Voice-based sexual orientation (SO) judgements can prompt group-based discrimination. However, the relationships between stigmatization and essentialist beliefs about vocal cues to SO have not been researched. Two studies examined heterosexuals’ and gay men’s and lesbian women’s essentialist beliefs about voice as a cue of SO to uncover essentialist beliefs’ role in the perpetration and experience of stigma. In Study 1 (N = 363), heterosexual participants believed voice was a better cue to SO for men than for women, and participants’ belief in the discreteness, immutability, and controllability of ‘gay-sounding’ voices was correlated with higher avoidant discrimination towards gay-sounding men. In Study 2 (N = 147), endorsement of essentialist beliefs about voice as a SO cue was associated with self-perceptions of sounding gay amongst gay men and lesbians. Sexual minority participants, especially gay men, who believed that they sounded gay reported more anticipation of rejection and engaged in vigilance in response. Essentialist beliefs about vocal cues to SO are relevant to explaining both the perpetration of stigma by heterosexuals and the experience of stigma for lesbians and gay men.

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“同性恋”声音的污名化：异性恋、女同性恋和同性恋者的本质主义信仰的作用

基于声音的性取向 (SO) 判断可能会引发基于群体的歧视。然而，关于 SO 的声音线索的污名化和本质主义信念之间的关系尚未得到研究。两项研究检查了异性恋者和男同性恋者以及女同性恋者关于声音的本质主义信仰，以此作为 SO 的线索，以揭示本质主义信仰在污名化的实施和体验中的作用。在研究 1 ( N  = 363) 中，异性恋参与者认为男性的声音比女性更好地暗示 SO，并且参与者对“同性恋”声音的离散性、不变性和可控性的信念与更高的回避歧视相关对同性恋的男人。在研究 2 ( N = 147），对声音作为 SO 线索的本质主义信念的认可与男同性恋者和女同性恋者中听起来是同性恋的自我认知有关。性少数参与者，尤其是男同性恋者，他们认为自己听起来像同性恋，他们报告说更多地期待被拒绝，并保持警惕作为回应。关于 SO 的声音线索的本质主义信念与解释异性恋者的污名和男女同性恋者的污名经历有关。