School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Centro de Investigação E Intervenção Social, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte-iul), Lisbon, Portugal.
J Homosex. 2023 Apr 16;70(5):876-899. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2021.2004796. Epub 2022 Jan 10.
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people are supposed to be better at gaydar than heterosexual. Across two studies we examined auditory gaydar performed by LGB and heterosexual listeners. In Study 1 participants ( = 127) listened to male and female speakers ( = 10) and judged their sexual orientation on a binary choice (gay/lesbian vs. heterosexual). In Study 2, participants ( = 192) judged speakers' ( = 31) sexual orientation on a Kinsey-like scale (1 = exclusively heterosexual, 7 = exclusively gay/lesbian). Results showed gaydar judgments differences in relative terms that did not indicate an overall gaydar accuracy. Moreover, LGB participants were not better at gaydar than heterosexual participants but rather showed a shift in criterion when making auditory gaydar judgments, namely they report a weaker straight categorization bias. Overall, these findings contribute to the understanding of sexual orientation categorization among heterosexual majority and LGB minority groups.
女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋（LGB）人群被认为比异性恋者更擅长“同性恋雷达”。在两项研究中，我们考察了 LGB 和异性恋听众的听觉“同性恋雷达”能力。在研究 1 中，参与者（n=127）聆听了男性和女性演讲者（n=10）的声音，并在二元选择（同性恋/女同性恋与异性恋）上判断他们的性取向。在研究 2 中，参与者（n=192）根据金赛量表（1=完全异性恋，7=完全同性恋/女同性恋）判断演讲者（n=31）的性取向。结果表明，同性恋雷达判断存在相对差异，但并不表明总体同性恋雷达准确性。此外，LGB 参与者并不比异性恋参与者更擅长同性恋雷达，而是在进行听觉同性恋雷达判断时表现出标准的转变，即他们报告说，对异性恋的分类偏见较弱。总的来说，这些发现有助于理解异性恋多数群体和 LGB 少数群体的性取向分类。
