Abstract: Exploring lives of lesbian and gays is a very delicate job which requires truthful and sincere treatment of the information gathered that are maybe useful in the study. Refusal for an intimate interview is anticipation much more when personal and confidential subject will be center of discussion. Many would evade interview when questions are too private while other will escape any sort of communication. Obviously, lesbian and gays are people who find satisfaction from simple things and sheer but sincere recognition of their deed. Their hearts melt easily when they are remembered and acknowledged of their contributions and philanthropy. They too, are sensitive individuals and cries foul when they experience unfair treatment harassed and discriminated. In certain context it seems that subtle, rather blatant anti-lesbian and gay behavior are more likely perpetrated by heterosexual (Jewell & Morrison, 2010).However, the nature of subtle discrimination, including lesbian and gay persons’ experiences with these behaviors is not well understood. As such an explorative-qualitative approach was used to investigate five lesbian and ten gay teaching and non-teaching personnel at Iloilo State College of Fisheries. Informant s were recruited through personal and open-minded interviews. They confessed the challenges they encountered in the college while they were already in service and how they were able to overcome the experiences.Fifteen participants were identified and considered in the study and each was treated with utmost confidentially. All data were analyzed using life satisfaction questionnaire modified by the researcher. Findings indicated that informants were often more confident that discrimination happen when they become the target of blatant homographic behavior, while their experiences with subtle homonegativity where characterized by ambiguity or doubt whether they had been discriminated against. Informants were grouped according to gender, age, religion, highest educational attainment and length of year in service.Consequently, informants spent more time ruminating about subtle more tune ruminating about subtle lesbian and gay discrimination doubting their own interpretation of an event and questioning how they should react on these occurrences. Perhaps the most striking aspect of what it meant to be target of homonegativity was the feeling of not belonging or being “other”. The challenges experienced by the participants include some with invalidating, dehumanizing and demeaning effects but did not affect lesbians and gays “work attitudes instead they continue to strive more and prove the world they are worthy of the promotion and recognitions they receive.What makes lesbian and gay unique individuals are their talents that carved their names to be at par worth rest of gifted personage in the world, gays and lesbians are people with resiliency, making them smile even in the darkest moment of their lives, the abilities to find ways and means to survive in spite all the odds, with strong determination to achieve their dreams and aspiration without stepping on others’ foot and prove that whatever the world may pose they can survive.
Keywords: Desrcimation, harassment, dehumanized and challenged.
Title: LIFE SATISFACTION AND CAREER CHALLENGES AMONG LESBIAN AND GAY TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL
Author: ROBERTO B. BRAGANZA, NERISSA LOPEZ
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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