Attitudes toward Homosexuality in a School Context

The purpose of this research was to ascertain the attitude of students toward homosexuality and the select factors correlated with it specifically age, gender, religion, frequency of going to church, exposure with the LGBT community, and preference for movies/shows with LGBT as main characters. The participants are comprised of 451 students and data were collected through survey questionnaires. The results revealed that attitudes toward homosexuality in a school setting could range from liberal to conservative depending on the situation and conceptualization. The participants tend to be liberal on working with homosexuals in team projects and being a member of organization with homosexual members. However, they could agree that same sex holding hands or displaying affection in public is disgusting and the love between two males or two females is quite different from the love between two persons of the opposite sex. Moreover, the student participants stood neutral on the propositions that “gay movement” is a positive thing; that homosexuality is not sinful and the increasing acceptance of homosexuality in society is aiding in the deterioration of morals. These indicate their ambivalent attitude towards homosexuality. This means that their attitudes toward homosexuality is confined to specific parameters. This study further concludes that age, sex, religious affiliation, frequency in going to church, having LGBT sibling/relative, and preference for movies/shows with LGBT main characters are significantly related with attitude towards homosexuality