Referencia: Barrientos, J., Cárdenas, M., Gómez, F., & Guzmán, M. Chapter 15: Gay Men and Male-to-Female Transgender Persons in Chile: An Exploratory Quantitative Study on Stigma, Discrimination, Victimization, Happiness and Social Well-Being, pp. 253-270. En: Thomas Köllen (ed). (2016). Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in Organizations – Global Perspectives on LGBT Workforce Diversity. Springer International Publishing: Suiza.
Autores: Barrientos, J., Cárdenas, M., Gómez, F., & Guzmán, M.
Idioma: Inglés
Resumen: Little is known about the characteristics of lesbian, gay men, bisexual and transgender individuals in Chile and the impact of stigma and discrimination on their happiness and social well-being. Against this background this study has three aims: to describe the sociodemographic profile of Chilean gay men and male-to-female (MtF) transgender population; to describe the levels of stigma and discrimination using the Subjective Scale of Stigma and Discrimination (SISD); and to describe the relationships among the SISD, other measures of discrimination and victimization, and measures of happiness and social well-being. Two types of sampling were designed. For gay men, a type of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) was used. In the case of the MtF transgender sample, snowball sampling was used. The final sample consists of 437 participants who are gay men (N = 325) and MtF transgender individuals (N = 112), with ages ranging from 18 to 64 years (M = 30.82, SD = 9.81) for gay men and from 18 to 75 years (M = 36.22, SD = 10.37) for MtF transgender individuals. The sociodemographic profile of the sample shows differential patterns revealing that MtF transgender individuals are in a more unfavorable position. There is a statistically significant difference in SISD scores between the gay men and MtF transgender individuals [t (435) = −2.48; p < 0.05; d = 0.26]. Furthermore, there are statistically significant differences in three SISD dimensions. These findings are important because they could orient the design of specific policies for each group.
