Parental attitudes towards sexual orientation and gender diversity: challenging LGBT discrimination in Australian schools.
Cult Health Sex
; : 1-16, 2024 Sep 04.
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ABSTRACT
As Australia considers legislative reform regarding the rights of religious schools to discriminate against LGBT students and staff, claims are often made that religious parents or those enrolling children in religious schools do not affirm diversity of sexuality or gender. Using a national dataset of parents (n = 2418), attitudes towards sexual orientation, gender diversity, homophobia and transphobia were examined. Across all religiosities, school sectors and attitudinal statements, significant majorities of parents reported positive attitudes (62.7%-93.5%). Only small minorities expressly reported negative attitudes (1.6%-20.2%). Pairwise religiosity comparisons between parents with children only at a secular school, versus any religious school, revealed few differences. Amongst Catholic parents, those with children at Catholic schools and those with children only at secular schools, held similar attitudes towards LGBT issues and a majority held favourable attitudes, suggesting most Catholic parents who enrol their children in Catholic schools do so despite or in ignorance of Catholic doctrine. Findings suggest a significant majority of parents sending children to religious schools hold supportive attitudes towards diverse sexual orientations, gender diversity, and actions to address homophobia and transphobia. This empirical evidence contradicts religious schools' calls for the rights to discriminate against LGBT persons based on parental values and attitudes.
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01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Langue:
En
Journal:
Cult Health Sex
Sujet du journal:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Année:
2024
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Australie
Pays de publication:
Royaume-Uni