Stability or Change? A Cross‐Cultural Look at Attitudes Toward Sexual and Gender Identity Minorities

Kite, Mary E.; Togans, LaCount J.; Schultz, T.

doi:10.1002/9781119519348.ch20

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“…Research in this area has examined trend changes in attitudes over time and across contexts (Gerhards, 2010;Kelley, 2001;Smith, 2011). Overall, studies indicate a progressive increase in the acceptance of lesbians and gay men in many parts of the world, especially among younger cohorts (Flores, 2019;Kite, Togans, & Schultz, 2019;Smith, 2011). Research in Latin America has shown similar patterns.…”

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Attitudes Toward Lesbians, Gay Men, and Their Rights in a Sample of Ecuadorian Cisgender Men and Women

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Hidalgo-Andrade

Torres

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Journal of Homosexuality

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Since 1997, Ecuador has undergone a series of changes to ensure family rights to sexual minorities. However, there is still limited research regarding attitudes toward them. This study focused on the attitudes toward lesbians (L), gay men (G), and their rights. A sample of 318 cisgender Ecuadorians who responded to an online survey was recruited. Analyses indicated that men, heterosexuals, who practice their religion, attend more frequently to religious services, and identify as conservative showed higher levels of prejudice against LG as well as less support toward their rights. Further, participants who did not have LG acquaintances, friends, family members, and those who did not know any LG parented family showed less support toward these populations. Multiple regression analyses indicated that believing that a person's sexual orientation is learned significantly predicted the attitudes measured in our study. Implications of these findings to help reduce prejudice against LG individuals are discussed.

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Section: Research On Attitudes Toward Lesbians Gay Men and Lesbian And Gay Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes Toward Lesbians, Gay Men, and Their Rights in a Sample of Ecuadorian Cisgender Men and Women

Hermosa-Bosano

Hidalgo-Andrade

Torres

et al. 2021

Journal of Homosexuality

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“…An important step in managing hurtful comments, especially when they are unexpected, is stopping to consider the source of the students' beliefs. For example, sexual minorities exist in a culture where, not so long ago, homosexuality was considered a pathology and same-gender sexual behavior was deemed illegal and immoral; from this vantage point, perhaps the student's reaction to the topic was unsurprising (see Kite et al, 2019). For us (Sam and Scott), the antecedents of our students' responses were sown long ago and likely seemed reasonable to them.…”

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Mistakes were made by me: Recovering when an instructor’s error affects classroom dynamics.

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2021

Navigating Difficult Moments in Teaching Diversity and Social Justice.

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“…Finally, individuals from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background-defined here as Australian residents coming from countries whose main language is not English-may be less likely to use inclusive language. This responds to both evidence of more conservative attitudes toward gender and sexuality in many non-Western cultures (Kite et al, 2019) and possible difficulties in incorporating new terms and complex pronouns in a non-native language. Altogether, we expect that the degree of comfort using trans-affirming language will be greater among younger, more educated, non-religious, and native English-speaking employees (Hypothesis 2).…”

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You, Me, and Them: Understanding Employees’ Use of Trans-Affirming Language within the Workplace

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Introduction As the benefits of workplace inclusion become progressively recognized, employers are making greater efforts to cultivate inclusive organizational environments where employees from diverse backgrounds can thrive. Yet academic research has often neglected issues of sexual orientation and gender diversity. We contribute to redressing this knowledge gap by examining processes of workplace inclusion for employees with diverse genders and sexualities, focusing on an under-researched area—the role of language. Methods Using a regression framework, we empirically examine how different individual and workplace factors are associated with employees’ inclusive language use toward their trans- and gender-diverse colleagues. To accomplish this, we undertook the first-ever analyses of unique survey data from the 2020 Australian Workplace Equality Index Employee Survey (n ~ 27,000 employees and ~ 150 employers). Results Our results highlight the role of employees’ socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., their gender and sexual orientation, age, education, and religiosity) as well as the role of features of the workplace environment (e.g., employer’s size, location, and inclusion culture). Conclusions While use of appropriate language toward individuals with diverse genders and sexualities constitutes an important stepping stone to their workplace inclusion, this study has demonstrated that its adoption remains incomplete and highly segmented. Social Policy Implications These findings bear important implications for the design, targeting, and implementation of programs aimed at fostering trans-affirming language and the workplace inclusion of individuals from sexual and gender minorities.

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Stability or Change? A Cross‐Cultural Look at Attitudes Toward Sexual and Gender Identity Minorities

Cited by 20 publications

References 71 publications

Attitudes Toward Lesbians, Gay Men, and Their Rights in a Sample of Ecuadorian Cisgender Men and Women

Attitudes Toward Lesbians, Gay Men, and Their Rights in a Sample of Ecuadorian Cisgender Men and Women

Mistakes were made by me: Recovering when an instructor’s error affects classroom dynamics.

You, Me, and Them: Understanding Employees’ Use of Trans-Affirming Language within the Workplace

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