title: 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.
authors: a Department of Social Work , University of Memphis , Memphis , Tennessee , USA.
authors: Robin
authors: R
authors: Lennon-Dearing
authors: a Department of Social Work , University of Memphis , Memphis , Tennessee , USA.
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Delavega
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D001727:Bisexuality; D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities; D000068217:Social Workers / Q000523:psychology*; D013240:Stereotyping; D013714:Tennessee; D063106:Transgender Persons; D014189:Transsexualism; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bisexual; LGBT; discriminatory bills; gay; lesbian; political affiliation; religious affiliation; social contact; social empathy; social workers; transgender