PROTECTION AND WORK PERFORMANCE OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER (LGBTQ) ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION’S (HEIS) IN ORIENTAL MINDORO, PHILIPPINES

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community are now recognized by the different sectors that composed the society. They are accepted in schools, religious group and workplaces. However, there are some aspects that they were seem to be deprived. In order to verify written accounts regarding the destitute these people are experiencing. The study focused in LGBTQ individuals in workplaces. The LGBTQ working in the Higher Academic Institutions (HEIs) as faculty in the Province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines are the respondents of the study. They were interviewed, and asked to provide their answer for the survey questionnaire based on their opinion. The questions were in relation to the kind of challenges they encountered in academic institution as their workplace. After data collection, analyses and discussion were done to identify the aspects where this group of people are being neglected; thus, the study also reflects the good side where these individuals proved their potentials and worth. In terms of protection for the LGBTQ as faculty members in terms of health, involvement in school affairs and promotion the results show that they have Very Low responses. This means that they were deprived in some degree regarding the indicators used to describe the protection provided for them in this variable. On the other hand, performance to mobilize curriculum content and pedagogy, learning environment, diversity of learners, the participants in the study provided a Very High response. This shows that like other normal group of faculty members within the school where they worked, their performance is remarkable. The study summarizes that LGBTQ faculty members are deprived when it comes to receiving benefits; thus, efficiently accomplished their tasks despite of the abovementioned irregularities.