Cisgender Students’ Attitudes and Beliefs towards Transgender Individuals and Trans-Inclusive Efforts

By Arash Shah Hosseini, Goh Xin Hui, Joell Tee Hui Shan, Koh Wee Ling, Lo Khye Bin, and Nadia Nadira

Tags: Quantitative Research, Social Inequality, Vulnerable Populations, 

In this study, a team of six students comprising Arash Shah Hosseini, Goh Xin Hui, Joell Tee Hui Shan, Koh Wee Ling, Lo Khye Bin, and Nadia Nadira partnered with the Victim Care Unit within NUS to conduct an online survey of students living in NUS University Town residential colleges. The objective of this survey was to better understand these students’ attitudes and beliefs towards transgender individuals as well as several proposed trans-inclusive efforts within the university.

Findings from this study suggest that most of the students surveyed hold positive attitudes towards transgender individuals and are keen to learn more about the lived experiences and issues faced by the transgender community. They are also supportive of the proposed efforts to make NUS more trans-inclusive. These findings provide critical insights into the general sentiments of a sample of the University Town student community and would hopefully contribute to more effective support of the transgender community on campus.