Support for gay men: an Australian study

Abstract

Recently, research in the U.S.A. has shown that women, and young people in particular, have become increasingly supportive of gay men. The current study used a cross-sectional, correlational design to investigate these same issues in Australia. The sample included 575 heterosexual participants, 184 men and 390 women. Because a literature search failed to identify an Australian measure of support for gay men, a Support for Gay Men Scale was developed by the researchers. Multiple regression analyses were used to investigate whether scores on the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality and the respondents' sex predicted scores on the Support for Gay Men subscales, and the strength of these relationships. Findings reveal that this relatively young university undergraduate Australian sample indicated they strongly supported gay men.

Attitudes towards same-sex parenting in Italy: the influence of traditional gender ideology

“…Much research has been conducted into factors influencing attitudes towards same-sex parenting. A substantial body of research links religious beliefs, religious behaviour and religious practice to traditional gender ideology (Denton 2004), homophobic prejudice (Copolov and Knowles 2016;Hillier and Harrison 2004;Mavhandu-Mudzusi and Sandy 2015;Whitley 2009) and negative attitudes toward same-sex unions (Edwards 2007) and same-sex parenting (Whitehead 2018). Such findings have been documented in the Italian context (Baiocco et al 2013;Lingiardi et al 2016).…”