Today, Salon.com published this interesting story about transgender people finding their voice at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
"To me, there's nothing worse than seeing someone dressed as a woman, a beautiful woman. Then she opens her mouth and she sounds like a sailor. It's very off-putting for people."
Read all about it here.
There is more of course than raising the pitch of the voice - speaking more softly and in a more breathy sort of way also counts.
ReplyDeleteWhen I wear feminine clothing I will not raise the pitch of my voice, but I will do all the other things a woman does.
John H