Institutionalizing the Protection of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Rights in the Public and Private Secondary Schools of Dumaguete City, Philippines

Abstract

The investigation explored the extent of policy implementation among public and private Junior High School administrators and other policy implementers of the Philippine Department of Education Order Number . 32, series of 2017 in the City of Dumaguete. To obtain the needed data, the researcher came up with the research questions focused on the respondents’ profile and their extent of knowledge, attitude, perceived capability, and involvement, serving as important exploratory variables. The theories on planned behavior, curriculum, and policy implementation served as the study’s backbone. Then, the researcher utilized the mixed methods of descriptive quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Findings reveal that public school respondents were more knowledgeable on the provisions of the policy. On the attitude, both groups of respondents tended to accept the diversity of the LGBT community. There was a significant difference (probability value = 0.020) in the overall extent of compliance with the GAD policy among the three groups of respondents. There was a significant relationship (probability value = 0.002) between the attitudes toward LGBT and the overall extent of compliance. There was a significant correlation (probability value = 0.000) between the respondents’ involvement and compliance to implement the policy. There was a significant association (probability value = 0.000) between the respondents’ capability and overall extent of compliance to implement the policy. Lastly, there was a significant difference (probability value = 0.003) between private and public schools regarding the overall extent of compliance to implement the policy. Hence, the respondents in the private schools were less compliant on the implementation of the Philippine Department of Education Order Number  32 series of  2017.  From the study results, the researcher recommended that protection of LGBT rights be institutionalized in the junior high schools in Dumaguete City since the respondents’ extent of compliance was not sufficient to assure protection of the LGBT sector in the schools. Thus, the writer presents the research output, A Proposed Three-Year Action Plan, 2019-2021.