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fromPsychology Today
1 day agoWhen a Voice Triggers Bias
The perception of a 'gay voice' influences discrimination and hiring decisions, despite legal protections against such biases.
"The first thought I had was, 'Wow, I sound really gay', he said. 'And then I thought, I am gay. What's wrong with sounding gay?' This, he explained, led him onto 'gay voice'. He opined that 'if you're in the gay community, you are on the spectrum of gay voice. Everybody's on the spectrum.' Placing himself as a 'moderate gay voice person,' Jackson said he'd spent years being 'very afraid to come across as gay.'"