Vol. 11, Special Issue 12 (2022)

An individual’s attitude is a mental and emotional entity that inheres in or characterizes a person, or it is their personal view about a person, thing or object. A person may hold a positive or negative attitude towards a person or thing based on the life experience and upbringing. When a person has negative attitudes towards the LGBTQ it leads to stigma and discrimination. The present study was conducted in the Lamphelpat block, Manipur to assess the youth attitude towards LGBTQ and to identify gender difference in attitudes among the youth towards LGBTQ. Four educational institutes were selected for the study with higher number of enrollment. Samples were selected randomly through probability proportional to size (PPS) method. The study was conducted on 225 numbers of youth in the age group 19-22 years. A standardized tool was used to collect the required information from all the respondents. The collected data were coded and analyzed using Microsoft Excel. The study revealed that most of the youth had positive opinion and are aware of the issues faced by the LGBTQ since the youth were found to be more open minded about traditional gender roles, less religious, more supportive about same-sex related issues etc.There was no significant gender difference in attitudes towards LGBTQ community among the youth.