Mentoring LGBT Students: Perspectives from Volunteers at a Taiwanese Buddhist University.

IF 2.4 4区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Journal of Homosexuality Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI:10.1080/00918369.2024.2389900
Shiue-Ling Lee
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An increasing number of studies related to LGBT inclusion on university campuses have emerged over the past few years. While a number of these studies address complex challenges encountered in Western religious universities, very little research has investigated religious universities in Eastern, Sinophone communities. This study sheds light on a mentor system at a prominent Buddhist university in Taiwan to investigate mentors' understandings of and interactions with LGBT students. Through the use of both qualitative and quantitative measures, the researchers found very few mentors were even aware of interactions with LGBT students. A thematic analysis of focus group data found the mentors' understandings and attitudes could be classified into three distinct categories ranging from very supportive to unintentionally discriminatory. Overall, it seems Confucian values, rather than Buddhist doctrines, is a far more influential factor on mentors' understandings and attitudes toward LGBT individuals. In particular, conflicts between Confucian thought and LGBT inclusive practices may arise when individuals concurrently display a strong desire to help, Confucian understandings of "family," and very little understanding of gender or sexuality. Finally, this study offers recommendations for future research and universities.

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指导 LGBT 学生:台湾佛教大学志愿者的观点。
过去几年中,有关大学校园中男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者融入问题的研究越来越多。其中一些研究探讨了西方宗教大学所遇到的复杂挑战,但很少有研究调查东方、讲中文社区的宗教大学。本研究揭示了台湾一所著名佛教大学的导师制度,调查导师对 LGBT 学生的理解以及与 LGBT 学生的互动。通过使用定性和定量测量方法,研究人员发现甚至很少有导师意识到与 LGBT 学生的互动。对焦点小组数据的主题分析发现,导师的理解和态度可分为三个不同的类别,从非常支持到无意歧视不等。总体看来,儒家价值观而非佛教教义对导师对 LGBT 的理解和态度的影响要大得多。特别是,当个人同时表现出强烈的帮助愿望、儒家对 "家庭 "的理解以及对性别或性取向的极少理解时,儒家思想与 LGBT 包容性实践之间可能会产生冲突。最后,本研究为未来的研究和大学提供了建议。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Homosexuality is an internationally acclaimed, peer-reviewed publication devoted to publishing a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship to foster a thorough understanding of the complexities, nuances, and the multifaceted aspects of sexuality and gender. The chief aim of the journal is to publish thought-provoking scholarship by researchers, community activists, and scholars who employ a range of research methodologies and who offer a variety of perspectives to continue shaping knowledge production in the arenas of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) studies and queer studies. The Journal of Homosexuality is committed to offering substantive, accessible reading to researchers and general readers alike in the hope of: spurring additional research, offering ideas to integrate into educational programs at schools, colleges & universities, or community-based organizations, and manifesting activism against sexual and gender prejudice (e.g., homophobia, biphobia and transphobia), including the promotion of sexual and gender justice.
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