Sexual Health and Alienation Among Gay and Transgender Adults

Abstract

In today's modern world everyone is bound to feel alienated due to certain lifestyle choices, preferences or decisions 
they make. Alienation occurs when a person withdraws or becomes isolated from their environment or from other 
people.  Objective: The present research was under taken to study the feeling of alienation among gay and 
transgender subjects with regards to their sexual health. Method: The total sample was of 60 participants 
comprising of 30 gay and 30 transgender subjects. Purposive sampling technique along with snowball technique 
was used to collect the sample. Alienation Scale by Hardeo Ojha was used as a tool to measure the level of 
alienation. To analyze and interpret the data, mean, standard deviation and T- test were used. Results: The results 
of the present study indicate that there exists a significant difference with regard to the feeling of alienation among 
gay and transgender subjects. Also with regard to their sexual health, there exist significant differences among gay 
and transgender subjects.