Negative comment is tempered by another remark he makes later in the interview:Įxcerpt 4.2.3: “Breaking down the barriers between masculine and feminine” Own ability to sound gay as well, even throwing in a phrase in English for emphasis. Language though Participant 3 is annoyed by people who sound gay, he jokingly admits to his This passage is illustrative of the complex views held by gay men when it comes to gay I mean let’s say yes, as much as it might annoy me, yes, you can. Ma diciamo sì, anche sì per quanto si può scocciare a me, sì, si può. Possible to sound gay when talking, he automatically replied:Įxcerpt 4.2.2: “As much as it might annoy me” Participant 3, on the other hand, made an equal number of positive comments as he did negativeĬomments, for which I have assigned him a “ambivalent” attitude. One of two overtly attitude-related comments I was able to obtain from him, the other beingįirmly neutral, in line with his cautiously presented perceptions, discussed in Section 4.1. This participant’s characterization of gay men’s “conversations” as enjoyable was Therefore going out to some bars every now and then, might hear- might witness, I guess, I would say that the people who go to gay bars and constantly see gay people, and Mi verrebbe da dire dalle persone che frequentano locali gay e persone gay costantemente, e quindi uscendo in alcuni locali talvolta, può capitare di sentire- di assistere a, insomma, dei dialoghi un po’ simpatici. Comments made by any interviewee was explicitly positive to the degree that many otherĬomments were negative, though some demonstrated covert prestige and thus appeared more