Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine faculty members' views of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and intersex individuals.Design and Methods: The study sample consists of 180 faculty members who agreed to participate in the study.
Findings:The faculty members had positive attitudes towards homosexuals but were highly homophobic; furthermore, their responses to questions about their close social circle were severely homophobic.Practice Implications: It is recommended that psychiatric nurses play an active role in eliminating faculty members' lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and intersexrelated knowledge deficiency.
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