Perception of GKI SUMUT Medan Congregations About LGBT

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10.2991/assehr.k.200311.039How to use a DOI?

Keywords

perception, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender

Abstract

The research carried out at GKI SUMUT MEDAN aims to find out the congregation’s perception of LGBT. Researchers are interested in examining LGBT because of two reasons, namely that the existence of LGBT is still considered as a community or marginal people who receive negative labeling from the Christian congregation, Second LGBT is considered as an abnormal deviation. The study design uses a cross-sectional qualitative approach. Data collected using in-depth interview method. The results showed that LGBT was considered as something that deviated from religious teachings, as a disease or curse because of sin. Thus the attitude of the congregation mostly rejects and is antipathy with the existence of LGBT, trying to close themselves with the presence of LGBT. Through this research, the congregation is expected to be able to change the understanding of LGBT and provide a space for acceptance of them, so that LGBT people can feel God’s acceptance of their existence, through the church’s acceptance and treatment of their presence.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Haposan Silalahi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/13
TI  - Perception of GKI SUMUT Medan Congregations About LGBT
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education, Society, Economy, Humanity and Environment (ICESHE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 194
EP  - 198
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200311.039
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200311.039
ID  - Silalahi2020
ER  -