Box office Do I Sound Gay? opened theatrically in one venue on July 10, 2015, and earned $10,461 in its first weekend. At the end of its run, six weeks later on August 20, the film had expanded to 18 theaters and grossed $108,620 domestically.
Critical reception On the
review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 6.54/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "
Do I Sound Gay? proves to be a light, affable, entertaining look at a largely unexplored issue".
Metacritic, which uses a
weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Leslie Felperin writing for
The Guardian said that, "the point is inclusiveness, not conclusiveness, and that makes this open, honest and endearingly slapdash work especially interesting". Writing for
Variety, Andrew Barker wrote that, "The film does lose its way at times, especially during its long look at the evolution of cinematic gay stereotypes — still a worthwhile subject of study, though one that’s been explored more thoroughly elsewhere — and the ending is a little pat". Sara Stewart of
New York Post wrote, "Thorpe does elicit entertaining, thoughtful and sometimes deeply sad insights". Gary Goldstein of the
Los Angeles Times wrote, "Thorpe’s topic might have been better served in a broader-based documentary about LGBT stereotypes than as the basis for an entire film". Danielle Davenport of the
One Room With A View said that, "On the whole,
Do I Sound Gay? is didactic and empowering, but not overly rigorous; its encouraging premise is not entirely satisfied". Clayton Dillard of
Slant Magazine called
Do I Sound Gay? "a film that only superficially engages its topic, preferring communal confirmation over more rigorous, troubled grapplings".
Accolades The film was first runner-up for the
People's Choice Award for Best Documentary at the
2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Do I Sound Gay? won Best Documentary Feature at the 2015
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. ==See also==