[PapaBear3625]

It's not exactly a lisp. It's a distinct accent or something. I can't describe it, but I know it when I hear it.

I had a gay relative, and from listening to him and his gay friends there IS something in their manner of speaking which serves to pick out gays. This is an advantage to gays trying to make their orientation evident to other gays, so perhaps it's something in gay culture that's picked up.

[Windflier]

This is an advantage to gays trying to make their orientation evident to other gays, so perhaps it's something in gay culture that's picked up.

I guess its an affectation they pick up from other gays. I doubt they grow up talking that way.