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Obviously the point about the harm of stereotypes is lost on you and others in this thread.
—Theo
I think maybe you were a bit too quick to jump on this one.
The camp voice is quite obviously 'a thing'. It's not used by all gays of course and some - I think a relative few - straight men apparently have it although I've personally never met one. (There's a UK stand-up commedian who gets a laugh from it tho').
It's a stereotype like any other I suppose, but unless it's used to harm, it's, well, harmless - almost affectionate. I think those that have it, use it deliberately - a sort of signal or differentiator or self-image conformation.
I should say that I live in one of Europe's major gay cities so meet hundreds of gay men (and women, and etc) day in and day out - relatively few affect 'the voice' and some that do, do it with considerable humour.
I may be accused of stereotyping, but I have to say that the most precociously gay people I meet are also the funniest people I meet. I mean laugh out loud, couldn't-give-a-fuck, theatrically, piss-yourself funny. And fantastically generous. But that's just my personal experience.
There's a tranny in my town called Patty O'Doors that just creases me up. (Apologies if that's a referrence only Brits might get. And yes, I know that trannies aren't necessarily - or even usually, gay.)
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