Practical Research 1
Practical Research 1
Researchers:
Bacolod, Josephine
Cabañas, Juztine
Lamanilao, Michaela
Mahoy, Iverly
Montenegro, Rosie
Recentes, Cristopher
Sabio, Kristine
Saluna, Nicole
March 5, 2020
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APPROVAL SHEET
Thesis entitled “A Qualitative Study of Having a Third Comfort Room for LGBTQ among the
Senior High School Students of Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay, Bulacan” was
prepared and submitted by Josephine Bacolod, Juztine Cabañas, Michaela Lamanilao, Iverly
Mahoy, Rosie Montenegro, Cristopher Recentes, Mary Ann Reyes, Princess Orange Reyes,
Kristine Sabio and Nicole Saluna, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the subject
Practical Research I.
Panel of Examiners
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researcher would like to thank all who serve as our inspiration, supported, guide us
First of all to our almighty God; thank you for giving us strength, hope and wisdom for
To our Parent who support our needs and understand our circumstances. Thank you for
encouragement.
To the Students who participated in our research by answering the questionnaires thank
To our Expert Teacher in Practical Research 1, Sir Jerome T. Supnad. Thank you for
sharing your knowledge and your time in this research and for making our research much better.
To the Teachers who support our research by letting us to do a survey to their students
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ABSTRACT
This study about having a third comfort room for LGBTQ has conducted to find solution and
solve the stated issue through seeking information that will support this study. Having a third
comfort room is a big help for LGBTQ community to feel comfortable and safe. Descriptive
research design and Purposive sampling were utilized by the researchers. Survey questionnaires
were used in collecting information researchers. Consider the time that should be used. Based on
the information that the researchers gathered, the LGBTQ members want to have own comfort
room for their rights. This is what the researchers conducted. The study was recommended to the
LGBTQ members that need to prove why they should accepted in this society. For their parents,
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CHAPTER 1: The Problem and its Background
INTRODUCTION
From the original two genders, there are now four genders. Man, woman, “masculine
female-bodied” and the “feminine male-bodied.” In this generation and in present times, they are
called Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ). A lesbian is a homosexual
woman. The word lesbian is also use for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual
behavior. Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being
homosexual. Bisexual is a romantic attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and
females, or to more than one sex or gender. Transgender is a denoting or relating to a person
whose sense of personal identity and gender those not correspond with their birth sex. Queer is
an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.
LGBTQ equality has increasingly focused on the need to protect transgender people from
discrimination. And one of the places where transgender people routinely experience harassment,
mistreatment, and even violence is in public restrooms. As President Rodrigo Duterte idea for
lessening the discrimination against LGBTQ+ people is to put up “3rd restroom” for them. So
There are already several laws that protect the rights of an individual. If a member of
LGBTQ community feels offended by the bullying of another person, we have the laws under the
Revised Penal Code and special laws like the “Anti-Bastos Law” that protect them. People will
understand if a gay will enter a male rest room and a lesbian enter a female comfort room. But if
gay enter the female comfort room and lesbian enter the males comfort room it will be
For those who are in LGBTQ community, walking through the public restrooms can be
stressful for them. Simply, fear of discrimination and physical assault. Everyone should have the
right to use public restroom without the fear of discrimination. They shoudn’t be treated
differently just because of their appearance as for who they are. They are still human being that
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This research will focus in having a third comfort room, to avoid mistreatment. Every
information that will be provided by the researchers will give the readers the idea of having the
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Statement of the Problem
Topic
The study entitled “Having a Third Comfort Room for LGBTQ” aims to study the
Research Problem
The problem of this study is what will be the possible effect Having a Third Comfort
Room for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer among the Senior High School
Purpose Statement
The purpose of this study is to know the impact to Senior High School Students of
Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel the situation of separating the comfort room in feminine
male-bodies, masculine female-bodies, Bi-gender, Trans-sexual and Queer and to know the
Research Questions
This study was conducted to investigate the importance of having a third comfort Room
for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer among the Senior High School Students of
Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay, Bulacan to avoid discrimination. Also, it
Central Question
1. What is the purpose of studying of having third comfort room for LGBTQ among the
Senior High School Students of Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay,
Bulacan?
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Sub Questions
2. How does providing a third comfort room can help the LGBTQ to stop the
discrimination?
3. What is your point of view of having a third comfort room for LGBTQ member?
This study entitled “A Qualitative Study about Having a Third Comfort Room for Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender and Queer among the Senior High School Students of Colegio de San
Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay, Bulacan” focuses of having a third comfort room of the
LGBTQ. The study will be limited among the Senior High School Students of Colegio de San
Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay, Bulacan who will provide the data and information needed by
the researchers.
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Significance of the Study
The purpose of this research is to explore the experiences and to know the perspective of
the students in having a comfort room for LGBTQ individuals. It is also the researchers concern
to know what their opinion in having a third comfort room. Promoting comfort room for LGBTQ
Students
This study can help the students to know the importance and rights of LGBTQ in our
community.
Teachers
It can help teachers to have information and to lead every student not to discriminate
Future Researchers
This study may serve as reference for other researchers who may be interested in the
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CHAPTER 2: Study of the Related Literature
Foreign Literature
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans are about evenly divided on whether new civil rights
laws are needed to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Fifty-one percent of
U.S. adults say such laws are needed, while 46% say they are not. These data, from Gallup’s
annual Values and Beliefs poll conducted May 3-7, come as Democratic members of Congress
plan to reintroduce a bill that would provide protection for LGBT people from housing,
employment and other forms of discrimination. The bill’s potential for passage is unclear, as few
A key protection issued by former President Barack Obama. Obama’s 2016 “dear
colleague” letter required schools that receive federal funding to accommodate a transgender
student’s gender identity when granting access to comfort rooms or other gender-specified
facilities. In his explanation of Trump’s directive, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos argued
that although “protecting all students, including LGBTQ students” is “a key priority for the
department,” the issue of transgender comfort room access is “best solved at the state and local
levels.”
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More Than Just A Bathroom
Many public battles for transgender students have centered on the comfort rooms they
want to use. And according to a new paper, gender-neutral comfort rooms are the
campuses. But there’s much more on their wish lists that would make them feel safe and
surveyed more than 500 transgender and gender-nonconforming undergraduates and graduate
students, as well as a handful of recent graduates. They wanted to know what situations are
offering those students—what policies and accommodations are in place—and how important
A federal judge in North Carolina approved a settlement on Tuesday that prohibits the
state government from banning transgender people from using comfort rooms in state buildings
that match their gender identity, ending a yearlong legal battle that prompted a divisive cultural
debate. The settlement proposed by civil rights groups and Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, could
also end a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two comfort rooms bills that thrust North
Carolina into the epicenter of the nation’s culture wars over protections for LGBT people. The
settlement concerns the use of comfort rooms in public buildings like state offices and highway
rest stops. Left unresolved, however, was a part of the lawsuit challenging a moratorium on local
anti-discrimination ordinances.
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Transgender Bathroom Lans in California: What Employers Need to Know
The rights and civil liberties of transgender people have become an important topic
openly discussed and debated nationwide. Clearly, the issues confronting the transgender
community are many, but it seems press coverage has boiled its plight down to a rather narrow
question: which public restroom should transgender men, women, boys and girls use? State
governments have weighed in, some enacting controversially restrictive laws that have led to
consumer boycotts – can you say North Carolina? The Trump administration has made its voice
heard, rescinding guidance that came under former President Obama instructing schools to allow
transgender students access to bathrooms and other facilities that aligned with their gender
identity. As society comes to grips with transgender issues, it is important that businesses here in
California fully understand the status of relevant access laws. Toward that end, I offer this rather
brief overview – brief because the law is very straightforward and narrow in scope.
Local Literature
Ateneo Isn’t the First to Install Gender-Neutral Comfort Rooms towards Inclusivity
The discussion about LGBTQ rights with regards to public comfort room policies were
sparked a new when it was announced last week that Ateneo de manila installed all gender
comfort room across it campus. In a release dated March 23, the school pointed out that the 14
new restrooms, which accommodate only one person each, maybe used by anyone, regardless of
gender identity or expression.This new comfort room are part of Ateneo’s “effort to create an
insensitivity from the general public on the internet. Some of male and female are agree of
having third comfort room for LGBTQ for their own safety and privacy.
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A Segregated Comfort Room for the LGBTQ Community in Centro Escolar University
Manila
Is the person who wrote and made this article because of Tabora. Tabora is the president
of the ADDU (Ateneo De Davao University) he approve the “all gender restroom”. Because he
respect all of the decisions of the LGBT’s involved. So he approved the restrooms for 3 rd gender
and there are so many LGBT’s in ADDU (Ateneo De Davao University). That He asked
Witness, they had a hard time to go the restroom because of discrimination of the people around
them. The dialogue of Tabora is “increase understanding and respect for the human needs and
sacrifices of all”. The relationship of the article to the researchers. Proposition is the
discrimination towards those who are in Third Gender Individuals. And the president who
approved the all gender restroom. Those who are in third gender, gained respect and gender
inequality.
The Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) approved a request to install two gender
neutral restrooms. Allowing students regardless of gender identity to use it. The relationship if
this article to the researchers Proposition, having a Restroom for 3 rd gender individuals in a
university has a lot of good benefits and if the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) has
already approved this. The researchers believe that it will also be approved to Centro Escolar
University (CEU).
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Oranne Mariano | July 26, 2018
Catriona Gray was asked to share her thoughts about having a “ third comfort room” for
transgender on Boy Abunda’s “The Bottomline”. The beauty queen explained why she is not
keen on the idea. “I do not agree. I believe if you are a transgender, you identify as that gender.
So i feel that we should accept them and allow them to use the comfort room which they identify
with, which would either be the men or women’s comfort room”. “I think this promotes
inclusivity and allows them to understand what they want as a transgender and that is to be
Bato on Women Sharing Comfort Room with Transgender: “will they be safe”
allowed to share their comfort rooms, Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa said Tuesday, as lawmakers
tackled a proposed law prohibiting gender-based discrimination. Straight men could pretend to
be transgender, enter a female comfort room and harass women there, said Dela Rosa, a former
national police chief who said he backs gay marriage. "What if the guy are pervert and he will
wear the clothes of a girl? And to pretend to be gay then he will enter to the comfort room of
girls, there is a chance that he will harass the girls," said Dela Rosa. "Are our sisters and
daughters safe there in bathroom?" he added during a Senate hearing on a proposed bill. “I also
have a daughter. That could happen to my daughter, someone might look in on her”, he said.
“There are no proven cases of transgender women harassing females in shared comfort rooms in
the Philippines”, said Naomi Fontanas, president of LGBT group Ganda Filipinas.
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RELATED STUDIES
According to the research of Dot brauer and Sherwood Smith entitled "Gender Inclusive
Restroom Task Report" and research of Matthew Kopas entitled "The Ilogic of Separation:
Examining Arguments about Gender Neutral Object Bathrooms" those researchers say that third
gender restroom is a must to prevent crimes or discriminations for the non-gender confirming
people. Although some of the individuals judgment might not change, but promoting the third
gender restroom can help those who are in third gender lessen their decretion of the
The article was made by Koji Arsua, released at year 2017 the Lyceum of the Philippines
University (LPU) approved request to install two gender neutral restroom. Allowing students
regardless of gender identity to use it. The relationship if this article to the researchers
Proposition, having a restroom for third gender individuals in a university has a lot of good
benefits and if the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) has already approved this. The
researchers believe that it will also be approved to Centro Escolar University (CEU)
The article was published by Sylvia Claudio and has been released at year 2012. According to
Sylvia Claudio the presence of other movements like those working to end poverty and the rise
of the movements of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Inter sex peoples have been presented real
challenges to our early conceptions of sex gender. So to end gender inequality, promoting of
segregated restroom for the third gender individual is a must. The connection of this article to the
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Synthesis
This research is all about having a third comfort room to separate the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender and Queer and having this third comfort room is a best solution for
LGBTQ. Any gender is important and everyone deserves to be respected, everyone are fighting
This research will provide the information to the leaders, that respecting is more
important. Respecting is one of the best way to communicate with others. This research topic is
Theoretical Framework
According to Dale O’leary’s theory about the gender theory in 1950’s, the word sex
refers to the reality of being male and female. Gender is how people identify for who they are
and for people to know what their sex preference. “Sex” is for how the community sees the
people, female and male biologically. Dale also mentions that false beliefs should be eliminated
so that men and women will be able to participate in every activity of society in equal numbers,
The gender theory’s connection to the researcher’s proposition is to also promote gender
equality for LGBTQ community. The LGBTQ individuals will not only have benefits for the
segregated comfort rooms, but it will also resort to having them lessen the discrimination and for
DEFINITION TERMS
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Chapter 3: Research Methodology
RESEARCH QUESTION:
This study explains of Having a Third Comfort Room for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender and Queer among the Senior High School Students of Colegio de San Gabriel
Arcangel in Sapang Palay, Bulacan. The researcher conducted a survey for the respondents. They
presented a consented letter. The answer of the respondents in the interview questions will be
personal. This research will focus to the LGBTQ having a third comfort room. The researchers
used the Senior High School Students of Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay,
Bulacan.
RESEARCH DESIGN:
Qualitative method was used in this research in order to determine the effect/s and benefits of
having a third comfort room in LGBTQ among the Senior High School Students of Colegio de
San Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay, Bulacan. The researchers used self-administered
questionnaire to support this study. The researchers used descriptive method because it is an
effective method to clearly show the data they gather in order to solve issue.
The researchers used purposive sampling where they will conduct a survey to Senior High
School Students of Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel in Sapang Palay, Bulacan. Researchers
have 60 participants who answer the questionnaire. The researchers used this kind of sampling to
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CHAPTER 4: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
This study aims to know what is the perception of the society for having a third comfort
room. Based on the information of the researchers gathered. the society agreed for having a third
comfort room for LGBTQ to have a privacy and equality. The researchers use survey
FINDINGS:
1. Most of respondents agreed in having a third comfort room for LGBTQ. Some of them
disagreed.
2. Most of the respondents think that the effect/s of having a third comfort room is they will
be judged by other people. Some of the effect/s are the LGBTQ will be comfortable and
3. Most of the respondents said that the benefits of having a third comfort room is there
will be equality and it will be comfortable to LGBTQ. The other benefits are LGBTQ
will have a privacy and the discrimination will decreased, but the others say that there is
Conclusion
Everyone should have the rights to use public restroom without the fear of discrimination.
They shouldn't be treated differently just because of their appearance or for who they are they
are. They are still human being that needs to respect and acceptance.
To main purpose of this research is to explore the experiences and know the perspective
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According to the LGBTQ community the experience they have encountered are,
awkwardness and discrimination. There are many benefits that they can have like gender
equality, respect and acceptance. The benefit of a third gender restroom is that they will feel free
to enter in their perspective restroom when they needed and they won't feel awkward.
Recommendations
● We recommended to have a law for LGBTQ to have their own comfort room, to be
● Having a third comfort room can help LGBTQ to have their own privacy as a LGBTQ
● Everyone needs to be respect no matter what gender you are and no matter what your
gender identity.
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APPENDICES
04 February 2020
Veron Penaflor
Colegio De San Gabriel Arcangel
San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
May i have the honor to request permission to conduct my study entitled, “ A Qualitative
Study of Having a Third Comfort Room For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer
among the Students in Colegio De San Gabriel Arcanghel”. This is in partial fulfillment of the
course requirements in Practical Research.
The undersigned will utilize a survey-questionnaire as the instrument in collecting essential data
for the study.
The senior high school students are the respondents of this research. All responses will be treated
with utmost confidentially.
Respectfully yours,
Nicole Saluna
Researcher
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PACUCOA Accredited: Level 1 Status
Senior High School Department
NAME (OPTIONAL):
AGE:
GENDER:
1. What is your point of view of having a third comfort room for the LGBTQ members?
3. What are the benefits of having a third comfort room for LGBTQ community?
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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