Effects of Discrimination on the Academic Performance of Junior High Homosexuals of Old Boso-Boso National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Homosexuality among students is now rampant. It is usually called a gender crisis to every individual suffers from this abnormality in their behavior. People would often throw them hurtful words just to make them feel inferiors and even hurt them physically. Schools should be safe places for everyone. These abuses can cause deep and lasting harm and curtail student's right to education, protected under the Philippine and international law. (HRW, 2017) According to the Advocates of Youth (2017), about 86% of LGBT students reported verbal harassment at school and 44% of LGBT youth reported being physically harassed at school because of their sexual orientation. The consequences of physical and verbal abuse directed at LGBT students include truancy, dropping out of school, poor grades and having to repeat a grade. This phenomenon has made the researchers curious about how discrimination affects the academic performance of a homosexual Junior High School students of Old Boso-Boso National High School.

METHODS

This study made use of the descriptive, survey research design to determine the effects of discrimination on the homosexual Junior High School students of Old Boso National High School for the school year 2018-2019. This study used a purposive sampling method in selecting the participants. All junior high school students of the said school that are homosexuals were given survey questionnaires to determine their academic performance and the degree of discrimination experienced. This study used the percentage mean scores and t-test to determine the effects of discrimination on the academic performance of the students.

RESULTS

Most of the respondents of the study were 15 years old with the highest percentage of 31.82 percent and the least number of respondents was 13 years old with a percentage of 18.18 percent. Further, most of the respondents are achievers with the highest percentage of 68.18 percent and the least number of respondents are with honors having the percentage of 31.82 percent.

DISCUSSIONS

This study showed that homosexuals in the said school experienced discrimination on their peers but in different degrees of discrimination. Homosexual experiencing low discrimination got high grades than those experiencing high discrimination.KEYWORDS: