A CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS TRANSGENDER

Transgender community face extreme exclusion in our society due to various misconceptions and reasons. The aim of
the study was to explain attitudes of sample based on educational qualifications and the cisgender. Descriptive survey
method was adopted to study the attitude of 540 respondents from various educational background. The t test results
indicated that there is no significant difference between attitudes of cisgender towards transgender. Further, ANOVA
indicated that there is no significant difference in the attitude towards transgender based on educational qualification
except between groups of respondents with SSC and others (below SSC). The results to a great extent indicates that
education plays an important role in broadening horizons and accepting individuals as they are without any judgement.