Predicting opposition to the civil rights of trans persons in the United Kingdom

Although there is considerable evidence tcirc trans persons are victims of discrimination, social psychologists have rarely explored prejudice against this minority group. We extrapolated from models of heterosexism to test hypotheses about support for and opposition to trans persons' civil rig...

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Published in:Journal of community & applied social psychology 2006-01, Vol.16 (1), p.70-80
Main Authors: Tee, Nicola, Hegarty, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sociology
Behavior. Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
Civil rights
Discrimination
essentialism
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender
heterosexism
Heterosexuality
Minority groups
Prejudice
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Regression analysis
Social psychology
trans persons
Transsexuality
transsexuals
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Summary:Although there is considerable evidence tcirc trans persons are victims of discrimination, social psychologists have rarely explored prejudice against this minority group. We extrapolated from models of heterosexism to test hypotheses about support for and opposition to trans persons' civil rights. Opposition to trans persons civil rights among 151 participants was correlated with heterosexism, authoritarianism, a belief that there are only two sexes, beliefs that gender is biologically based and several demographic variables. Linear regression showed that heterosexism, authoritarianism, contact with sexual minorities and beliefs in biological gender predicted unique variance in opposition to trans persons' civil rights. Differences and similarities between prejudice towards sexual and gender minorities are discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1052-9284
1099-1298
DOI:10.1002/casp.851