Mabalacat City College

Institute of Arts and Sciences

Mabalacat City, Pampanga

“The Point of view Toward LGBTQI+

Community”

Submitted by:
Yumul, Moises C
Bulanadi Jeff Kevin
Sotto, Levi Scott
Ocampo, Israel
Mariano, John Matthew
Roque, Rolando Jr.
Razon, Jerick
Cunan, Rouzhhan

Submitted to:
Mr. Arnel G. Perez
 Abstract

Stereotyping, gender discrimination, and oppression are still existing in this society.
In order to know the recent views or perspective of people towards lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender (LGBTQ+) a study conducted. The study investigated point of view toward
LGBTQI+ by surveying 30 students from Mabalacat City. It was hypothesized that there
will be more negative reactions than positive attitudes. A result has shown that majority
of the respondents have accept and support the LGBTQI+ people and are able to become
one of the allies. The findings from this study can be used to acquire knowledge to people
about society attitudes to decrease any abuse or gender discrimination.
 Introduction

Schools should be safe places for everyone as we consider it as our second home.
But in the Philippines, students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
too often find that their schooling experience is connected by bullying, discrimination, lack
of access to LGBT-related information, and in some cases, physical or sexual assault.
These abuses can cause deep and lasting harm and even dropout.

In recent years, school administrators in the Philippines have recognized that

bullying of LGBT youth is a serious problem, and designed ways to address it. In 2012,
the Department of Education (DepEd), which oversees primary and secondary schools,
enacted a Child Protection Policy designed to address bullying and discrimination in
schools, including based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The following year,
Congress passed the Anti-Bullying Law of 2013, with implementing rules and regulations
that enumerate sexual orientation and gender identity as prohibited grounds for bullying
and harassment. The adoption of these policies sends a strong signal that bullying, and
discrimination are unacceptable and should not be tolerated in educational institutions.

These policies are particularly difficult for transgender students, who are typically
treated as their sex assigned at birth rather than their gender identity. But they can also
be challenging for students who are gender non-conforming and feel most comfortable
expressing themselves or participating in activities that the school considers inappropriate
for their sex.

One way that schools can address bullying and discrimination and ameliorate their
effects is by providing educational resources to students, teachers, and staff to familiarize
them with LGBT people and issues. Unfortunately, positive information and resources
regarding sexual orientation and gender identity are exceedingly rare in secondary
schools in the Philippines. When students do learn about LGBT people and issues in
schools, the responses are typically negative, rejecting same-sex relationships and
transgender identities as immoral or unnatural.
 Review of Related Literature

“Joseph Daniels, Helen Struthers, Kabelo Maleke, Christina Catabay, Tim Lane, James
McIntyre & Tom Coates (2019) Rural school experiences of South African gay and
transgender youth, Journal of LGBT Youth, 16:4, 355-379,

The authors believed that low educational attainment, often a lack of a high school
diploma or matriculation degree, has been linked to negative health outcomes and lower
quality of life for sexual and gender minorities globally. However, optimism and resiliency
have been demonstrated to provide buffering effects on school dropout.

“Scott B. Greenspan, Catherine Griffith, Cassidy R. Hayes & Erin F.

Murtagh (2019) LGBTQ + and ally youths’ school athletics perspectives: a mixed-
method analysis, Journal of LGBT Youth, 16:4, 403-434,

Authors employed a focused mixed method study focused on lesbian, gay,

bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youths’ and allies’ (ages 13–18; n = 71)
experiences in school athletics (e.g., physical education, after-school sports). Participants
reported that they feel unsafe in school athletic contexts due to experiences of
discrimination from their peers and inaction from athletic staff.

“Elizabethe Payne & Melissa Smith (2012) Rethinking Safe Schools Approaches for
LGBTQ Students: Changing the Questions We Ask, Multicultural
Perspectives, 14:4, 187-193”

the authors address the limitations of framing “the problem” of in-school LGBTQ
harassment within dominant anti-bullying discourses. They offer a critical sociological
framework as an alternative way of understanding the issues of LGBTQ harassment and
propose a research agenda in which school culture and gender policing are the objects
of inquiry.
 Conceptual Framework

There are many ways that help certain youths or students to make their knowledge about
LGBTQI+ more convenient. Examples of which are seminars, orientation, etc. The focus
of this study is to try and improve the current knowledge of the students when it comes to
the issue of LGQBTQI+. To attain the goal of the study successfully, the researchers used
the input-process-output framework. The input stage includes gathering different data and
information from the students itself, using documented interview from a student, and
survey. The researchers also utilized the use of internet by gathering reliable information
through different websites, related studies, blogs and publications. The process stage
however determines how the acquired information from the input stage can be applied in
the study. It includes the analyzing, interpreting gathered data, and the development of it.
The output stage is the final stage of the framework which we will know the opinions and
verdict of each students which the finalized research is created by the researchers.

Research Paradigm

INPUT STAGE PROCESS STAGE OUTPUT STAGE

-internet and -planning, conceptualizing, analyzing, -Awareness about the
publication interpreting, developing and testing of aspects of LGBTQI +
research, interview the information system based on the Youth Community
and survey results data collected. and the equality they
deserve.
 Bakla, Bakling,
Name calling
Salot, Malas

Anong nilalang
Verbal Abuse
ka?

Remarks Stereotyping

Types
Nakakadiri,
Looking Nakakatawa,
Madumi

College
Behavioural Exclusion activities, Family
gathering

Panununtok,
Assault
Pang aabuso

Figure 1: Taxonomy of discrimination according to the experiences reported by

LGBTIQ participants.

Statement of the Problem

Main problem: How do people approach and interact people in the third sex community?
Sub-problems: This study will determine the attitudes of SHS students and teachers
toward the LGBT community. Specifically, this study will seek answer to the following
question:
1. Respondent’s profile.
2. What are the point of views of college students towards the LGBT in terms of…

• Repulsion
• Pity
• Tolerance
• Acceptance
• Support
• Admiration
• Appreciation
• Nurturance

3. How does the point of views shape their realization towards LGBT?
 Significance of the Study

People in the 21st century has already aware of the LGBT community and through this,
the researchers would like to know the recent attitudes of heterosexuality or discrimination
towards the LGBT. This will lead to acknowledge the people in the community according
to the LGBT people and it will also help to change their views if in case they had been
disgusted or angry towards their gender preference. This study will not only benefit the
researchers but eventually it will help to work people in their perceptions and attitudes.

Scope and Limitation

Although the present study has several strengths, including collecting data from a small
sample of Mabalacat City College, there are also limitations worth noting. This study aims
to get the result at the due date of the research paper. First, the instrument used to assess
attitudes was a questionnaire that could not make distinctions between attitudes toward
male and female individuals who identify as bisexual, gay (men), or lesbian. And second
is by conducting a short interview. As the literature points out, people sometimes differ in
their attitudes toward these groups. This present study is limited only to the chosen area
which is the study to be conducted. It only focuses on perceiving the result of the views,
interaction, and treatment of heterosexuality. There are no biases in this present study.
 Research Design

For the research design, the researchers used mixed method. Mixed method is utilizing
both qualitative and quantitative approach in a research. It is because research
methodology continues to evolve in order to cater to the needs of researchers in
researching for data. More insight can be acquired from utilizing both gathered numerical
and non-numerical data from quantitative and qualitative approaches, respectively
(Creswell & Creswell, 2017).

In this study, the researchers conducted a survey which helps to identify different point of
views of the students studying in Mabalacat City College.

Participants

A convenient sample consists of subjects included in the study because they happen to
be in the right place at the right time. Respondents who met the sample criteria were
identified by the researchers at Mabalacat City College. A non-probability sampling is
meant to convince the researchers to participate and share their views. Thus, the
respondents were chosen, a maximum standard of 30 respondents or students.

Instruments

In gathering data, the researchers used the questionnaire method. The questions were
answered by the students of Mabalacat City College. It is the most widely used approach
to scaling responses in survey research, such that the term is often used interchangeably
with rating scale, although there are other types of rating scales. It also assumes that the
strength or intensity of experience is linear. Respondents may be offered a choice of five
to seven or even nine pre-coded responses with the neutral point being neither agree nor
disagree.
 Data Collection

The data was collected over a period of 2 days. The researchers roam around the area
of school in order to distribute the questionnaire to the chosen respondents. The papers
are not separated by gender. When a questionnaire is used as a data gathering
instrument, it is necessary to determine whether questions and instructions are clear to
subjects and whether they understand what is required from them.

Data Analysis

This section discusses the data analysis and findings from 30 questionnaires completed
by the chosen respondents from Mabalacat City College who took part in this study. The
purpose of this study was to give analysis of the following data: respondents’ profile such
as students and point of views that molded their perception towards LGBTQI+. Data were
obtained from self-administered questionnaires completed by 30 respondents (n=30). 30
in first year students, 30 in response rate for a total of 100%.

Descriptive analysis was used in identify frequencies and percentage to answer all the
survey questions. All the respondents were able to answer the survey questions therefore
percentages correspond to the total number of respondents answering the individual
survey. The statistical significance of relationships among selected variables was
determined using the Likert’ type scale. The level of significance was set at 0.20.

Response Frequency Percentage

1ST YEAR STUDENTS 30 1.0

Total: 100%