# Why do gay guys speak with a lisp??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-guys-speak-with-a-lisp/213501>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-guys-speak-with-a-lisp/213501 "2003-11-16T02:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-guys-speak-with-a-lisp/213501/21 "2003-11-17T02:00:15Z")

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A classmate of mine used to have speech and behavior patterns fairly typical of our socio-economic background. Then he spent several years living in New York, working in the theater. When he came to the ten-year class reunion, he lisped and minced and generally conformed to the stereotype.

At my college, a lot of the theater majors seem to talk like Truman Capote, whether they are gay or straight.

My opinion is that people often imitate their friends and coworkers.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gay-guys-speak-with-a-lisp/213501/22 "2003-11-17T05:11:28Z")

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“Fag” is hate speech. You may not call anyone a fag in this forum.

No good can come of this thread, so I’ll close it.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ

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