Empoderamiento, bienestar social y discriminación del colectivo LGTB en Iberoamérica

Abstract

In the last decades the concept of empowerment has gained importance in the field of social sciences. However, there are limited studies assessing the empowerment within the gay communities, a traditionally discriminated group and whose right to marry has not yet been recognized in many countries around the world. The main objective of this study is to analyze in what extent the laws of same-sex marriages have an impact in the empowerment of the LGBT population and if such empowerment is related to a greater social well-being and less discrimination of the same. This study counted with a total of 1290 participants of the LGBT community, of 22 Ibero-american countries, the contact was carried out by means of social networks, associations and face to face interaction. The results obtained show that there are significant differences in the level of empowerment, the countries with same-sex marriage laws, showed a higher empowerment. Also we observe that the empowerment is related positively with the social well-being and with the perception of discrimination. It was assessed the implications of these findings as well as the future lines of research.