Savitri Gadavanij | National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand
This paper aims at investigating (1) whether young Thai adults can distinguish between straight male and
gay-sounding speech and (2) how listeners feel about speech sounds performed by Thai straight and gay speakers in varying
situations in terms of likeability and annoyance. Two experiments were conducted: first, straight males, gay males and females
listened to voice stimuli of self-identified straight males and gay males and were asked to identify the sexual orientation of the
speakers; second, another three groups of listeners were asked to rate the speakers’ levels of likeability and annoyance using a
5-point Likert scale. The findings indicate that there exist voice characteristics of gay- as opposed to straight-male sounding
speech. Regarding the listeners’ perception in relation to speech style in four varying situations, the results indicate that
listeners’ perception is not affected by situations in which the speech is delivered.
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