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Why is any guy with a lisp assumed to be gay?

When Richard Bright testified before Congress the other day, someone posted that he noticed Bright's lisp and questioned if he was gay. The same type of comment has been posted about H&HS testing 'czar' Brett Girard whenever he speaks at one of Trump's phony corona pressers. (Granted, Girard DOES sound a lot like Phil Rucker.) But is a lisp the dog whistle of gayness or am I reading too much into it?

by Anonymousreply 41September 9, 2020 10:22 PM

It's a telltale sign. 90% accurate.

by Anonymousreply 1May 17, 2020 9:42 PM

I dunno. My personal experience is, I had one. Had speech therapy for it.

by Anonymousreply 2May 17, 2020 9:43 PM

Perhaps it's because sibilant and high voices don't sound strong, manly or decisive?

I kind of agree with R1's response, but I'd say it's more like 75% would be my estimate.

Also, on a semi-related note, there's an interesting documentary about this topic DO I SOUND GAY?

by Anonymousreply 3May 17, 2020 9:51 PM

General Jim Mattis has a profound 'lateral lisp' and has been rumored to be gay. No evidence, though.

by Anonymousreply 4May 17, 2020 9:52 PM

Such a lot of fuss over a few extra s's!

by Anonymousreply 5May 18, 2020 12:32 AM

Bright has on a silver wedding ring. Who's the spouse?

by Anonymousreply 6May 18, 2020 12:56 AM

Queers always lisp.

by Anonymousreply 7May 18, 2020 3:23 AM

Bright was interviewed tonight on 60 Minutes. He's adorable wit the lisp.

by Anonymousreply 8May 18, 2020 7:36 AM

I thought he might be gay as soon I heard him speak. He also had rather form fitting pants. His family that accompanied him seemed to be a balding man and a teen boy. Anyone have any more details? Google doesn't turn up anything. The guy is sharp and excellent with his facts and didn't get to his position without being highly qualified.

by Anonymousreply 9May 18, 2020 8:14 AM

Has anyone heard Surgeon General Jerome Adams? He has the sweetest lisp!

by Anonymousreply 10May 18, 2020 12:09 PM

A lisp is when your "s" sounds like your "th," as in "lithp."

Thath all.

by Anonymousreply 11May 18, 2020 12:19 PM

In females, a lisp is considered 'baby talk' and women sometimes affect a lisp to be cute. It's a whole different deal with men. They either have to work with a speech therapist to lose it or wear it as part of who they are.

by Anonymousreply 12May 18, 2020 12:57 PM

Doctor: Big breaths.

Girl patient: Yeth, and I'm only thikthteen.

by Anonymousreply 13May 19, 2020 5:04 AM

R13 Rimshot!

by Anonymousreply 14May 19, 2020 1:40 PM

R12 is right. That's part of the reason for the gay association, because a lisp is considered feminine.

by Anonymousreply 15May 19, 2020 4:04 PM

I didn't assume Bright was gay because of the lisp, it was his mannerisms that seemed really gay.

by Anonymousreply 16May 19, 2020 4:30 PM

Why is any man wearing a wedding ring considered straight?

by Anonymousreply 17May 22, 2020 4:47 PM

An effeminate moth is called a myth... according to Capote.

by Anonymousreply 18May 22, 2020 4:49 PM

Emmanuel Macron has a lisp.

by Anonymousreply 19May 22, 2020 4:52 PM

Brute is adorable. I missed the tight pants!

by Anonymousreply 20May 22, 2020 4:55 PM

Oops. “Brite.”

by Anonymousreply 21May 22, 2020 4:55 PM

R21 I preferred "Brute" !!

by Anonymousreply 22May 22, 2020 4:57 PM

That football player on GMA has a horrible lisp. Can't watch him.

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by Anonymousreply 23May 22, 2020 5:01 PM

It isn’t just the lisp, his mannerisms are gay too. He’s GAY, even if he won’t admit it,

by Anonymousreply 24May 22, 2020 5:03 PM

R23 That's Michael Strahan. Is he gay? He never talks about wife or kids. What a hottie!

by Anonymousreply 25May 22, 2020 5:06 PM

Could it be because we don't like wishker bishkit?

by Anonymousreply 26May 22, 2020 5:21 PM

R1 is correct, except that it's not only gay men that have a lisp as part of their cluster. Lesbians and bisexuals of both genders have natural lisps as well. Most seek corrective speech therapy, or are offered the service free of charge.

Lisps do not occur naturally in heterosexuals.

by Anonymousreply 27May 22, 2020 5:26 PM

"It's a telltale sign. 90% accurate."

Really? Most of the men I've known with a lisp weren't gay. Plenty of straight guys lisp - look at Humphrey Bogart

by Anonymousreply 28May 22, 2020 5:32 PM

What about Mike Tyson? He has a lisp AND a feminine voice...

by Anonymousreply 29May 22, 2020 6:30 PM

That's because he's bisexual, r29.

Not openly.

by Anonymousreply 30May 22, 2020 6:32 PM

Mike Tyson is a straight rapist.

by Anonymousreply 31May 22, 2020 6:34 PM

R28, he was a closeted bisexual.

by Anonymousreply 32May 22, 2020 6:38 PM

R31 So Mike is straight and only rapes women? R28 and R30 claim he's bisexual so maybe he also rapes men?

Either way, he's an animal. Rapists have their own circle in Hell.

by Anonymousreply 33May 22, 2020 6:41 PM

Has there been a scientific correlation between a lisp and attraction to men. Like is a lisp a result of gay brain, or do guys with lisps act more feminine. Are does having a lisp make one more ostracized and as result end up gay.

by Anonymousreply 34May 22, 2020 6:50 PM

I don’t get the lisp thing or gay voice. I always assumed it was just put on to be more femme.

by Anonymousreply 35May 22, 2020 6:52 PM

r29, Mike Tyson's voice does not sound feminine to me. Yes he has a lisp, and is a bit pitchy but he never sounds feminine to me. I guess many of these things are subjective.

by Anonymousreply 36May 22, 2020 6:53 PM

R34, no, because females with same sex attraction still have lisps

by Anonymousreply 37May 22, 2020 6:53 PM

Because they are, Rose.

by Anonymousreply 38May 22, 2020 9:00 PM

Because anything unattractive that a man does makes him appear "gay" to stupid people, OP.

by Anonymousreply 39May 22, 2020 9:45 PM

That lispy lip makes my pussy cum.

by Anonymousreply 40May 22, 2020 10:21 PM

It’s harder in life for people with speech impediments, because they have to maintain baseline nice looks and a likeable demeanour to avoid being ridiculed.

Example: prowrestler Cody Rhodes has an awful case of lisping, but he’s incredibly cute and very in shape so he doesn’t get any stick for it. Personally I think he’s closeted, but I’m not sure that has any correlation to his lisp, and in any event he presents as a good Christian husband with a wife to whom he’s ostensibly faithful.

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