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Why do people trying to talk like a gay person just talk with a lisp?

Asked by ubersiren (15208points) July 21st, 2009

I’ve known many a gay man in my day and I’m not sure one of them ever had a lisp, yet when someone is trying to mimic a gay man, he simply does the limp wrist thing and talks with a lisp. Where did this come from, and why does the stereotype continue? Have the people doing this routine ever met a real gay person?

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