Youth attitudes on same-sex communites

Jedno od važnih pitanja današnjeg društva jest kako gledati na homoseksualne osobe, istospolne partnere, stupanje u istospolne zajednice te odgoj djece unutar istih. Cilj ovog rada je ispitati stavove mladih osoba o homoseksualnosti i istospolnim zajednicama. U radu se prikazuju i interpretiraju rezultati istraživanja provedenog u srpnju 2019. godine na uzorku od 303 ispitanika u dobi od 15. do 35. godine života. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su kako su mladi pretežito otvoreni ka mogućnosti sklapanja braka između istospolnih partnera dok se u manjoj mjeri slažu s usvajanjem i odgojem djece unutar istih. Pozitivno je što razmišljaju kako su takve zajednice gotovo pa jednake heteroseksualnim zajednicama. Ipak, svjesni su da su istospolne osobe izložene socijalnoj isključenosti kao i da postoji razlika u odrastanju djece koju podižu istospolni partneri od djece koju podižu heteroseksualni partneri što se može opravdati diskriminacijom i nasiljem kojima su djeca istospolnih partnera izložena. Također, istraživanje je pokazalo kako mladi smatraju da homoseksualni roditelji mogu biti dobri roditelji i pružiti djeci sve što im je potrebno te da je za djecu bolje da odrastaju u istospolnim obiteljima nego u domovima za napuštenu djecu. To pokazuje apsolutni pomak društva na bolje i mogućnost daljnjeg napretka u smislu jednakosti svih ljudi.One of the important questions of today's society is how to look at same-sex people, same-sex partners, stepping into the same-sex community and the process of raising children. The main goal of the present paper is to examine young people's perspective on homosexuality and same-sex communities. This paper presents and interprets the results of a survey conducted in July 2019 on a sample of 303 subjects between the ages of 15 and 35. The results of research showed that young people are mostly open to the possibility of marriage between same-sex partners while to a lesser extent agreeing with the concept of adoption and raising children. It is positive that they think such communities are almost equal to heterosexual communities. However, they are aware that the same-sex community is exposed to social exclusion and that there is a difference in the upbringing of children raised by same-sex partners from children raised by heterosexual partners, which can be justified by the discrimination and violence to which children of same-sex partners are exposed. Also, research has shown that young people believe that same-sex partners can be good parents and provide their children with everything they need and that it is better for children to grow up in same-sex families than in foster cares. It shows the absolute shift of society for the better and the possibility of further progress in terms of equality of all people