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Faculty members' views of individuals with different sexual orientations
1Graduate School of Health Sciences, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to determine faculty members' views of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and intersex individuals.
Design And Methods:
The study sample consists of 180 faculty members who agreed to participate in the study.
Findings:
The faculty members had positive attitudes towards homosexuals but were highly homophobic; furthermore, their responses to questions about their close social circle were severely homophobic.
Practice Implications:
It is recommended that psychiatric nurses play an active role in eliminating faculty members' lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and intersex-related knowledge deficiency.
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