Relationship between religious background, intergroup contact and acceptance of LGBT in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ting, Su Hie, Hsin-Nie, Ling
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Industry Networks 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38434/3/RELATIONSHIP%20BETWEEN%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38434/; https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ijssr/article/view/17719
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Attitudes towards homosexuality have been found to vary with religious background and contact with LGBT individuals. Intergroup contact may result in more favourable attitudes towards homosexuality and research has suggested that the people who are more open to gender non-conformity may be young, fe...