTQ Code-Switching
Article from the website of Vice magazine. Holden, Madeleine. The Exhausting Work of LGBTQ Code-Switching, Vice, 12 Aug. 2019. Retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en/article/evj47w/the-exhausting-work-of-lgbtq-code-switching.
Drawn This Way
"From Tom of Finland to Bugs Bunny in a dress, animation has long been a place where artists can unleash and explore their sexuality. In this documentary, Andy Cheng and Cara Connors dive into the pages of comic books, animated series, films, and even video games to discover the LGBTQ characters portrayed, and to answer questions such as, how did these artists get their start; how did the genre develop; are these portrayals taken seriously in the mainstream?" There is a whole segment on Disney using gay-sounding voices for villians.

The Celluloid Closet
Call Number: DVD

Publication Date: 2001

Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.