Objective To examine the attitudes of university students toward homosexuals, and provide additional empirical information to the existing research literature on homosexuality in China. Methods Using convenience sampling, 537 students in one university in Xiamen responded to a survey questionnaire. Chi-square was used to analyze the data. Results Female university students express more positive attitudes toward homosexuality than male students (60. 3% vs 40. 2% ). Both male and female university students tended to accept lesbians more than gays. The data showed that 29. 7% of male students and 22. 1% of female students accepted lesbians. However, only 3. 8% of male students and 9. 2% of female students reported accepting gays. Also, students who had previous contacts with gays or lesbians showed more positive attitudes toward homosexuality than students who had no previous contacts with homosexuals (70.3% vs 45. 8% ). 14. 5% of students who had previous contacts with homosexuals and 3. 4% of students who had no prior contacts with homosexuals agreed that homosexual relationships should be protected by laws, the differences were statistical significant (P < 0. 05). Religious beliefs of university students appear not to influence their attitudes toward gays or lesbians. Conclusion Attitudes of university students in this study with respect to homosexuality are in general favorable.%目的 了解福建省厦门市某高校大学生对同性恋的认同态度,为开展相关研究和干预提供依据.方法 采用方便抽样方法,在厦门市某综合性大学抽取大学生537人进行问卷调查.应用X2检验进行统计分析.结果 目前大学生的性别和是否接触过同性恋是他们对同性恋态度的影响因素.男生认为同性恋情感取向正常和可以理解的占40.2％,女生占60.3％；大学生对男同性恋的接纳程度不同,男生接受女同性恋占29.7％,接受男同性恋占3.8％；女生接受男同性恋占9.2％,对女同性恋接受的占22.1％.接触过同性恋的大学生有70.3％的人对同性恋持理解态度,没接触过同性恋的人中持理解态度的只占45.8％；接触过的学生中有14.5％,没有接触过的有3.4％认为同性恋应该受到法律保护,以上差异均具有统计学意义(P＜0.05).大学生有无宗教信仰对同性恋态度的差异无统计学意义.结论 所调查的大学生对同性恋的态度总体比较包容.
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