I am a huge supporter of gay rights, and not just because my parents are lesbians. I was that way even before they told me at sixteen. It's the one thing that would make me put someone else's life before mine, and that would make me get involved in any sort of activism. I say this, both as an introduction to myself, and because I want to make it clear that I post this video out of genuine interest and fascination, not to insult anyone. I have noticed the same things mentioned there, but I wasn't sure if it was a modern phenomenon or not. When I listen to people such as Ivor novello, Noel Coward, Clifton Webb, Fred Astair, etc. I don't hear any traces of "gayness" in their voices. There may be some visually, but being blind, I can't say one way or the other. Obviously, they lived in times in which they had to hide their sexual preferences, but just hearing them speak, I would never suspect anything by their voices, tones, or pronunciation. Yet I can almost always tell with modern men. Coward might possibly give something away, if I listened hard enough. It's true that they were men of the theatre, not common men on the street, but one good thing about their time is that elocution, grammar, etc. were still taught in school, so even streight men sounded wonderful then! Today, almost everyone's speech, except that of gay men and seniors, annoys me, but that's another topic for another time.
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