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Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Introduction

Catalyst recognizes that there are many different ways people may choose to identify

based on their gender or sexuality. We are committed to understanding and accommodating

unique needs that people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, and/or many

additional identities (LGBTIQ+) may have when it comes to receiving support in their

relationships. In alignment with or agency value of understanding the diversity of human

experience, we have expanded our services to provide more culturally sensitive support for

people who identify as part of these communities.

According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (1989), 26% of gay and

lesbian youth are forced to leave home because of conflicts over their sexual orientation. In

a study of 194 gay and lesbian youth, 25% were verbally abused by parents, and nearly 10%

dealt with threatened or actual violence. D’Augelli (1997). Approximately 40% of homeless

youths are identified as gays, lesbian or bisexual Eversole.

LGBTIQ+ Lovers should be respected because having into that situation is not easy

because some of them are discriminated by the other people. And also the social acceptance

into LGBTIQ+ Lovers is important to a certain individual for them not to attempt any kind of

situation that might lead them into death like attempting killing there self or attempting

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suicide. And also social acceptance makes a certain person to stay strong despite of facing all

the discrimination in their life.

This study deals with the people who engaged in this kind of situation because having

into their situation we know that it would never easy and also it will affect in their life when

they are already discriminated. This study will make them to realize that even if there is a

problem involving to this situation but still everyone must respect each of us decision and as

long as individual is also happy we must also happy for them, appreciate and accept what

they really are.

Research Question:

This study will seek to find answer for the following question:

1.) What are the Plights of LGBT Lovers?

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Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses with the LGBTIQ+ who engaging this kind of relationship in Buenavista

Tandag City Senior High School. The study is conducted on the second semester of the S.Y. 2018-

2019. The target informants are the selected LGBTIQ+ lovers in Buenavista Tandag City

Senior High School.

Significance of the Study

The result of this study will be beneficial to the following entities:

Law makes. This study can help the LGBTIQ+ people to protect their rights specially the

LGBTIQ+ Lovers. We have to give their freedom to do what they want.

LGBTIQ+ Community. The LGBTIQ+ community represented by a social component of the

global community that is believed by many, including heterosexual allies, to be under

represented in the area of civil rights.

Society. For youth to thrive in schools and communities, they need to feel socially,

emotionally, and physically safe and supported. A positive school climate has been

associated with decreased depression, suicidal feelings, substance use, and unexcused school

absences among LGBTIQ+ students.

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Senior High School Department
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Definition of Terms

As to make the words concise, we give the definition operationally and conceptually.

Bisexual. Someone who is in all ways attractive to both guys and girls. It is not because they

are sex fanatics, or simply can’t decide.

Gay. Gay means a man who is only attracted to other man.

Intersex. An individual having reproductive organs or external sexual characteristics of both

male and female.

Lesbian. The definition of lesbian is something related to homosexual women or who feel

sexual attraction to other women.

LGBTIQ+ Lovers. May refer to a person having a sexual or romantic relationship with

someone outside marriage.

Plights. Means predicament, it comes from the word for pleat, which means fold. A plights is a tough

bind. You’ll usually hear the word plight for groups of people or animals struggling to survive, or

struggling for better lives. We talk about the plight of refugees or the plight of sea birds after an oil

spill. An old-fashion use of plight is for pledge. If you get engaged, you give a plight of your love.

Queer. Something that is odd, different, strange or non-mainstream.

Transgender. Someone who is transgender has a gender identify which does not fully correspond to

the sex assigned to them at birth.

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CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
This part of narrative research examines relationships between existing and relevant

literatures deemed necessary to grasp better understanding about the study.

Content

In the study of Ryan and Bernard (2003) in India, the ‘LGBTIQ+’ acronym stands for

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. People in the LGBTIQ+ community are fighting for

equal rights and acceptance. Transgender people, especially, face a lot of difficulty in

finding acceptance. People in the LGBTIQ+ community are looked down upon all the time.

This is a major issue because discrimination against the LGBTIQ+ community is highly

prevalent. People’s prejudices lead them to think that LGBTIQ+ people are odd and very

different.

If someone has to live while hiding integral aspects of them, then one is as good as

dead and nobody talks about the dead people. Many countries have legalised same sex

marriage because they understand the need of having the freedom to love and the freedom

to marry whoever you want. Everyone has the right to marriage since marriage is all about

love and not gender.

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Every year, a huge number of LGBTIQ+ people face huge issues related to violence,

unemployment, discrimination, poverty and lack of healthcare. Prejudiced people have

issues with the way people from the LGBTIQ+ community lead their lives. These people, I

believe, are being immature. There are still many places in India where people are not

aware of what LGBTIQ+ stands for, because they think those who are gay are not allowed to

be a part of the family.

Cole (2007) in New York City, mentions that there is a higher rate of abuse, neglect,

and discrimination against LGBTIQ+ youths than straights youths. I believe that most

parents would prefer straight students over gay students. The word “faggot” is often used

by anti-gay peers to terrorize LGBTIQ+ youths. Words such as “faggot” or “gay” are

sometimes used in a negative sense to express something either stupid or uncool. (Human

Rights Watch, 2001). Occurs that it shows an even greater sign of discrimination against

LGBTIQ+ youths. I noticed that these words are not only used in the real word but also in

movies and TV shows which makes it harder for LGBTIQ= youths to deal with. In addition

to the discrimination from society and their peers, LGBTIQ+ also endure discrimination

from home/families and particularly schools.

In the above case, the parents was being supportive to her hay son while the school

officials were not Brow man (2001) in Philippines. Like many other schools, they choose to

ignore the fact that the gay students is being bullied and discrimination against. As

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mentioned earlier in the paper, that kind of response from school also contributes to the

effects of depression on LGBTIQ+ youths.

Synthesis

Some of the related studies have important information about LGBTIQ+ society.

Some of the author said to their study that LGBTIQ+ is not a problem in our society, and

everyone must need to accept what they are, everyone must treat them equally as like a

normal relationship in the eye of others as long as the person is happy what relationship

they have in life we must to accept them and respect.

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Senior High School Department
Buenavista, Tandag City

CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This part of the research shows the study will be conduct through the use of

qualitative design, sampling method, data collection procedure, data analysis procedure, and

the research instrument.

Qualitative Research Design

According to Marchall (1996) Qualitative Inquiry provides an overview of the five

main traditions of qualitative research will approach and its applicability to different types

of inquiry. Illustrative example from public health and social science fields are provided.

The book details study design, question development, data collection and analysis, and

summarizing and interpreting results, and research process differs according to each

approach.

In conducting qualitative research, researchers will use narrative as an approach to

inquiry. According to Connelly (1990), narrative inquiry has a long intellectual history both

in and out of education. It is increasingly used in studies of educational experience. This

approach has been used in many disciplines to learn more about the culture, historical

experiences, identity, and lifestyle.

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Sampling Procedure and Sample

The study will use purposive sampling and qualified informants through a set of

criteria. The main objective of a purposive sample is to produce a sample that can be logically

assumed to be representative of the population. This is often accomplished by applying

expert knowledge of the population to select in a nonrandom manner a sample of elements

that represents a cross-section of the population (Lavrakas 2008).

The following are the set of criteria that informants is qualified (1) a person who has

a relationship with the same gender and (2) a student in Buenavista National High School

who belongs to the LGBTIQ+ community and (3) 15 years of age and above. In order to

achieve the goal of the study criteria is set to choose qualified informants thereof.

Data Collection Procedure

Narrative research involves multiple sources and techniques to gather data from the

informants. In data gathering, we will ask permission from the School Head and the advisers

in Senior High School Department that we will be conducting a study. If the permission will

be approved, we will give informed consent to the target informants for them to be able to

know about the said study and we will be signing in the informed consent especially the

informants.

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Informed consent is an ethical and legal requirements for research involving human

participants. It is the process where a participant is informed about all aspects of the trial,

which are important for the participant to make a decision and after studying all aspects of

the trial the participant voluntarily confirms his or her willingness to participate in a

particular clinical trial and significance of the research for advancement of medical

knowledge and social welfare (Nijhawan, Janodia, Muddukrishna, Bhat, Bairy, Udupa, and

Musmade 2013)

To collect data in details, we will interview them personally and we will be using

audio-recording. In that way, all of the answers of the informants will be completely recorded

as to what participants say.

Data Analysis Procedure

In analyzing the data, we will transcribe the recorded information from the

informants. After transcribing the information, we will decode the names of the

participants to hide their real personality. Decoding is comprises the skills and knowledge

by which a reader translates printed words into speech; more simply, how a reader

pronounces a word in either silent or oral reading. Then we will be going to separate the

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answers of the informants according to their themes. According to (Gery W. Ryan, H.

Russell Bernard 2003) one of the most fundamental tasks in qualitative research. It also is

one of the most mysterious. Explicit descriptions of theme discovery are rarely found in

articles and reports, and when they are, they are often relegated to appendices or

footnotes. This is to clearly understand the mean of the informants’ feedback to the

interviewer.

Research Instruments

In this narrative research, Research Interview Guide Question will be used as

research instrument for the conduct of our interview to the informants. Research Interview

Guide Question according to ‘(Given, L. M. 2008). Interview guides summarize the content

that researchers cover during interviews. At one extreme, they may provide very minimal

directions, leading to “less structured” interviews that are designed primarily to explore the

participant's own perspective on the research topic.

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