A confidence-shattering break up has a strange effect on middle-aged gay director David Thorpe: It resurrects his long-dormant shame about “sounding gay” and he decides to try to change his voice. Determined to overcome this shame, David embarks on a hilarious, poignant, taboo-shattering exploration of the phenomenon of the “gay voice.”

Using self-deprecating humor and confessional intimacy, Do I Sound Gay? traces David’s personal journey to understand the scientific, historical and cultural origins of “sounding gay” and how members of the gay community feel about its stigma. As he investigates these rich cultural and linguistic origins, however, he makes an unexpected discovery: his own voice. Featuring Margaret Cho, Tim Gunn, Dan Savage, David Sedaris, and George Takei.