THESIS PROPOSAL FORM

Proponent: Armando, Maria Gabriella J.

Bautista, Anisha Yvonne M.
De la Peña, John Rey C.
Mahiya, Ken Shin R.
Maring, Caira D.
Pascua, Wilfredo Jr P.
Sales, Tristan M.
Grade/Strand/Section: Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)
Title: LGBTQIA+ IMPARTIALITY AND APPRECIATION
IN SCHOOL PREMISES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
ON GENDERED UNIFORM RESTRICTIONS
AMONG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN
CALAYAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC.
Research Objectives: 1. What is the demographic profile of the
respondents in terms of
Age
Gender
Sex
2. What are the effects of gender-based uniforms
on students?
Sexuality
Self-esteem
3. What is the effects of discrimination on students,
have you ever experienced gender
discrimination, and why gender equality
important?

Related Literature: Restriction on gendered uniforms

Following recent data revealing that Australian girls
have a negative view of gender equality, a child rights
organization is advocating that gendered school
uniforms gendered school uniforms be prohibited.
For its "Dream Gap" report, Plan International surveyed
more than 1,700 girls aged 10 to 17 and found that
perhaps the vast majority of them do not consider they
were treated equally to boys.

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Why Gender-Neutral Uniforms Are The Need
Girls in skirts and boys in trousers Since the start of
time, the majority of academic institutions typically
followed this dress code. When it comes to gendered
norms children can be affected, it is as ubiquitous as
blue and pink. But due to social media and a growing
understanding of the gender spectrum, people have
finally begun to wonder why these various uniforms
exist.

Gender Expression vs. Schools and Universities

The Philippines is home to a wide range of highly
varied lifestyles that offer its people color and vibrancy.
When gender enters the discussion, the topic surpasses
blue and pink, trousers and skirts, and a simple two-way
system. Gender now plays an important part in the
growth of young minds. As more and more voices are
heard, established norms are being challenged. For
instance, the youth's learning environment and starting
point for their journey.

Discrimination Against LGBT Students in the

Philippines
Schools should be places of protection for all students.
But in the Philippines, bullying, discrimination, a lack
of information regarding LGBT issues, and rarely
physical or sexual assault, affect students who identify
as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). These
violations can inflict long-term harm and limit students'
right to an education, which is protected under
Philippine and international law. In recent years,
lawmakers and school administrators in the Philippines
have recognized that bullying of LGBT children and
teenagers is a serious issue and have devised plans to
address it. To combat bullying and discrimination in
schools, including those based on sexual orientation and
gender identity, the Department of Education (DepEd),
which is in charge of primary and secondary schools,
adopted a Child Protection Policy in 2012. The Anti-
Bullying Law of 2013 was approved by Congress the
following year, and its implementing rules and
regulations list sexual orientation and gender identity as
forbidden justifications for bullying and harassment.

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The approval of these measures sends a strong message
that bullying and discrimination are unacceptable in
educational institutions and should not be tolerated.
These policies, while powerful on paper, have not been
properly enforced. Many LGBT youths still experience
bullying and harassment at school in the absence of
proper implementation and monitoring. The
discrimination they face from peers and teachers is
exacerbated by discriminatory policies that stigmatize
and penalize LGBT students, as well as a lack of
knowledge and resources about LGBT issues.

End Gendered Uniform Restrictions

"In high school, if you had long hair, the teacher would
call you up to the front of the class and cut your hair in
front of everyone," Marisol, a 21-year-old transgender
woman in Manila, told me. I felt terrible about it. I cried
each time.
In the Philippines, where many secondary schools and
even universities impose rigidly gendered uniform and
hair-length restrictions on students according to the sex
they were assigned at birth, apparently, for school
discipline or pride, this type of public humiliation is all
too common for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) students, as documented in a new Human
Rights Watch report.

Gender-neutral school uniforms policy

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –
Children attending state-run schools in Mexico City will
no longer be required to follow a gender-specific
clothing code for their school uniforms, government
officials announced on Monday. Claudia Sheinbaum,
the left-wing mayor of Mexico City, revealed the new
gender-neutral uniform policy during a news conference
at a local school.
"The era when girls had to wear a skirt and boys had to
wear trousers has passed into history," Sheinbaum
added.
"Boys can wear skirts and girls can wear pants if they
desire to."

Limited Awareness in the Philippines

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Bullying, harassment, verbal and physical abuse, and
threats of non-inheritance of privately obtained family
properties are examples of LGBTQIA+ discrimination
in Indigenous communities in the region. In contrast to
many other Indigenous cultures, men dominate
traditional decision-making processes, festivals,
and various community concerns, as well as our
Indigenous political structures and systems. This
discrimination can be carried back to the history of our
culture as Indigenous Peoples.
A recent study conducted jointly by the Cordillera
Peoples Alliance and Innabuyog on the history and
current situation of LGBTQIA+ in the Cordillera
revealed that the inability to procreate and non-
conformity with traditional customs where individual
duties are divided between males and females are at the
heart of prejudice against LGBTQIA+. Procreation was
viewed as crucial in the continuity and strengthening of
a Tribe, especially in the older days of warrior societies.
LGBTQIA+ people experience discrimination since
they do not fulfill the criteria for traditional leadership,
which also include being married to someone of the
opposite sex, having children, and having physical and
mental strength. Being LGBTQIA+ is taboo in this
society, and it remains a delicate subject to this day.

You Can Be Both Openly LGBT and Proudly

Catholic. But It’s Not Easy
Despite its deeply ingrained Catholic culture, the
Philippines is commonly considered one of Asia's most
LGBT-friendly countries. LGBT persons have carved
out their own space in the country's churches, even
taking on important responsibilities in spreading the
faith. As Catholicism globally attempts to resolve its
problematic connection with sexual orientation and
gender expression, this devoutly Catholic Southeast
Asian country represents both tension and harmony
between doctrinal teachings on identity and modernity.
With over 1.2 billion adherents worldwide, the Roman
Catholic Church has had a tremendous influence on
modern life, laws, and customs. But, LGBT rights in
Catholic countries have been met with extreme
opposition by conservatives, who reference Bible texts

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 and Church teachings to emphasize their opposition to
homosexuality and reinforce their rigid insistence that
there are only two genders.

Significance of the The researcher believes that this study will not only
Study: yield data that will be helpful to some but especially to
the following groups of people:
Students. The results will provide students with some
knowledge about Gendered Uniform and LGBTQIA+.
It will encourage them to recognize gender-neutral
uniforms. Moreover, at the end of this study, students
would acknowledge and respect any member of the
LGBTQIA+.
Parents. Like the students, the given data would also
gain knowledge, acknowledge, and respect the gender-
neutral uniforms and the members of the LGBTQIA+.

Target respondents or Students of Calayan Education Foundation Inc. Who are

participants: not aware of the effects of gendered uniforms on the
members of the LGBTQIA+.