He also talks to long-time friends and family members about his own gay voice, which might have emerged on a more conscious level than he thought. He speaks to other experts about how 'the gay voice' came into being, its history, and if there is a theory of it being biologically inherent to gay men, or if it truly is a product of environment. He also speaks to gay celebrities about their voices and what-if anything-they did to them. David goes to vocal coaches and speech therapists to help him transform his voice into what he considers a more standard-sounding nondescript male voice. In his self-critical view, he blames that status partly on what he considers his stereotypical gay-sounding voice, something he himself doesn't like and believes that most gay men don't like in others, wanting partners who sound more masculine. Approaching middle age, David Thorpe, a South Carolina native who has lived most of his adult life in New York City, laments his single gay status at this stage of his life.
