Vol.2, No.2, 2019, pp. 120-125 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32698/0642 Contents lists available at Journal Redwhitepress Journal of Educational and Learning Studies ISSN: 2655-2760 (Print) ISSN: 2655-2779 (Electronic) Journal homepage: http://journal.redwhitepress.com/index.php/jles 120 The Contribution of Sexual Identity Towards the Students’ Perception of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Wiwi Delfita 1 , Neviyarni S. 1 , Riska Ahmad 1 1 Universitas Negeri Padang Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Jun 16 th , 2019 Revised Aug 25 th , 2019 Accepted Nov 2 nd , 2019 Some students perceive lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) positively, even though LGBT is a sexual deviation that is not appropriate with values and norms. There are several factors that influence an individual's perception of LGBT, including sexual identity. This study aims at looking at the contribution of sexual identity to student perceptions about LGBT. This research used a quantitative approach with a descriptive method and a simple linear regression analysis. The sample of this research was 385 taken from 15.752 undergraduate students of Universitas Negeri Padang which the sample was drawn by using the Slovin formula and continued with a Proportional Random Sampling technique. The instrument used was the Guttman model's sexual identity scale and the scale of students' perceptions of the LGBT Likert model. After analyzing the data with the descriptive technique and the simple linear regression analysis, the results showed that sexual identity significantly contributed to the students' perceptions of LGBT. This research has implications as a basis for counselors to help students avoid sexual identity mismatches and prevent the emergence of positive perceptions of LGBT. Keyword: Sexual Identity Perception LGBT © 2019 The Authors. Published by Redwhitepress. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Corresponding Author: Wiwi Delfita, Universitas Negeri Padang Email: wiwidelfita@gmail.com Introduction Perception about LGBT is a condition for individuals to interpret LGBT phenomena that occur in their environment (Andari & Astuti, 2016). Perception is formed through stimuli provided by the environment. Basically, perceptions concerning human relations with the environment, how individuals understand and interpret the stimulus that exists in their environment. That is, stimuli obtained by individuals from the environment will form interpretations for individuals about the object being observed. Each individual has a different interpretation of LGBT. The problem that occurs at this time is the existence of individuals who look favorably towards LGBT, meaning that these individuals accept LGBT. However, LGBT is sexually deviant behavior (Yudiyanto, 2017). In accordance with the research conducted by Jasruddin & Daud with the title of community’s perceptions about the existence of transgender in Makassar showed that 46.29% of the public agreed with the existence of transgender (Jasruddin & Daud, 2017). In line with this, a research conducted by Warsina also revealed that 56 respondents had positive perceptions about LGBT (Warsina, 2017). In addition, there are still students who view LGBT positively, according to a research conducted by Pambudi (Pambudi, 2017) on students of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta about perceptions of LGBT attitudes. It was found that 49.6% of students' perceptions of LGBT were in the positive category. In Padang, it also shows that there are still students who have a fairly positive