Girl, Boy Bakla, Tomboy: the Lgbt Community in Cavite National High School –SHS as Perceived by ABM Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Our President Rodrigo R. Duterte says that "I want same-sex marriage. The problem is, we'll have to change the law, but we can change the law." We can see that this statement showed how the President supports the LGBT or homosexual community by supporting the enactment of the law on Same-Sex Marriage. Knowing that there are religious groups that are against this law, researching the different point of view of people about the influence of LGBT in society will benefit not only the community but the society in general. We conducted this research to know how the respondents, the ABM 12 students of Cavite National High School Senior High Department perceived the LGBT community in the school.

METHODS

The research is a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research. A Likert-type of the questionnaire, which was validated, was used to gather the necessary data. The administration of the questionnaire was conducted in Cavite National High School Senior High Department last November 2018.

RESULTS

The result of the study revealed that on the factors that affect the perception of the respondents about the LGBT Community, they strongly agree on religion as the factor, undecided on family, and disagreement on media are the other factors that influence their perception. The respondents agree that the influences of the LGBT community at the school are all positive.

DISCUSSIONS

To further promote equality among sexes we would like to suggest making the implementation and promoting the advocacies of GAD of the Department of Education.