Campus climate for students with diverse sexual orientations and/or gender identities at the University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand Gareth Treharne, Melanie Beres, Max Nicolson, Aimee Richardson, Christian Ruzibiza, Katie Graham, Hahna Briggs and Neill Ballantyne
By: Treharne, Gareth J.
Contributor(s): Beres, Melanie A | Nicolson, Max | Richardson, Aimee | Ruzibiza, Christian | Graham, Katie | Briggs, Hahna | Ballantyne, Neill.
Material type: BookPublisher: Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Students' Association, 2016ISBN: 9780473375737.Subject(s): University of Otago | ATTITUDES | BISEXUAL | GAY | GENDER DIVERSE | LESBIAN | LGBTIQ+ | SURVEYS | TAKATĀPUI | SEXUAL ORIENTATION | TERTIARY STUDENTS | TRANSGENDER | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: Despite increasingly positive attitudes towards diversity in sexual orientation and gender identity, university students who identify as lesbian/gay/takatāpui, bisexual/pansexual, trans, asexual, questioning, and/or queer* (LGBTAQ) continue to experience harassment and discrimination on campus to a great extent than students who identify as heterosexual and a binary gender (HAABG). Previous studies, predominantly conducted in the United States, have reported that LGBTAQ students experience harassment, threats, and even physical assault on campus, most commonly from other students. Because of this harassment, it is not surprising that some LGBTAQ students do not disclose their identity on campus for fear of negative consequences. Studies also suggest that support services can act to reduce the occurrence, and the impact, of harassment and discrimination. The main aim of this project was to survey the campus experiences of students attending the University of Otago and to compare the views and experiences of LGBTAQ students and HAABG students in terms of: forms of harassment and discrimination they have faced; fear for safety; concealment of sexual orientation and/or gender identity; views on which groups of people within the LGBTAQ umbrella they perceive as facing harassment on campus; views on organisational responses to LGBTAQ issues; views of the OUSA Queer* Support service; and views on the overall campus climate including climate within classes. (From the abstract). Record #8436Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Despite increasingly positive attitudes towards diversity in sexual orientation and gender identity, university students who identify as lesbian/gay/takatāpui, bisexual/pansexual, trans, asexual, questioning, and/or queer* (LGBTAQ) continue to experience harassment and discrimination on campus to a great extent than students who identify as heterosexual and a binary gender (HAABG). Previous studies, predominantly conducted in the United States, have reported that LGBTAQ students experience harassment, threats, and even physical assault on campus, most commonly from other students. Because of this harassment, it is not surprising that some LGBTAQ students do not disclose their identity on campus for fear of negative consequences. Studies also suggest that support services can act to reduce the occurrence, and the impact, of harassment and discrimination. The main aim of this project was to survey the campus experiences of students attending the University of Otago and to compare the views and experiences of LGBTAQ students and HAABG students in terms of: forms of harassment and discrimination they have faced; fear for safety; concealment of sexual orientation and/or gender identity; views on which groups of people within the LGBTAQ umbrella they perceive as facing harassment on campus; views on organisational responses to LGBTAQ issues; views of the OUSA Queer* Support service; and views on the overall campus climate including climate within classes. (From the abstract). Record #8436