Understanding the variables by which attitudes may change toward gay men, lesbians,
bisexuals, and transgender people is critical for implementing programmatic interventions to
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educate effectively. It is also vital that one is able to identify the social constructs that shape
attitudes. This is particularly important since attitudes toward homosexuality have been
invented, supported, and advanced by various societal agencies, and these attitudes have been
overwhelmingly and pervasively negative (Fone, 2000).