Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities

Social struggles have led to the legal recognition of the rights of LGTBI+ people in some countries. Even so, violence against LGTBI+ people is a social problem throughout the world, and has resulted in the vulnerability and victimization of the members of this group. In Spain, no research has been...

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Autores: Dueñas, Jorge-Manuel, Racionero-Plaza, Sandra, Melgar, Patricia, Sanvicén, Paquita
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40504-021-00112-y
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Palavra-chave:Violence
LGBTI+ students
University students
Sexual orientation
Gender identity
Gender expression
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spelling Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universitiesDueñas, Jorge-ManuelRacionero-Plaza, SandraMelgar, PatriciaSanvicén, PaquitaViolenceLGBTI+ studentsUniversity studentsSexual orientationGender identityGender expressionSocial struggles have led to the legal recognition of the rights of LGTBI+ people in some countries. Even so, violence against LGTBI+ people is a social problem throughout the world, and has resulted in the vulnerability and victimization of the members of this group. In Spain, no research has been published to date that analyzes this problem in the university context. Considering the scarcity of studies on the identification of this type of violence in Spain, the main objective of this study was to identify violence against LGBTI+ people in Catalan universities. We administered a battery of questions to a sample of 571 university students from six universities in Catalonia (77.8% women) between 17 and 55 years old (M = 21.0; SD = 3.96). Of the 12 situations of violence presented, psychological violence was identified as the most common type. Within our sample, 61.0% reported either being aware of or having experienced some type of violence related to the university context and motivated by the sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of the victim. The results also show that these types of violence in the university context are rarely reported, especially when they do not include physical violence. This study highlights a previously unreported problem and identifies future research avenues in university contexts.This work is part of the project Uni4Freedom. Violence due to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression, which was supported by the Obra Social La Caixa [2017ACUP00235].BioMed Central2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40504-021-00112-yhttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/70808reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1186/s40504-021-00112-yLife Sciences, Society and Policy, 2021, vol. 17, a3cc-by (c) Dueñas et al., 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/708082026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
title Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
spellingShingle Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
Dueñas, Jorge-Manuel
Violence
LGBTI+ students
University students
Sexual orientation
Gender identity
Gender expression
title_short Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
title_full Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
title_fullStr Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
title_full_unstemmed Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
title_sort Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dueñas, Jorge-Manuel
Racionero-Plaza, Sandra
Melgar, Patricia
Sanvicén, Paquita
author Dueñas, Jorge-Manuel
author_facet Dueñas, Jorge-Manuel
Racionero-Plaza, Sandra
Melgar, Patricia
Sanvicén, Paquita
author_role author
author2 Racionero-Plaza, Sandra
Melgar, Patricia
Sanvicén, Paquita
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Violence
LGBTI+ students
University students
Sexual orientation
Gender identity
Gender expression
topic Violence
LGBTI+ students
University students
Sexual orientation
Gender identity
Gender expression
description Social struggles have led to the legal recognition of the rights of LGTBI+ people in some countries. Even so, violence against LGTBI+ people is a social problem throughout the world, and has resulted in the vulnerability and victimization of the members of this group. In Spain, no research has been published to date that analyzes this problem in the university context. Considering the scarcity of studies on the identification of this type of violence in Spain, the main objective of this study was to identify violence against LGBTI+ people in Catalan universities. We administered a battery of questions to a sample of 571 university students from six universities in Catalonia (77.8% women) between 17 and 55 years old (M = 21.0; SD = 3.96). Of the 12 situations of violence presented, psychological violence was identified as the most common type. Within our sample, 61.0% reported either being aware of or having experienced some type of violence related to the university context and motivated by the sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of the victim. The results also show that these types of violence in the university context are rarely reported, especially when they do not include physical violence. This study highlights a previously unreported problem and identifies future research avenues in university contexts.
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Life Sciences, Society and Policy, 2021, vol. 17, a3
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