Factors influencing the career and academic choices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
This is an empirical study of academic and career choices for 119 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students using a questionnaire. Respondents who reported that their sexual orientation influenced their choices a great deal indicated that the influences were both positive and negative. This group was most likely to have experienced anti-LGBT discrimination in the past. In comparing lesbian, bisexual people, and gay males, gay males and respondents from visible minorities were the most likely to feel a negative impact, while bisexual respondents were the least likely. There were too few transgender respondents to include in these statistical comparisons; however, frequencies suggest that transgender people may be the most vulnerable of all. Results suggest that counselors need to take sexual orientation issues, particularly past experiences of discrimination, when working with LGBT clients.
Department of Adult Education and Counseling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. margaret.schneider@utoronto.ca
Margaret S
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Schneider
Anne
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001727:Bisexuality; D002321:Career Choice; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D011287:Prejudice; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014189:Transsexualism; D055815:Young Adult