Do Social Workers Apply “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transpersons in the South?
Abstract
Across the United States there has been a spate of legislative bills and initiatives that blatantly stigmatize and discriminate against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. This study was a cross-sectional, exploratory survey designed to measure the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of Tennessee social workers and future social workers toward the LGBT population and toward proposed discriminatory legislation. A 3-way factorial ANOVA investigated the effects of political affiliation, religious affiliation, and social contact on the dependent measures. Significant main effects were found. Self-reported political affiliation was found to be the most important factor predicting LGBT acceptance and LGBT respect among this sample.
Publication Title
Journal of Homosexuality
Recommended Citation
Lennon-Dearing, R., & Delavega, E. (2016). Do Social Workers Apply “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transpersons in the South?. Journal of Homosexuality, 63 (9), 1171-1193. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2016.1150058
