Youth Perspective Towards LGBT’s Behavior Based on Gender: Implications on Social Work

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210312.092How to use a DOI?

Keywords

LGBT, Gender, Malaysia Youth

Abstract

Transsexual phenomena in Malaysia are considered as symptoms of gender disruption or identity crisis in which the individual has a behavior that is contrary to the norm of a person’s normal life. This situation has made the community less accepting of the transsexual and even a scorn for some people because they are considered to have deviated from the norms of society. This study conducted on undergraduate students across Malaysia. The main aim of this study was to identify the association between gender factors among youths influences stigma and discrimination against LGBT people and to identify gender factors through adolescents affect the awareness level of acceptance of the issue of LGBT group acceptance in the social system. In addition, this study also aimed to identify whether Social Work interventions are appropriate for enhancing youth understanding in reducing LGBT-related risks. The selected study locations are throughout Malaysia. The research data were quantitatively obtained through the questionnaire method. The questionnaire was distributed randomly to 1200 respondents comprising undergraduate students throughout Malaysia. Questionnaires were divided into sections such as respondents’ demographics, lesbian perceptions and gay perceptions. The statistical analysis used in this study was ANOVA. The findings show that there is a youth perspective on LGBT behavior based on gender and the implications for social work. Through the results of this study, several appropriate suggestions and interventions by social workers have been put forward by researchers for improvement to address LGBT issues.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M S N Abu Hassan
AU  - A Ab Halim
AU  - A B H M Maliki
AU  - Kalfin
AU  - S H Yuningsih
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/13
TI  - Youth Perspective Towards LGBT’s Behavior Based on Gender: Implications on Social Work
BT  - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Industrial Revolution (ICSTEIR 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 574
EP  - 578
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210312.092
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210312.092
ID  - Hassan2021
ER  -