Attitudes towards homosexuals from members of a Mexican Religious Community Center

Introduction: In Mexico there’s more than one million homosexuals, who usually report rejection by their own family members, impliying the need of search for support and security in other contexts, such as the religious. Despite the messages of compassion and support that religious centers usually provide, there is still rejection towards sexual minorities. The aim of this study was to identify the acceptance and rejection of homosexuals in a Mexican religious center. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 111 people belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The scale of attitude towards homosexuality was applied. Correlation analysis, t Student, ANOVA with Tukey's post-hoc test and hierarchical regression models were conducted. Results: The analyses revealed that acceptance of homosexuals is greater than their rejection. However, a certain tendency to rejection persists, especially in the younger population of this study. Conclusion: Religious practices can be both a source of support and distress for the homosexual population. In this study it was identified the degree of acceptance and rejection of heterosexual members of a Mexican religious center toward homosexuals, allowing us to discern the need to focus future interventions on the acceptance of the homosexual population.引言：墨西哥境内有超过一百万同性恋者，他们普遍报告称遭受来自家庭成员的排斥，这使得他们需要在其他场域寻求支持与保障，例如宗教场所。尽管宗教场所通常会传递包容与支持的理念，但性少数群体依然会遭遇排斥。本研究旨在探明墨西哥某宗教场所内人群对同性恋者的接纳与排斥态度。 方法：本研究针对111名隶属于耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints）的信徒开展横断面研究，采用同性恋态度量表进行施测。本研究开展了相关分析、t检验、结合图基事后检验的方差分析以及层级回归模型分析。 结果：分析结果显示，人群对同性恋者的接纳程度高于排斥程度。但仍存在一定程度的排斥倾向，尤其在本研究的年轻群体中更为明显。 结论：宗教活动既可为同性恋群体提供支持，也可能成为其困扰的来源。本研究探明了墨西哥某宗教场所内异性教友对同性恋者的接纳与排斥程度，据此明确了未来的干预工作应聚焦于提升同性恋群体接纳度的必要性。