Pangasinan State University HUMSS Students’ Level of Knowledge and Stance on LGBTQ+ Practices
Abstract
In this study, a team of Social Workers from Pangasinan aimed to explore the knowledge, determine how open are the respondents to LGBTQ+, and the level of support of HUMSS students towards the LGBTQ+ community for determining their stance on current issues on the matter. During the academic year 2018 – 2019, a survey for the Senior High School students of Pangasinan State University taking Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) was distributed through questionnaire and brief interview for some follow-up or sensitive questions. The percentage of HUMSS students who respond to the survey have no local trainings or seminars pertaining to the LGBTQ+. Despite that, the level of awareness on same-sex marriage as not legal in the Philippines is high. Majority of the respondents who identified themselves as LGBTQ+ states that they cannot express their gender to both friends and family. The major findings on this study shows that a great number of PSU HUMSS students are (a) highly knowledgeable/aware on LGBTQ+ current realities and trends, (b) accepting the LGBTQ+ community and related practices, and (c) have low frequency of actions on supporting the LGBTQ+ community.
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