Abstrakt

This research compares two intervention methods implemented at a college in northern Israel, aimed at instilling positive attitudes towards LGBT people: (1) a lecture in which a lesbian woman recounted her personal story, and (2) a neutral academic lecture on homosexuality delivered by a department lecturer. The difference between pre- and post-intervention attitudes was significantly greater among the experimental group who heard the personal story, as compared with the control group who heard the lecture. Religious students’ attitudes were significantly more negative pre- and post-intervention. Contrary to our hypothesis, the experimental intervention did not have a greater impact on attitudes of religious students as compared with non-religious students.