SDCA Journal of Psychology

Abstract

The LGBTQ+ community is an active part of society that has been discriminated and was not accorded fair judgment or recognition. So, this study was pursued to raise an awareness of their gender identity. Firstly, the researchers gave out consent forms to certain transwomen to assure them their anonymity about the study matter. One of the latest issues present here in the Philippines is where transwomen could be safe in their comfort room, should they use the women’s comfort room, or do they share with biological women’s comfort room? A total of 85 respondents were selected through universal sampling and with the end in mind that the results which were sought with be achieved. On all of the respondents, considering their demographic profiles, there is substantial analysis upon describing their thoughts on sharing comfort room with transwomen. Thirty (30) of them obtained higher level of acceptability in determining the ethical, safety and legal factors. While the other half of the respondents or fifty-five (55) of them scored neutral about it. In terms of Discomfort Factor, across their demographic profile, all respondents scored neutral about their feelings of discomfort when transwomen used woman’s comfort room. Policy and guidelines were formulated for a third comfort room for their safety and security of the respondents.

Keywords: Transwoman, acceptance, denial, perception, shared comfort room.