How Transgender People are Changing Their Voices

Interesting story about how transgender people are training their voices.

(Saw this linked on Reddit) Has audio that complements the written story.

http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/08/transgender-voices

"Perez says it takes six months to a year of daily practice to permanently adjust one’s voice."

"Hooper has had clients watch soap operas, first with the sound up, then off. Not that you want to be like that, but soap operas are full of people who are either hyper-female or hyper-male, so you can get an idea of their behavior and then kind of reel it in because gender expression is on a continuum,” Hooper says."

“If I use a more submissive tone and a more questioning tone, people will be more likely to gender me as female,” she says. “On the flip side, if I make statements, if I’m clear about what I’m saying, if I’m bold, people will very often be more likely to gender me as male.”

That last one I've noticed a lot lately, but the uptalk (questioning tone) is being used now by younger males as well