Causes of Heterosexual People’s Changing Attitudes Towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Group

Abstract

With the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community appearing in public pervasively, people's perspectives on this minority group are polarized. Even though some people have gradually established the perspective of tolerance and protection of LGBT people, discrimination against them still exists. In this paper, we aim to find the causes of Heterosexual people's changing attitudes toward LGBT groups. We present the hypothesis that the factors of changing ideas of heterosexual people toward LGBT people vary a lot, including films, TV series, news, real ambient examples, and social media. To test this hypothesis, fetch information from literature reviews, mostly online resources, and distribute an online survey through WeChat, a Chinese social media software, to people who belong to the Heterosexual group. Respondents were asked to answer ten multiple-choice questions related to their understandings and conversion of their attitudes. The results showed that external factors caused Heterosexual people to alter their attitudes in a wide variety, verifying our hypothesis. We hope that by studying the factors that influence the change of Heterosexual groups' attitudes towards LGBT. We can extract methods and measures tailored to local conditions to promote society to treat this minority group more equally. We also hope to study the acceptance of different modes of communication by different people, and then have a clearer understanding and comprehension of entertainment and media in cultural communication.

Perception in Uniform: A Study of Police Attitudes towards the Transgender Community in Pakistan

“…Officers who are younger, better educated, and/or have attended diversity training are more likely to have a good outlook on the transgender community. The importance of education and training in moulding views is highlighted, and the possibility of a generational shift in outlook is raised (Li et al, 2022). These results were bolstered by the qualitative data, which showed that many officers' biases stem from ignorance of transgender issues and cultural expectations.…”

“…Officers' attitudes about the transgender community may be heavily influenced by their own religious convictions. Attempts to combat bias among police officers have a special difficulty at the point where religious teachings and police procedures intersect (Li et al, 2022).…”

“…The study finishes with a list of recommendations meant to improve police attitudes about the transgender population, based on the findings from both quantitative and qualitative assessments. The goals of these suggestions are to increase mutual respect and understanding between police officers and transgender people through the implementation of new policies, the development of more comprehensive training programs, and the implementation of community engagement techniques (Li et al, 2022).…”

“…The police play a pivotal role in upholding or subverting transgender people's denial of basic rights and the systemic impediments they encounter in today's society. Lack of safety for transgender people, who are already marginalized and vulnerable to violence and discrimination, can be exacerbated by police officers' negative attitudes and opinions (Li et al, 2022;Stotzer, 2014).…”